Connie Talcott Smith's (connietalcottsmith) Blog

Real Estate Agents reading this memo should make every effort to match prospective buyers with new construction projects offering in-house financing. Call all your contacts. Ask if they know of someone ... or perhaps have a son or daughter, now steadily employed (and with a relatively "clean" cr...

The August 3rd Sun Sentinel lead article, "New wave of Baby Boomers ready to descend on Florida," offers plenty of hope for the state's depressed housing market of the past two years. According to the article, "Between 2010 and 2030, Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are expected to desce...

Posted on newconsearch.com June 15, 2008 by Connie Talcott Smith   This week's FORTUNE Magazine, dated June 23, 2008, specifically cites Miami (NOT the Beach) and Tampa may be among the six best US markets for investment in a feature article entitled "Real Estate: Where The Deals Are." Prices hav...

This past Wednesday (July 30, 2008), President Bush signed H. R. 3221, The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, which contains sweeping measures affecting residential mortgage reform, residential taxes, REIT Investment Diversification, and veterans' housing matters. Some energy measures are addres...

Posted June 25, 2007Developers have reduced their prices significantly since mid-2006 in the South Florida market and many offer a variety of incentives for your buyers of New Construction.Among those incentives are sizable upgrades, reduced down payments, funds back at closing for up to a year o...