Naples Real Estate Blog

Effective July 1, 2006, the State of Florida requires new real estate brokerage relationships forms which all real estate licensees must provide to potential buyers and sellers in residential real estate listing and sales transactions.Although the changes are minor, it does effect the Single Agen...

Today, June 30, 2006, starts the new Impact Fee schedule for Collier County.The new school impact fee schedule includes a sliding scale of $8,228 to $10,017 for single-family homes, $2,862 for multifamily dwellings and $5,724 for a mobile home.Road impact fees went up 40 percent. The road impact ...

Impact fees are one-time assessments on new construction that are intended to make growth pay for growth. They are assessed for every new home and business built in the county and are paid for by developers, who typically pass those costs on to consumers in the form of higher prices.Collier Count...

In several markets across the country, homeowners increasingly are opting for smaller dwellings; and McMansions -- sprawling residences that sit on tiny lots -- are losing their appeal as baby boomers downsize and other buyers contend with higher interest rates and energy prices. However, these s...

Some condo associations are feeling the stress of switching their policy from an insolvent Poe firm to Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Many will see a premium increase at renewal time, and a few must pay expensive interim insurance during the changeover.

It is official that the Federal Open Market Committee has raise the fed fund rate another .25% to 5.25%; the highest since March 2001.  The next meeting is scheduled to meet again on August 8th.  The increase of rates will have an effect on anyone that has credit card debt - for the real estate i...

My friend Jacqulyn Richey from Las Vegas did post (http://www.activerain.com/blogs/lasvegasrealestate/view/129?Floor) regarding making floor plans available right on her Las Vegas Real Estate web site.Based upon my personal observations is that many real estate agents do not post an adequate numb...

Earlier this month one of the major builders released (annotated) statement:"To convince buyers to sign a contract rather than wait to see if prices will fall (company's name omitted) are promising potential buyers:  If prices drop before you close, we'll honor the lower price."Likewise, if price...

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meets today (June 29) to determine the interest rate for the fed fund rates.  The committee can have one of three position - neutral (no interest rate change), increase the rates, or decrease the rates.It is expected that the committee will go with a .25%...

FLORIDA RELEASES $100M IN MORTGAGE MONEYLow- to moderate-income residents of the state now have access to $100 million more in discounted home financing through the Florida Housing Finance Corp. (FHFC), which funded 1,100 mortgages worth about $119 million last year. FHFC's First Time Homebuyer P...