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Baywood Village in Palm Harbor, FL is an active waterfront community. Here is an update on activities in Baywood Village for the month of April. Easter Saturday is an Easter egg hunt at the community clubhouse for the kids. This is always a family friendly event and a big hit with the kids. Af...
03/31/2010
If you are interested in taking advantage of the home buyer tax credit - hurry, it's almost gone. You must have your home under contract by April 30 and have closed on it by June 30, 2010. The home buyer tax credit not only allows first time home buyers to get a tax credit or up to $8,000, it al...
03/29/2010
In today's real estate market, many buyers are saying "Let's wait until the prices go down more so we can get a better deal." This is a frequent refrain in the Tampa Bay real estate market, especially after the red hot market of a couple years ago. Well, that can be a poor business decision. C...
03/25/2010
Baywood Village in Palm Harbor,FL is a waterfront community on the Gulf of Mexico with a canal system that connects many homes in the neighborhood to the Gulf. There is a wide range of home prices in Baywood Village, since the neighborhood was first started in the early 1960s. Many homes have b...
03/19/2010
Imagine that you live in Palm Harbor, FL, or anywhere else for that matter, and are behind on your mortgage, or at the very least, your home is now worth less than what you paid for it. Now imagine that you need to move, and can't sell it for anywhere near the mortgage balance. You could be fac...
03/17/2010
Oldsmar, FL is a wonderful community in the Tampa Bay area. Here are some pertinent statistics for real estate activity in Oldsmar for the first two months of 2010. Price range $300,000 - $500,000: Active listings 40; Under contract 5; Pending sale 3; Sold 2; Expired listings 7; Average days o...
03/12/2010
If you are retired and need a second home for your retirement, take a look at the Palm Harbor and Dunedin communities in Florida. There is lots to do, from restaurants to cultural events to outdoor festivals and crafts fairs, to shopping and of course the beaches with fishing and other water act...
03/11/2010
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The Distressed Property Institute has done a good job of condensing new federal Home Affordable Foreclosure Assistance guidelines to be understandable to most people. Basically, the new HAFA guidelines go into effect on April 5, 2010. Let's start by identifying the alphabet soup. HAFA - Home Af...
03/10/2010
For a perfect 55 plus community, try the Royal Stewart Arms in Dunedin, Florida. This community is essentially at the entrance to Honeymoon Island, annually rated by Dr. Beach as one of the ten best beaches in the US. Royal Stewart Arms is an active community with shuffleboard, fishing pier, fi...
03/09/2010
Old Palm Harbor, Florida is a great place to live. Due to the recent market, real estate values are more affordable than in many years. There are numerous waterfront neighborhoods, such as Baywood Village and Ozona. There are several executive type neighborhoods, such as Indian Trails or Autum...
03/09/2010
