Joseph Santini's Real Estate Blog

One of a kind home with extensive upgrades and modifications!  Large enclosed patio under air.  All custom work in bathrooms and kitchen.  This home is like no other in the community featuring a great layout with 2774 SQ. FT. under air and stunning lake views.  Royal Lakes features a great clubho...

    3 Bedroom, 3.5 bath pool home with a great layout overlooking the golf course.  Vaulted ceilings, nice family room, excellent location!  Master Bedroom has a built on office.     Delaire Country Club is upscale living at its best featuring great amenities and an excellent location.  Enjoy 27 ...

We come across many tear-downs here in South Florida and many buyers and investors are often confused as to whether or not its worth it to buy the property and build on it. Here is a quick way to tell.  The price of the land must be one third the cost of the final sales price of the house you wil...

This past December President Bush signed the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act which means that any debt forgiven by a lender for a primary residence will not be taxed.  This applies to all short sales, foreclosures, workouts, etc.  This relief applies to all debts forgiven between January 1, ...

Things are improving as we move along and I know here in my office in Boca Raton things are really picking up.  Many buyers are starting to feel good about buying and they should.  Many are still watching the parade go by. Hopefully this upward trend will continue as we go through the year and I ...

  Offering a lease to own agreement along with the sale of your property might be just the tool you need to put your property in the hands of a buyer in a slow market. There are many ways to structure these agreements but here are the basics.The property owner agrees to rent the property to a buy...

For anyone who moved within the state of Florida in 2007 and hasn't taken advantage of the new portability benefits you can access the "Transfer of Homestead Assessment Difference" form online by clicking here. www.pbcgov.com/papa/forms/hxassessmentdiff.pdfYou can also call the property appraiser...

Many of my customers, especially the ones from up North often ask me about the beginnings of Boca. The earliest known inhabitants of the Boca Raton area were the Tequesta Indians, who lived in communities near the ocean as long ago as one thousand years up until the eighteenth century.  The const...

I am working with alot of buyers right now and many of them are really getting great deals. Many of these people would not even be looking in the Boca Raton or Highland Beach area unless the market was like it is right now. They would not have been able to afford it.  Now is the time to live wher...