Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Real Estate News

Yesterday | via South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

A group of South Florida attorneys has negotiated a projected settlement of more than $19 million to resolve a class-action case brought on behalf of thousands of homeowners across the state who, through their Wells Fargo Bank mortgages, were subjected to so-called force- or lender-placed insurance.

Related Topix: Florida, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Palm Beach County, FL, Broward County, FL, QBE Insurance Group, Insurance

Thursday May 16 | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper 

QUESTION: I have five years left until I pay off my 30-year mortgage. I received an offer to refinance, which certainly is tempting, but I'm getting pretty close to retirement.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Broward County, FL

Tuesday May 14 | via Business Journal 

Western Hills in Davie and Havenwood in Pompano Beach were sold for $12 million and $5.6 million, respectively, by affiliates of American Residential Communities, a Denver-based company that auctioned off dozens of mobile home parks across the nation in the process of winding down.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Broward County, FL

Friday May 3 | via Local10.com 

On his moving day, while surrounded by movers, Sandler still had baggage that wouldn't fit into any box and anger that he couldn't keep a lid on.

Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Foreclosures, Real Estate

Thursday May 2 | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper 

QUESTION: We took out a reverse mortgage a few years ago and now want to leave the house to move closer to our children.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Broward County, FL

9 hrs ago | via The Florida Times-Union 

University of North Florida economist Paul Mason has been tracking figures that impact the First Coast economy for 12 years, but he's never seen the housing market jump like it did between March and April.

Related Topix: Housing, University of North Florida, Florida

Thursday | via WFTV Orlando 

The federal Hardest Hit Fund is doling out $1 billion dollars in aid to struggling homeowners across Florida, but its rules do not block people with criminal pasts from cashing in.

Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

Wednesday May 15 | via Northwest Florida Daily News 

Rudolf Straat and his wife Maria Gudelis, who lived in Sandestin from October 2005 through July 2007, were sentenced to two years in federal prison Wednesday for conspiring to commit tax fraud, mortgage fraud, and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Related Topix: Prison, Federal Prisons, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Florida

Friday May 3 | via County Record 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CALHOUN COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 10000348CA CITIFINANCIAL EQUITY SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, v. JERRY W. ARRANT; DONNA M. ARRANT; ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER ... (more)

Related Topix: Florida, Calhoun County, FL, Foreclosures, Blountstown, FL, Marianna, FL

Wednesday May 15 | via Miami Today 

By Scott Blake Landlords in Miami were hoping to a get break this spring from lawmakers in Tallahassee in phasing out a state sales tax on commercial leases, but they came up empty.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Florida, Florida Government, Miami Dade County, FL, Port Orange, FL

10 min ago | via GlobeSt.com 

Start each day with GlobeSt.com's Florida AM Alert for original coverage of the latest transactions and trends shaping the commercial real estate industry.

Related Topix: Real Estate

15 min ago | via GlobeSt.com 

Start each day with GlobeSt.com's Chicago AM Alert for original coverage of the latest transactions and trends shaping the commercial real estate industry.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

19 min ago | via GlobeSt.com 

Start each day with GlobeSt.com's New York AM Alert for original coverage of the latest transactions and trends shaping the commercial real estate industry.

Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

1 hr ago | via Burbed.com 

CoreLogic said today that home prices are projected to increase 3.9 percent on an annualized basis between the fourth quarter of 2012 and the same quarter in 2017.

Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

1 hr ago | via The Daily Irrelevant 

IT IS a lesson of the past five years that benchmarks in unregulated markets can fall victim to the incentives they create.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage