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Housing-related businesses enjoying big bounce-back

Tue Apr 30, 2013 on Blog

Written By Paul Owers, Sun Sentinel 4:24 p.m. EDT, April 27, 2013 and republished for Weston Title & Escrow Inc. and The South Florida Law Blog with excerpts from Roy Oppenheim. Real estate agents aren’t the only ones cashing in on the housing renaissance. Home inspectors, mortgage brokers, moving companies and other related businesses also are watching their bottom lines […]

Slow Foreclosure Process Still Causing Trouble in Florida

Tue Feb 12, 2013 on Blog

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Pending Home Sales Down in December but Remain on Uptrend

Thu Jan 31, 2013 on Blog

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South Florida Housing Market Popped in 2012

Thu Jan 24, 2013 on Blog

South Florida home prices rose in December, an upbeat end to a year in which sellers regained the upper hand. Broward County’s median price for existing homes last month hit $230,000, the highest of 2012 and a 21 percent increase from a year earlier, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors said Tuesday. Broward’s median increased on an annual basis in every month during […]