Archive for September, 2007

Message: Lenny not for nothing but it should say stupid investor instead of desperate. This was a message sent by a user of our Tampa home search site recently. I guess he was referring to this excerpt from the remarks on a particular listing (not ours): Desperate Investor, Bring all offers. Well, that’s his opinion. [...]

Now closing in and around downtown Tampa: Skypoint Condominiums The Place at Channelside Condominiums Grand Central at Kennedy Condominiums Towers at (of) Channelside Condominiums Ventana Condominiums All of these projects are in the process of transferring ownership to the many pre-construction buyers who were in the market back in 2004–2005. I’ve had the chance to [...]

“After entering the agreements, it has become clear that the construction of Trump Tower Tampa is significantly delayed, if not altogether abandoned”. That sums up the court’s reasoning in siding with buyers who sued the Trump Tower Tampa developer to get their deposits  on 2 units refunded to them. So the precedent has been set. How [...]

It was going to fail anyway. Polls showed that way less than than the 60% of voters needed were actually in favor of this thing. But there was plenty of time left to convince them, right? The vote wasn’t scheduled until late January. I believe that the opposition to the Super Exemption was just beginning [...]

Are you kidding me? For whom? Well according to some professors at NYU and Columbia, the option ARM really is the best kind of mortgage for both lenders and borrowers. (This of course in a perfect world.) From a Business Week article I just read: The main points are as follows: The option to pay [...]