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. Stupid is such [...]
Archive for September, 2007
September 28, 2007 by Lenny Gurvich · 2 Comments
Filed under: Downtown Tampa, New Projects (Condos), Tampa Condos, Tampa MLS, Tampa Neighborhoods, Tampa Real Estate, Tampa Waterfront Homes
Filed under: Downtown Tampa, New Projects (Condos), Tampa Condos, Tampa MLS, Tampa Neighborhoods, Tampa Real Estate, Tampa Waterfront Homes
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 visit most of the new buildings. [...]
September 27, 2007 by Lenny Gurvich · Comments Off
Filed under: New Projects (Condos), Real Estate Market Reports, Tampa Condos, Tampa Real Estate
Filed under: New Projects (Condos), Real Estate Market Reports, Tampa Condos, Tampa Real Estate
“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 many [...]
September 25, 2007 by Lenny Gurvich · Comments Off
Filed under: Hillsborough Property Tax, Tampa Real Estate
Filed under: Hillsborough Property Tax, Tampa Real Estate
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 [...]
September 21, 2007 by Lenny Gurvich · 5 Comments
Filed under: News on Interest Rates, Tampa Real Estate
Filed under: News on Interest Rates, Tampa Real Estate
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 less than [...]
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