Is Tampa Bay heading for another real estate bubble?

With prices rising again, no one likes to think the market could be destined for a repeat of the boom-to-bust catastrophe that cost millions of people their homes. Yet one research and consulting firm says a data-based analysis it conducted of the Tampa Bay metro area shows another bubble could be forming. Read...

What happens if I don’t get health insurance by March 31?

Best article that I have found, short sweet and to the point on what the ramifications are. Read...

How Foreclosures Affect Buyers and Sellers

If anything is certain about the foreclosure crisis, it’s that it isn’t over. That has important implications, not only for people losing their homes but also for those planning to sell or buy a home this year. As of January, about 3 million properties were in foreclosure, headed that way or already owned by banks, according to the latest report from CoreLogic, an information, analytics and business-services company in Santa Ana,...

Foreclosures Slow As Pipeline Keeps Backing Up

Foreclosure activity fell in the first quarter to the lowest level in more than four years, but mainly because the process of removing people from their homes has slowed. The number of homes just beginning the foreclosure process rose in March for a third straight month, a sign that the nation’s housing problems are far from over, according to RealtyTrac, which tracks the figures. To Read More, click...

New Study Shows Third-party Debt Collection Positively Impacts Florida’s Economy

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Third-party debt collection has an important impact on America’s and Florida’s economies, according to a new study by ACA International and global advisory firm Ernst and Young (www.acainternational.org/impact) based on 2010 data. “These findings reinforce the critical role the third-party debt collection industry plays as a service provider in recovering unpaid consumer debt on behalf of the public, private and...

Can’t Sell your Home, Trade it!

After spending two years trying to sell her Florida home, Pam Farley decided it was time for a new strategy. She quit looking for a buyer and went after sellers who were interested in trading homes with her. A few months later, she signed the closing documents and swapped her house in Sarasota for a house in New Mexico. (Bing:Best home-exchange sites) “Nobody has to feel stuck if they can’t sell their homes,” she says....