Joshua Bahoff bought a three- bedroom luxury condominium in Naples, Florida, in December for $235,000, about one-third of the price that the seller paid near the height of the U.S. housing boom. “It was a great deal,” said Bahoff, 59, a Philadelphia dentist who plans to spend one week a month every winter in the 2,700-square-foot [...]

By: Barbara Eisner Bayer Published: February 24, 2011 Follow these seven tips to make sure your contractor agreement works in your favor—not your builder’s. Step 1: Hire a lawyer Contractors use their own forms, which are drafted for their benefit, not yours. You’ll benefit from hiring an attorney to review your contractor agreement or draft one that’s [...]

ZipRealty says in its third quarter report that homes in key markets all over the country are selling above the asking price. The report shows that the spread between the sales-to-list price ratio lessened significantly in most markets, but high-end housing markets in many areas continued to offer great bargains for buyers. The 10 hottest [...]

Enough with the doom and gloom about homeownership. Brett Arends explains why owning a home is a good thing. By BRETT ARENDS/WSJ September 16. 2010 1. You can get a good deal. Especially if you play hardball. This is a buyer’s market. Most of the other buyers have now vanished, as the tax credits on [...]

Much of the west coast of Florida has a low Probability{20 percent down to less than 1 percent)of oiling…NOAA has used modeling of historiacl wind and currents to project the likehood that surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon?/Bp oil spill will impact additional U.S. coastline. Much of the west coast of Florida has a low [...]