Lamacchia Realty

JANUARY 24, 2024

Defining Your Lifestyle and Budget Identifying your priorities and preferences is all about understanding what matters most to you. Knowing what you enjoy will also help you find a neighborhood that aligns with your lifestyle. This is one of those decisions that will impact your daily life for years to come.

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Lamacchia Realty

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Knowing what questions to ask when viewing a house is one way to narrow options and find the perfect home. Especially in Florida, a state that is very prone to flooding, ask how the area fares and what zone you’re in. What are the Ages of the Major Systems, and Have There Been any Improvements Made to the Home?

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Movoto

APRIL 24, 2024

You’ll also need to check with local authorities to understand requirements for how to rent a house in your area and any organizations like HOAs or condominium associations, when applicable. If you have an unoccupied home, you should know how to rent out your house. Does Rental Income Count as Earned Income?

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

What about a salesperson license? To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on George Harrison passed, Appraisal business, marketingunusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Appraisers are real estate reporters.

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Lamacchia Realty

MARCH 26, 2024

Condo sales in particular have experienced a significant decline in recent weeks which can be attributed to the ongoing insurance crisis in the state and to the increased association fees and/or added special assessments for condos due to the more stringent regulations resulting from the tragic Champlain Tower Collapse in Surfside, Florida.

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 2, 2023

What Do Appraisers Look For in a Sales Contract? To read more of this long blog post with many topics, click Read More Below!! NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Fannie Update: UAD and New “Forms”, concessions, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc.

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Lamacchia Realty

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FLORIDA HOAs. Purchasing a home in an area with HOA fees can be tricky, especially since many people aren’t familiar with the process. Although it might not seem so at first, HOAs in Florida are there to help you as a homeowner. HOAs in Florida - what are they?

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Listing Spark

JULY 5, 2023

The closing costs you pay on a property, especially as a seller, can easily come out to a hefty 8-10% of the selling price , so doing what you can to understand each line item and reduce the total cost is well worth your efforts. Presenting a clean and simple contract and taking on some of the fees may make your offer more appealing.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2024 Updated UAD and URAR – What does It Mean for You? What exactly does this mean? In this post, we’re providing an overview of the UAD and URAR, what’s changing, and what benefits these changes will bring. How will these UAD and URAR changes be beneficial? See below for more timeline information.

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Quicken Loans

APRIL 6, 2021

You’ve undoubtedly heard these terms before, but most people don’t have a clear understanding of what a condominium is or what it’s like to live in a townhouse. What Is The Difference Between A Condo And A Townhouse? What Is A Condo? What Is A Townhouse? One of them is the type of housing you’re interested in.

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Will Springer Realtor

APRIL 6, 2021

Taking a step back, for the purposes of this blog post, I am defining a “condo” as a traditional mid- or high-rise structure in King County that has shared ownership. Condo bylaws, covenants and other legal documents usually lay out in specific terms who is responsible for what.). Getting a mortgage is complicated for several reasons.

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll go over the basics of what you need to do in order to sell your home without an agent, including the necessary paperwork for selling a house without a realtor in Texas. 2) Understand what to do if the buyer is unrepresented. We’ll break down what to do if you find an unrepresented buyer.

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Lamacchia Realty

JULY 18, 2022

What's Ahead? As inventory continues to increase, prices will begin to respond to the change and slow their ascent, but we will not see a dramatic price drop just yet as you need much more supply in the market to drive prices down than what we are seeing currently. Average price increased in both property types.

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 11, 2022

At what point will mortgage interest rates peak? What is certain is that the Fed continues to have its foot firmly pressed on the pedal. That’s the million-dollar question and the answer is closely tied to the government’s ability to stem inflation, which makes the cost of our question closer to $1,085,000. falls into a recession.

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Will Springer Realtor

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

That’s the fourth-highest number of residents of any state and it’s only expected to grow as HOAs become increasingly common. We can look back to post-World War II when HOAs helped to create the initial segregation of the suburbs with planned developments – such as Levittown in New York – and gated communities. Census data.

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