Last year, we got predictions from Wall Street experts and people on Main Street about what was going to happen to the stock market, oil prices, and housing prices. So who was smarter, the experts, or people on the street. Let's see who was right… . In our next video report, we'll take a look at what the experts and […]
FHA Slashing Vero Beach Mortgage Insurance Premiums
In a move expected to bring 250,000 first-time homebuyers into the market, FHA will reduce annual Vero Beach mortgage insurance premiums by half a percentage point, to 0.85 percent. The move is expected to make homeownership more affordable for more than 2 million homeowners in the next three years. After raising Vero Beach mortgage insurance premiums six times during the […]
Buying Vero Beach Real Estate: Things to Consider
If you're thinking about buying Vero Beach real estate, perhaps for the first time, we know it can seem like chaos trying to figure out all the things you have to do and the order you need to do them in. We're here to help with a list of things you might not ordinarily think about before buying Vero Beach […]
What Prevents Millennials from Buying Vero Beach Homes?
When it comes to buying Vero Beach homes, first-time buyers, the millennial generation, falls under the "prime" home buying demographic. Unfortunately, many millennials also fall into another, less desirable, category: adult children. An adult child is a term that's caught on recently, and simply refers to adults roughly between ages 18 and 30 who still live at home with their […]
Setting a Budget This Year
Are you one of the many people who set New Year's resolutions each year, only to find that you've strayed away from that goal by the end of January? If you've resolved to setting a budget this year, here are three things you MUST do in order to achieve your budget goals for the year… . We have more tips […]
Vero Beach Short Sellers Get Last Minute Tax Break
Vero Beach short sellers who completed short sales during 2014 and had mortgage debt cancelled, got a huge 11th-hour tax break when the Senate extended the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act. The average Vero Beach short sellers had a mortgage balance one and a half times higher than the market value of the house. Big Break for Vero Beach Short Sellers […]
Vero Beach New Homes: Market Looking to Recover
The Vero Beach new homes market was a bit on the sluggish side overall in 2014, but some analysts look for things to turn around in the next 2 to 3 years. Some blame the overall slow comeback on builders who are reluctant to move very far outside of their familiar markets into more peripheral areas as well as their […]
Vero Beach Housing Market: 3 Biggest Threats
A lot of housing experts and economists are expecting the Vero Beach housing market recovery to gain steam in the new year. But three big factors could still derail the whole ball of wax! Biggest Threats to the Vero Beach Housing Market 1. Incomes Not Keeping Pace – Despite a much rosier outlook for jobs, incomes are still not keeping […]
How Much Do You Know About Taxes?
As we turn the calendar on yet another year, it's time to start thinking about income taxes once again. How much do you know about taxes? Take this pop quiz and see if you do as well as the guy interviewed on the street in Times Square… . We'll have more tips for you when it comes to taxes as […]
Are Vero Beach Mortgages Really Becoming Easier to Get?
Saving up to buy a Vero Beach home might not be as much of a challenge as it used to be, now that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will allow some first-time homebuyers to make down payments of as little as 3 percent on Vero Beach mortgages. Why Down Payments on Vero Beach Mortgages Are Going Lower The goal […]
