Anonymous Owner, LLC: Why it has become so easy to hide in the housing market
When Sean Hannity, the popular Fox News host, was revealed to be a property owner and landlord of considerable scale, it highlighted how opaque the housing market has become.
One goal of Amazon’s HQ2: Learn the lessons of Seattle
Local officials did not anticipate Amazon’s interest in how to tackle some of the troubles that have turned it into a polarizing symbol of Seattle’s booming economy. The e-commerce giant is celebrated by many in Seattle for being the city’s biggest employer and adding tremendous wealth to the area. But it is villainized by others for bringing too much change, too quickly.
June is the best month to sell your house in Tampa Bay
Want to get the most for your house? If you live in Tampa Bay, the time to put it on the market is approaching. According to new data from ATTOM Data Solutions, June is the best month to sell your home in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Lakeland-Winter Haven metropolitan statistical areas. Based on analysis of 14.7 million home sales from 2011 to 2017, May is the best month to sell nationally, with sellers receiving an average of 5.9 percent above estimated market value during the month.…
Most homeowners plan to stay put
A new survey by Bankrate.com shows that 6 in 10 homeowners have no plans to move. In the survey taken by YouGov of 1,330 homeowners, only 30 percent said they expect to leave their current home in the next decade. The survey reflects the state of the housing market in big cities, where a low number of existing homes are available for sale and prices keep rising. In March, existing home sales grew for the second month, but remained below last year's levels, according to the National Association…
Sarasota residents sue for recovery in billion-dollar real estate ‘Ponzi scheme’
It's the latest chapter in a high profile case against Woodbridge Group of Companies and its owner, Robert H. Shapiro of Sherman Oaks, California.
As golf real estate stabilizes, the hottest demand is coming from developers
Florida’s pristine golf courses went from amenities to liabilities in the depths of the Great Recession — but the market is headed back toward an upswing, between redevelopment and opportunistic operators.