Archives for February, 2007
Spring Cleaning for your Finances
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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Spring is the time we normally think about taking extra care of our homes and dusting off the cobwebs, so to speak, but it should also be the time where we take a fresh look at our finances. If debt is an issue of concern for you, like many Americans, there are some possible ways [...]
Boca Raton American Media Inc.’s building reopened
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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Tabloid publisher American Media Inc.’s former headquarters was reopened Thursday after years of decontamination from an anthrax attack that killed a photo editor six years ago. Boca Raton Mayor Steve Abrams said the building’s opening sends a message to those who carried out the still-unsolved attack on the former offices of the National Enquirer, Sun [...]
Starting to plan for Spring Home Cleanup?
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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A great time to start planning for that spring clean-up is now. Spring is just around the corner and here is a list of some ideas to get you started with your own Spring Cleaning Plan.
1. Thoroughly dust your home and clean air conditioning and heating filters, ducts, and vents to decrease your exposure [...]
Group representing small businesses oppose GOP plan to end property taxes
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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TALLAHASSEE · The head of a group representing small Florida businesses opposed the House Republican leadership’s plan to exchange lower property taxes for a higher sales tax, in testimony Thursday before the Senate Finance and Tax Committee.
Members of the National Federation of Independent Business are worried that such a swap, while providing short-term property tax [...]
Could Condos Rise Above The Vizcaya Museum
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
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Miami city commissioners are still going ahead with a controversial construction project that would offer visitors from around the world who enter the Vizcaya musem a view of condos rising above its manicured tree-lined surroundings.
A proposed 300-unit luxury condo complex on nearby Mercy Hospital is steadily moving ahead but resistance is beginning to mount.
Vizcaya was [...]
Office project is so green it’s ‘platinum’
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
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It’s as green as you can get.
Overture Development Group LLC of Celebration intends to build a 130,000-square-foot office building that would be rated a ‘Platinum Building’ — tops in environmentally sensitive development — by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Conservatory, as the building would be known, is to be under construction in Celebration, in Osceola [...]
Scripps project moves ahead
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
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Exactly a year after a divided Palm Beach County Commission approved the final siting of Scripps Florida in Jupiter, the ground’s been cleared, concrete columns have sprouted and officials are for the first time in years looking forward to the project’s completion.
‘It’s been a year, but there was so much work to do to get [...]
Builder confidence highest since June ‘06
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
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Northeast, South see biggest increase in buyer demand.
Buyer demand boosted home builder confidence five points in February to its highest level in eight months, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Based on a monthly survey that measures builder perceptions and expectations for home sales, the index climbed to [...]
NAR issues guidance on listings content copyright
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
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The National Association of Realtors is offering sample contracts that are designed to enhance copyright protection for property information created and collected by its members. The documents include sample agreements between multiple listing services and participants, brokers and agents, and MLSs with vendors and other third parties.
John Rees, a lawyer who worked with the association [...]
Even in a home buyer’s market, it’s important to use your clout wisely
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
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Jenn Vest made what she thought was a fair offer on a house in Broward County, but the seller rejected it and wasn’t much in the mood to haggle. The same thing happened on another property.
Vest later found a two-bedroom house in an eclectic neighborhood near downtown Fort Lauderdale. Originally listed at about $550,000, it [...]
