Dawn Deegan's Real Estate (mostly) Blog

So proud of Boston; its people, its law enforcement, its medical community. All posts are written by Dawn Deegan, Broker-Associate REALTOR® with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®), Short Sale Foreclosure Resource (SFR), and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only the best possible services and expertise to her Buyers and Sellers of residential Real Estate in the Greater Orlando area. This includes Windermere, Orlando, Winter Park, Baldwin Park, and Davenport. Her emphasis is on superior delivery of sophisticated market data, quality and value to you, the Buyer or Seller. Contact Dawn Deegan at 407 286 5272 or at DawnDeegan@cfl.rr.com. Visit her at www.MakeABrilliantMove.com

The market continues its upward swing. We are up 7% in sales volume from March 2012 - March 2013 We are up 22% in price for the same period. The period of time a property stays on the market before selling is now 18% less than it was one year ago. Fence sitting is never a comfortable place place to be.  Please contact me for your real estate needs. DawnDeegan@gmail.com www.MakeABrilliantMove.com 407 286 5272   For the full ORLANDO REALTOR TALKING POINTS, please see:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2JnYV766Vtw All posts are written by Dawn Deegan, Broker-Associate REALTOR® with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®), Short Sale Foreclosure Resource (SFR), and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only...

Sellers Who Delay May Miss Out Daily Real Estate News | Monday, March 25, 2013 Some would-be move-up home sellers are eyeing home prices carefully. They’re waiting to see how much home prices appreciate more before they consider selling their home. But they may be missing their perfect opportunity, some housing experts say. The best time to move may depend on when the home owner purchased their current residence, says Daren Blomquist, vice president of RealtyTrac. Blomquist says that home owners who purchased their home during the sluggish market the last two to three years may find moving up in 2013 may be their prime opportunity. "Because they bought near the bottom, these home owners should have built up some good equity that can go toward the purchase of a new home, and waiting longer to build more equity likely won’t provide much advantage given that other homes that they might want to move up to will also be appreciating at roughly the same pace," Blom...

WASHINGTON – March 14, 2013 – Florida posted the nation’s highest state foreclosure rate for the sixth consecutive month in February, according to RealtyTrac’s Foreclosure Market Report for February 2013: One in every 282 housing units with a mortgage had a foreclosure filing during the month – more than three times the national average. A total of 31,726 Florida properties had a foreclosure filing during February, up 6 percent from the previous month and up 20 percent year-to-year, reaching a 16-month high. Foreclosure filings include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions. Florida cities (population of 200,000 or more) also accounted for seven of the nation’s 10 highest metro foreclosure rates in February; Miami’s metro area posted the highest rate in the nation (one in every 219 housing units). Other Florida MSAs in RealtyTrac’s top 10 include: Orlando at No. 2 (one in 225 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Ocala No. 3 (one in 243); Tampa No. 4 (o...

Despite it still being chilly in Washington, here is how the fiscal bill stands to affect Real Estate related matters: From Florida Realtors : • Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act extended to January 1, 2014. In place since 2007, the act provided a tax break for homeowners who struggled through financial hardship such as a foreclosure, and were granted mortgage debt forgiveness. In the past several months, National Association of Realtors (NAR) issued numerous calls to action urging its million-plus Realtor members to ask lawmakers to extend the tax break for another year. More than a quarter of all transactions involve distressed properties, the NAR said in its plea. "Homeowners shouldn't be forced to pay a tax on money they've already lost with cash they never received." • Deduction for mortgage insurance premiums for filers making below $110,000 is extended through 2013 and made retroactive to cover 2012. • The 15-year straight-line cost recovery f...

Where America Wants To Live: The Top Cities of 2012 on Realtor.com   Dawn Deegan, Broker-Associate REALTOR® with Charles Rutenberg Realty. Dawn holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®), Short Sale Foreclosure Resource (SFR), and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only the best possible services and expertise to her Buyers and Sellers of residential Real Estate in the Greater Orlando area. This includes Windermere, Orlando, Winter Park, Baldwin Park, and Davenport. Her emphasis is on superior delivery of sophisticated market data, quality and value to you, the Buyer or Seller. Contact Dawn Deegan at 407 286 5272 or at DawnDeegan@cfl.rr.com. Visit her at www.MakeABrilliantMove.com

Please don't forget to read the latest infomative real estate news articles, which I post on my website at http://www.makeabrilliantmove.com/Blog_RWG7.html          N oteworthy NEWS Articles All posts are written by Dawn Deegan, Broker-Associate REALTOR® with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®), Short Sale Foreclosure Resource (SFR), and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only the best possible services and expertise to her Buyers and Sellers of residential Real Estate in the Greater Orlando area. This includes Windermere, Orlando, Winter Park, Baldwin Park, and Davenport. Her emphasis is on superior delivery of sophisticated market data, quality and value to you, the Buyer or Seller. Contact Dawn Deegan at 407 286 5...

8-2-12:  according to Zillow, << In Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, a homebuyer needs to stay less than one year and eight months to make ownership the best financial option; in Orlando, he or she needs to stay less than one year and nine months .>> This means that it is less expensive to Purchase than to rent, if you plan on staying for close to a couple of years.  With continued record-breaking interest rates, and property values back to 2002 rates, and the income-tax deductions that ultimately come from owning your own home, this news is not too surprising!  Please feel free to contact me for your real estate questions and needs.  Thank you.  All posts are written by Dawn Deegan, Broker-Associate REALTOR® with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®), Short Sale Foreclosure Resource (SFR), and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnatio...

     and ever.   Ginger Belle Deegan the First July 9, 1996   -   June 14, 2012

by Dawn Deegan Starting June 15, the Short-Sale Process should officially start to speed up. That is the date that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac new guidelines go into effect:   they are required to approve (or not) a Short Sale within 60 days from receipt of an Offer.   Large banks will be required to respond to a Short Sale Offer within 30 days of receipt.   You can read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/realestate/mortgages-speeding-up-short-sales.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Here in the Greater Orlando area, Short Sales made up 29% of our overall sales last month, while 25% were REOs (Bank-Owned).   Bottom line: bank involvement in sales contribute to 54% of our Sold homes.   As banks prefer Short Sales (their costs greatly escalate to take a home into foreclosure), we can expect to see the Short Sale to REO ratio rise in the future. I am Short Sale Foreclosure Certified, and you can contact me with any questions, and/or...