Biggar Real Estate on July 14th, 2008

Homeowners struggling to save their homes from foreclosure might have an easier time getting a helping hand from the Federal Housing Administration starting Monday.
Plans to relax FHA-Secure guidelines would expand eligibility standards to include borrowers with adjustable rate mortgages who were late on two monthly mortgage payments in the past 12 months, even if they [...]

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Biggar Real Estate on July 12th, 2008

Sales in Sarasota-Bradenton increased from a year ago as the median sales price fell 16% in May from the same time a year ago. It was reported that the median price of $268,200 in May was 8.2% lower than the median in April. The median price continues to fall within the $240,000 to $270,000 price band of the [...]

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“For the past 10 months, median home sale prices appear to have stabilized in a band between $240,000 and $270,000.” reported by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on June 29th, 2009.

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Pursuant to Section 553.844 Florida Statutes strengthening of existing site-built, single family residential structures to resist hurricanes shall be provided.
101.3 When any activity requiring a building permit that is applied for on or after July 1, 2008, and for which the estimated cost is $50,000 or more for a building that is located in the [...]

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