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Realtors Help Fire Victims

NAR Asks Members to Helpo With California Fire Relief

The National Association of Realtors has asked that member agents and brokerages donate for the California fire relief.

NAR has "seeded" the pot by donating half-million dollars to aid the victims of the fires. It is estimated that San Diego alone sufffered $1 Billion in damages.  The REALTORS® Relief Foundation distributes donations to these and other victims of natural disasters. 

“Helping people experience the American Dream of homeownership and building our communities are what REALTORS® are all about,” said Combs. “We understand as REALTORS® how rewarding it is to own your own home, and we can sympathize how devastating it must be to see that home go up in flames. For so many people to lose their homes in Southern California is heartbreaking.”

Bradenton Condos

A well-known socialite in the Manatee County area of Florida is planning to build 34 luxury condominiums called Residences at Point Pleasant in Bradenton. The cost of the proposed project was not announced, but Mike Carter Construction of Bradenton was named the project's general contractor while Wagner Realty will handle sales.

Flight From the City?

City Livin' vs. Burbs

Is it time to move to the suburbs? Those of you crammed in fifth-floor walk-ups, take note: A new breed of bedroom community is giving your downtown a run for its money.

The City has lost its cool and the suburbs are the hot place to be. Are cities losing their edge?  Maybe the suburbs aren’t so bad after all...   The urbanites moving to the suburbs today are very different from the suburban families of a decade ago.  The new suburbanite is now often a work from home hipster, and you can find art houses and theatre groups that compete with those found in the large cities.  And cities are in many ways losing their edge and becoming more like suburbs with restaurant chains, cell phone carriers and a Whole Foods on every corner. 

Upside Down? Not so Taxing

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to get rid of a tax burden for home owners who have had a loan forgiven or foreclosed on their home because they were unable to make their mortgage payments. The Mortgage Cancellation Tax Relief Act, H.R. 3648, passed by a vote of 386 to 27. Similar legislation is making its way through the Senate.