When homeowners are faced with selling their homes on short notice to avoid foreclosure, their first task is to write a hardship letter to the lender. While this is a very emotional time for most people, getting all the facts is what the banker or lending professional is concerned about. They realize that your decision to sell your home at a loss was not an easy one, but they need concrete reasons why they should participate in the short sale...more
Government foreclosures are sold by the government. There are many reasons why the government will occasionally seize a private property or a piece of commercial real estate. Sometimes, this occurs because a property owner has not paid the property taxes which are owed to the government on the property. The government can then repossess the property and resell it in order to make up the lost revenue. In some cases, if a property owner commits a...more
Current trading is improving: there has been a recent small improvement in consumer confidence and like-for-like sales were up 3.2% in the eight weeks to Nov. 21, the company said, adding that it has been hit by a wave of inflationary cost pressures, but offset some of that through cost management.The owner of pub chains such as All Bar One, O'Neill's traditional Irish pubs, Crown Carveries, Harvester, Toby Carvery and the Sizzling Pub Co reported a net profit for the 12 months to Sept. 26 of 4 million after a net loss of 176 million a year ago.Pretax profit for the year before exceptional items fell 24% to 134 million from 176 million, but still beat market expectations which hovered around 125 million.Full year revenue rose 2.6% to 1.96 billion.Adam Fowle, Chief Executive, said:"Mitchells & Butlers has produced a robust operational performance in challenging conditions. The Company has sold 129 million meals in the year and grown average food sales per pub by 9%. The second half trend in net profit margin recovery continues. The first eight weeks of the new financial year have started well and the strength of the Group's brands, locations, operational skills and cost...more
Before you look for Miami condos, you must first know the basics. You are about to travel a road most traveled but least completed. The real estate journey is a perilous one; full of challenges to test your patience and determination. And if you're a first-time buyer, make sure you know one of the most and probably the single-most important part of...more
After looking at Miami Beach foreclosures and deciding on the best properties, youve decided to go for auction properties. These types of properties are already at the hands of their respective lenders and sold through bidding. Getting the auction schedules is one thing; confirming the condition is another. But the most important part of the...more
Selling your home takes some planning and preparation, but it is not too daunting a task with the right professionals. A key point though is preparation of the house. This is especially true if you are selling an older home. Selling your Houston Heights home involves a little more work than would a recently built home. Same applies to other mid-century homes i.e. in Oak Forest, Garden Oaks, and Lindale Park.Preparing Your House for SaleWhen preparing your house for sale you have to think like a buyer. Buyers feel more than they think when inside a house. They obviously think about price, location, affordability, investment potential, etc., but this is before stepping into the home. When at the house, the right side of the brain takes over. They either feel that the house is warm & inviting; they feel the house is bright & cheerful; they feel the house has lots of room; they feel your Houston Heights home has been well maintained, or they dont!So, you can try to explain how just removing the heavy drapes could lighten up the dark house; the plants shading all the windows could be cut back to lighten it; how they could easily fix that dripping faucet with just a washer; how the house...more
The rise in cases of mesothelioma, a deadly disease caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers, has led to a specialized group of online mesothelioma lawyers concentrating on only these litigations. With asbestos being used in most industrial work in...more
In the current economic crunch, it is no surprise that home-sellers from all over the country are experiencing the same crisis in the real estate market. With the number of buyers market emerging left and right, sellers are faced with the problem of...more
There are lot of things first-time homebuyers need to know before embarking in the real estate voyage and sailing through a sea of properties. Aside from mortgage and the buying process itself, another important part of buying a property, like an...more
If youve been waiting for years to afford a Fort Lauderdale real estate home, now you can through the first-time homebuyer credit. You might have heard of this as the stimulus package introduced in February 2009. This act gives up to $8,000 credit to...more
In the United States there are three types of mortgages: Residential, multi-family residential, commercial, and farm. The same applies to the companies that deal with mortgages. There are also three categories: Mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and...more
The real estate purchase agreement should set out the terms and conditions regarding the purchase of real estate. In order for the agreement to hold water in a court of law it should be set in writing as is required by the United States Statue of...more