When State Farm threatened to pull out of Florida’s home insurance market a year ago, David Scott Banghart decided it was time to start looking for another provider. But it’s no easy task in Florida. Thanks to a series of recent hurricanes and tropical storms, many large property insurance companies have scaled back on writing …
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Nov 22
Investors beating banks at REO game
Red tape, rehab standards only some of the reasons for discrepancy After millions of dollars in investments, adding thousands of new staff positions and even contracting to third-party brokers, the large banks still can’t sell foreclosed properties fast enough to ease the vast overhang of REOs bedeviling their books. Meanwhile, on the dusty streets of …
Nov 22
Assimilation Tomorrow: How America’s Immigrants Will Integrate by 2030
Washington, D.C.—The Center for American Progress today released a first-of-its-kind study that projects today’s immigrants’ integration patterns through the year 2030. The report, “Assimilation Tomorrow: How America’s Immigrants Will Integrate by 2030,” is authored by Dowell Myers, professor in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California, and John Pitkin, …
Nov 17
Zillow Zestimates differ greatly from Actual Appraisals
Zillow Zestimates differ greatly from Actual Appraisals. Zillow Zestimates are every homeowner’s best friend (and in a lot of cases their worst enemy). Hardly a week goes by that someone doesn’t say “Zillow Zestimate told me my home is worth (fill in the blank).” These Zestimates that homeowners often present to appraisers can produce some interesting …
