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Real Estate Market Updates

West Palm Beach real estate broker Rodney Forbes was interviewed recently by NBC Channel 5 concerning the local real estate market and the national debate over the debt crisis. Rodney, a local expert on bank foreclosure and short sale properties, keeps a close eye on the effect of government policies on the local real estate [...]

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Steve Jobs for President?

by Rodney Forbes on August 7, 2011

Below is an excerpt from the LA Times. Apple Inc. may not have more money than God. But it’s got more cash than Uncle Sam. As the government struggled to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling, the U.S. Treasury’s cash balance fell to $74 billion this week. That’s less than the $76 billion [...]

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Now you can search for homes, townhomes and condos in the West Palm Beach Florida area just like local real estate agents do. You can search for location, such as waterfront, or style, such as single family home, condo or townhome. You can search by price and even search for short sales and bank REO foreclosures. You [...]

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Now you can search for homes, townhomes and condos in the Jupiter Florida area just like local real estate agents do. You can search for location, such as waterfront, or style, such as single family home, condo or townhome. You can search by price and even search for short sales and bank REO foreclosures. You [...]

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West Palm Beach Area Foreclosures to Increase

by Rodney Forbes on November 24, 2010

Bank foreclosure/REO property inventories are expected to increase in the West Palm Beach Florida area over the next 24 months. By how much nobody knows. However, according to the National Association of Realtors, as many as 4 million foreclosed homes may come on the market nationwide in the next 2 years. A normal year of [...]

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Is it Finally Time to Buy a Home in West Palm Beach FL?

by Rodney Forbes on November 15, 2010

Home prices in West Palm Beach Florida have been in a serious decline for several years. How long has it been since average prices were this low? Does it mean the time is finally right to buy a home, whether a foreclosure or short sale? Have we reached the bottom in Florida? The following chart [...]

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Just when you thought the Florida foreclosure mess couldn’t take one more turn into the Twilight Zone, new information is released about the so called “robosigners” used by one of the largest foreclosures law firms in Florida. In an effort to rush through thousands of home foreclosures since 2007, financial institutions and their mortgage servicing [...]

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Bank of America Foreclosure Mess: The Death of Housing?

by Rodney Forbes on October 13, 2010

Bank of America and other lenders are under attack again for the foreclosure mess that has brought about a freeze on thousands of foreclosure cases around the country. Since all crises with suspected fraud or wrongdoing have to have a name with “gate” on the end of it, we’ll officially name this as “Robo-signer-gate” (you [...]

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The uproar over the foreclosure freeze with Bank of America, GMAC and others has turned into a political hot potato. As some politicians are looking for more opportunity to bash banks and their mortgage processes, it seems important to find out what the foreclosure paperwork mess is all about. As the video above shows, many [...]

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West Palm Beach Realtor Interviewed on WJNO Radio

by Rodney Forbes on October 11, 2010

Rodney WJNO interview Local radio personality Jim Edwards interviews West Palm Beach real estate broker Rodney Forbes about the current real estate market in Florida. Jim and Rodney discuss current issues such as the foreclosure freeze by major banks such as Bank of America and GMAC, unique features at Forbes Realty such as the Hassle [...]

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