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CMBS Loans: Lock Your Rate Before Its Too Late

Between now and 2017, over $300 billion in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security, also known as Conduit Loans (“CMBS loans”) will need to be refinanced. What does this mean and why is it important? Many of the current CMBS loans were...

Single Family Home Summary for Broward County – January 2015

Summary of Monthly Market Detail of Single Family Homes in Broward County for January 2015, provided originally by the Greater Fort Lauderdale REALTORS®. Recently, the attorneys at Khani & Auerbach had the privilege of attending an industry meeting where...

Mortgage Credit Availability Increases

According to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) indicates that February resulted in a slight increase in mortgage credit availability. The MCAI increased 0.7 percent to 118.6 in February. This slight...

Hey Millennials! Here’s Your Checklist for Buying Residential Real Estate

As 2015 has comfortably settled in, we are beginning to notice an increase in the Millennial’s (ages 18-34) becoming first-time home buyers. As rents are continuing to increase faster than incomes can keep up, it should come as no...

Millennials Consider Love, Marriage and Real Estate, Oh My!

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a mortgage in the baby carriage! While we have traditionally heard that old ditty a different way over the years, traditions change and for many Millennials (ages 18-34) the family expansion...

Have You Filed for Your Florida Homestead Exemption?

The deadline to apply for a Florida homestead exemption is fast approaching! The deadline for applying is MARCH 1st.

Goodbye 2014 and Hello 2015 – Residential Real Estate Predictions

Rather than rehash, review and regurgitate 2014, we’ll do something that might be more productive and useful to you. Let’s predict the future and see what we all might anticipate for the residential real estate market in 2015. As...

Survey Results Indicate Home Sales to Rise in 2015

According to a Bloomberg survey of 25 economists and analysts, and after what seems like a rather disappointing year in the U.S. housing market, these experts predict that home sales will resume recovery in 2015 and anticipate an increase...

Foreclosure Protection Bill for Servicemembers is Extended

Foreclosure Protection Bill for Servicemembers is Extended According to an announcement from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), who introduced the bill in May, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have both unanimously voted to pass a bill...

The Appraisal – Owners and Real Estate Appraisers

The Appraisal No, this is not the title to my next major motion picture, however, it is a topic of much concern to the real estate industry. In addition to being a required element in a real estate transaction...