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Lake Ida Delray Beach Florida Living- New Listing For Sale!

598 NW 45th Street in Delray Beach is now for sale and this is NOT a short sale. If you are looking for a brand new home in a well established secluded and private part of popular Delray Beach- this is it! While the lot and the exterior of the building is not brand new everything inside is. You will not be disappointed.

This home was originally built in 1979 when this neighborhood was being established however, the owner gutted the interior including even the dry wall in order to turn this home into a modern and new home.

Attention to detail is an understatement for this home.

But first, let me tell you, this home is a couple of minutes away from Lake Ida, one of the most popular lakes in Palm Beach County.  It is also just a few minutes from the best beaches in the entire state of Florida. Delray Beach and Boynton Beach are popular beach destinations along with the very well known Delray Beach boardwalk which offers great eateries, on the water restaurants and anitque shopping. There is easy access to I95 and to the Florida Turnpike so you will be close to anywhere you need to go to get to work and activities.

When you look down the street where the house is; you will see large open green spaces and wide roads. There is plenty of room for entertaining and living the South Florida lifestyle.

The wooden floors are made of imported Brazilian Cherry Wood in rich colors and custom feel. The bathrooms have all been finished in luxury tile with added details such as upscale and modern lighting. All of the fixtures in the bathrooms are brand new. No one has lived in this home since it has been renovated. 

You won't need to do a thing in the kitchen - it is ready to be used for cooking and dining. All of the appliances are brand new. The counters have all been finished in granite tile. A new island was made and placed in the kitchen for the dishwasher and the new stainless steel dual sinks. All of the cabinets are custom made with top of the line real and solid wood. 

There is a wonderful sun room for outdoor entertaining that opens up the the hot tub in the secluded back yard. 

If you are a first time homebuyer or are looking for a second home and you want a home that is ready to move into-  you will find that this house is the right fit for you. We can have a fast closing because this house is NOT a short sale. You could close in as little as a week so don't hesitate to call us for your private viewing of this home at 561-753-0135. 

Asking only $249,777.

Enjoy The Show:

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Wellington Florida Real Estate News- Wellington's Sign Restrictions

Finally the Village of Wellington town counsel has decided to visit these way old fashioned rules on anti business here in Wellington Florida. It is about time! But even though there is some friendliness towards business, there is also continued restrictions and more...

So in the last town counsel meeting the village town counsel members decided to loosen up these tight restrictions on businesses in Wellington being able to use signs to promote their business.

Banner signs have always been against the rules in Wellington Florida. But what a pain that was to businesses who are holding grand openings or just opened for business and don't have their permanent signs in yet. After all, you do have to order those permanent signs, they have to be approved by the leasing companies and the village code compliance before you can ever install them. So the village really does a new business a disservice by not allowing them to have a temporary banner ad.

Here is a photo of what our Wellington Florida McDonalds looks like. This is as big as the golden arches get to be in our town. It makes the town look uniform and like a town instead of a city. You will notice they do not have any signs on their building.

The village of Wellington just initiated a request for the use of banner ads for businesses in Wellington! YEAH! It is about time! They will be voting on the banner ad issue in 2 weeks. If you own a business in Wellington Florida please make sure you contact the village counsel members and show up to the meetings to let your voice be heard.

This is what our gas stations look like in Wellington Florida. The photo below this one shows you what one of our gas stations looks like from the road. You can hardly tell there is a gas station here and that makes us Wellington and I don't think any of us living here want to take away from this landscape but a small sign with prices would be very helpful to the residents here.

The proposed ordinance will also allow for window signage to cover up 50% of the glass. They are also proposing that you can have internal banners on the windows showing towards the exterior of your business. I can't imagine having all these restrictions to deal with when you are trying to run your business. Another part of the proposed ordinance will finally allow A-frame signs with the tenant names on them to help promote your business. Gas stations would also finally be allowed to post their prices which has always been banned in Wellington. While I understand how the village wants the town of Wellington to keep its' great look and feel, I would like to know the price of gas before I drive into the gas station! Gas stations would still not be allowed to do any promotions on their signage.

Equestrian Event Signage- There were different opinions from the counsel members as to restricting Equestrian even signs. They don't like that these signs are on public property either. That really makes no sense since the Village of Wellington benefits fro the income generated by Equestrian events. I wonder how mnay of these counsel people ever owned their own businesses? The counsel wants to make the Equestrian event signs, have them all uniform looking and post them for permanently with directional arrows on those signs to the events. One of the things that I like the most about the posting of the event signs is that it reminds me about the time and place of the events. Some of the members proposed giving the events permission to post the date and time of the event on directional temporary signs on the day of the event. Well, that is kind of like after the fact. That is inconvenient to the rest of us. One of the counsel members suggested putting a universal phone number on the permanent sign so you can call for the date and time of events. But that is also inconvenient because it is so much easier just to drive down the road and get reminded there is an event this weekend, that makes it front and center in your mind. When you have to remember to call you might even miss out on an event. Sometimes I think that the village counsel act like wannabe politicians who want to feel important and so they make up all this stuff that makes no sense making things more complicated than they need to be.

Commercial Signage- Most all the counsel members do not like the commercial real estate leasing signs that are popping up due to vacancies because of the economy. The mayor our town, Darrel Bowen even said that the commercial listing signs are, "ridiculous". While I agree that they are big and bulky I must stand by the land owners and leasing companies in being able to promote vacant spaces for lease. The Village of Wellington benefits from having businesses move into these vacant spaces so what is a little eye sore once in a while. It is not like these signs stay up year in and year out. It makes me wonder if any of these counsel members have ever owned their own businesses? If you are involved in commercial real estate leasing I would strongly suggest you to show up for the voting on these issues in 2 weeks to voice heard.

So make your voice be know, speak up, here is your chance to let the town counsel members know that you want to promote your business here in Wellington Florida!

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Freddie Mac still does not come clean. They keep passing the buck. They keep making up excuses as to why they can not even just give one simple answer. They make empty promises.

Read Freddie Mac- Does Anyone There Know How To Read- Part I, to understand the history of this short sale file.

We have never lost a short sale due to our negotiations. Every listing we take goes through an intake evaluation to get everyone on the same page, to make sure the seller understands what a short sale is, to analyze the seller's commitment to the short sale process and to evaluate the chance for success of the short sale.

We have a 100% closing ratio because we do not give up on our sellers no matter what monster shows up. This would be the very first file that we will lose to a short sale rejection.

So here is the update to what is going on:

The homeowner wants to know why her short sale was rejected when she meets all of Freddie Mac's guidelines.

The seller has been on the phone with Freddie Mac every day trying to get an answer.

She finally reaches a supervisor who promises to help her find her answer. All she wants to know to begin with is why she was rejected. She has now gone through 3 employees at Freddie Mac with not one of them giving her the reason for the rejection. The last person says to her:

This is directly from our seller as to how she is being treated:

Wellington Florida Short Sales- Luxury Listing Short Sales Do Close!

If you own a Wellington Florida Luxury home and have been wondering what your options other than foreclosure are; you may be able to do a short sale on your luxury property.

We just closed on a listing we had that was appraised for $2,400,000 just 3 years ago. This is one of our favorite listings because it sits right on the International Polo Fields and events. The views are outstanding during Polo season where you can host great parties overlooking the Polo games.

There were two loans on this property. The seller listed this property with many different agents that 'know' all the Polo players and those in that line of work and obviously his thinking was that these agents would be able to sell his home. He even listed this property with my best friend because of who she is married to but even that notoriety did not sell his home. Nestor kept in touch with him for 3 years. But the seller had promised it to this agent and that agent before he met with us. We were like 4th in the line of who he promised his listing to. Finally he listed his house with us through an expired mailing program where Nestor just stayed in front of his face on a regular basis. When it came time to really need someone to negotiate a short sale for him- he listed with us as the other agents who promote this type of listing are not into doing short sales.

We listed the house for $1,795,000 and reduced it to $1,495,000 when we started to get offers. The final reduction was down to $995,000. We had some crappy offers and then about 3 good offers. The seller chose the offer that he liked the best and that he felt most comfortable with.

Both short sale lenders were quick to respond and easy to work with. It took less than 60 days to get acceptance letters from the short sale lenders and we got an offer through at $740,000. This is one smart buyer! The land itself is worth $695,000! We have lots listed for near the same price in this exact neighborhood.

Another successful Short Sale closing!

FTC Disclaimer: Not all short sales close successfully. Not all luxury home markets have success in closing short sales. There are no guarantees that your short sale will be approved by your lender. This post is to be considered marketing for the purpose of obtaining listings. The information within is for informational purposes only.

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Wellington Florida Real Estate News- Your Property Tax Bill.

According to the Village Of Wellington town revenue has fallen for the third year in a row. When the money was being raked in when new housing permits were being applied for and the values were going up on existing housing and people were flipping their houses left and right- well, my thinking is that they should have been saving that money for a rainy day.

Unfortunately the village spent the money nearly as fast as it was pouring in. Also, the town counsel-people told us that if a town has too much money in their savings account than they are not qualified for certain federal programs. That makes no sense but then again I don't think there is any federal program that provides incentives for frugality.

The Village of Wellington is reducing its spending and services now in order to keep our taxes as low as they can for their 2010 budget.

The main focus this next year will be on residents' desire for safety and security:

• Public Safety: There will be a contract increase to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office of 6% in 2010. We have a very safe village. We don't even have our own police department. The village contracts the Sheriff to provide for the public safety and the Sheriff has a small sub-station here in Wellington Florida.

• Capital Projects That Create Jobs Program: The village got money from the stimulus package to rebuild Forest Hill Blvd. I personally don't agree with this because a building project in our town is only giving temporary work to a few people and is not going to significantly do anything to help the economy. But whatever, it is what it is...

• Safe Neighborhoods: Safe neighborhoods is the top priority for all the residents here in the Village of Wellington Florida. So there will be an investment in code enforcement and nuisance abatement. They will also be setting up citizen patrols in certain areas in Wellington.

It looks like the Village of Wellington is going to reduce spending by 20 million dollars. They are going to do this through:

• Changing hours at all of the Village offices,
  
• Mandatory unpaid furloughs for employees,
  
• Elimination of raises,
  
• Reducing benefits,
  
• Eliminating non-essential capital expenditures,
  
• Eliminating positions by consolidating services.

There is also a rise in cost for our solid waste collection which is included in our tax bills to $165 per property. This includes your bulk curbside pickup. I don't complain about this one at all. That is not alot to pay to get curbside garbage pickup twice a week including recycling, landscaping pick up and bulk pickup. I don't know many states where you can leave an old refrigerator at the curb and it will be gone in the morning! I am happy to pay this fee.

The ad valor em tax rate is now set at 2.8 mills. That is up from 2.34 mills of last year for the same amount of revenue.

If you have questions concerning your Village of Wellington tax bill contact the village at ci.wellington.fl.us.

FTC Disclosure: This post if for informational purposes only and based on information gained from the Village of Wellington, it is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should not be relied on in making a housing purchase decision. We may gain listings or buyers because of writing this post. We are not employees of the Village of Wellington.

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