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Mel Gilson
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Florida housing market continues positive track in Sept. 2018
ORLANDO, Fla. – Oct. 19, 2018 – Florida's housing market reported more closed sales, higher median prices and more pending sales in...


Interest rates to return to ‘normal’ levels in ‘year or so’
WASHINGTON – Oct. 19, 20 18 – New York Federal Reserve President John Williams predicts that the Federal Reserve's target interest rate...


Housing market facing a gentler slowdown than in 2007
From The Desk Of Mel Gilson, Broker Associate - Better Homes and Gardens, Lakeland Florida NEW YORK – Oct. 16, 2018 – Home-price growth...


Mortgage rates hit 7-year highs – 30-year at 4.9%
WASHINGTON (AP) – Oct. 11, 2018 – Long-term U.S. mortgage rates leaped this week to their highest levels in seven years amid global...


Is Florida looking at a renter crisis? Most renters can afford to buy. Contact us.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Oct. 9, 2018 – Vote by mail (Absentee) ballots have been mailed for the 2018 general election, which means Florida is...


Mortgage fraud grows along with home prices and demand
WASHINGTON – Oct. 10, 2018 – Approximately one in 109 applications, or 0.92 percent, of all mortgage applications contained indications...


Are We About To Enter a Buyers’ Market?
October 8, 2018 Home sales are below last year’s levels, home values are appreciating at a slower pace, and there are reports showing...


First comes a home, then (maybe) love and marriage
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Oct 10, 2018 – Millennials are straying from the norm. A new survey finds that 23- to 40-year-olds value homeownership...


Kiplinger’s: Retirement guide for snowbirds
NEW YORK – Oct. 9, 2018 – Pat and Pete Engel of Glendale, N.Y., are seasoned snowbirds, having spent every winter since 1995 in Florida....


Mortgage rates edge lower – 30-year rate at 4.71%
WASHINGTON (AP) – Oct. 4, 2018 – Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged slightly lower this week, taking a pause after five straight weeks...
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