Amendment 1 Property Tax reform Vote on 1/29/08

January 15, 2008, Tampa, Fl

Governor Crist will spend a lot of time this week advocating passage of Amendment 1, the property tax reform proposal voters will consider on Jan. 29. The governor continues to visit families who will benefit from passage, and plans a promotional bus tour around the state on Wednesday. Early voting began today.

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Short Sales Start to Effect Home Prices in Tampa in 2008

January 15, 2008. Tampa, Fl.

Some real estate practitioners are carving out a new market niche by specializing in short sales, in which the lender holding a home’s mortgage agrees to accept an offer for less than what’s owed and forgives the rest of the loan.

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