Happy New Year Manatee County Real Estate Customers!

Happy New Year!
Can you believe it, another year has come and gone! It seems like 2009 has just gotten started and here we are already about to embark on yet another new year. The Real Estate market in Manatee County, FL continues to improve but still a big percentage of our business is short sales and foreclosures. Even though the lenders have promised to start streamlining the short sale process, it just hasn't happened. I have one that has been in process now for 6 MONTHS!!! Can you believe that? The buyer is about ready to find something else and the seller is pretty anxious. That lender really needs to get their act together. This is Bank of America and I have found them to be the absolutely worst!
It would seem to me like these lenders should want to get some money out of these properties! I just can't believe how they treat their customers. It's almost criminal.
Anyway, hopefully, I'll have some good news soon.
Later.
Alice Ohme
Wagner Realty

Happy Holidays to All my Customers!

I just want to take this opportunity to thank all my loyal customers for their business during this last very difficult year in the real estate business in Manatee County, FL. May the holiday season bring you happiness and joy and many blessings.
Happy Holidays!
Alice Ohme
Wagner Realty

Happy Holidays! Short Sales, Short Sales, etc.

Hi All,
I can hardly believe we are only two weeks away from Christmas. It seems like 2009 just got started and here we are already!
Real estate continues to be a challenge here in Manatee County, FL. It's a little busy with showings but everyone is looking at everything before they buy (if they do buy!). There are some good deals out there to be found, but unfortunately, most of them are short sales and foreclosures, which are definitely a challenge to get closed. It takes the patience of a saint to accomplish this, but this seems to be the way real estate now is so we'd all better get used to it!
I think 2010 is going to have the most short sales we've ever seen before, so let's get prepared for another year of this. I've heard some rumors that some of the larger lenders are getting more streamlined with regard to processing short sales. I heard that Bank of America is going to have a website that can be referenced to get updates on progress. Since they are just the very worst to deal with, this is good news if it actually happens. I'll believe it when I see it.

Well, all for now. Have fun shopping and be good as Santa is watching!
Alice Ohme

Lots of New Foreclosures on Market

Just this week we have seen a whole ton of new foreclosures hit our local real estate market. In addition to this, there are more and more short sales. This tide doesn't seem to be going down at all. Actually, there are getting to be more of these distressed properties. I really can't wait for some return to normalization of our real estate market, sometime soon I hope!!!
Alice Ohme