3620 Harlano Street, Coral Gables SOLD in Dec 2012 for $835,000
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Dutch Village House
Something Truly Unique...
OFF the Market
OFF the Market
6704 LeJeune Rd Coral Gables Fl $1,175,000
Coral Gables Vintage Homes Recently sold
1136 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables $1,199,000
www.1136Alhambra.com SOLD August 2012
525 Alhambra Circle $895,000.00 OFF Market
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1215 Valencia Avenue, Coral Gables $849,000.00
www.1215Valencia.com SOLD August 2012
Saturday, May 21, 2011
4501 Santa Maria Street, Coral Gables
on One of the Prettiest Streets in
Coral Gables!
4501 Santa Maria Street, Coral Gables $1,990,000
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
More trips down Merrick Memory Lane
2027 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables SOLD!
This 5500 + 1920's charmer was originally designed by John and Coulton Skinner (architects of the lovely antebellum picket-fenced Colonials on Santa Maria Street. http://www.2027alhambra.com/
Take a Trip Down Merrick Memory Lane
Villa Castile, 1256 Castile Ave, Coral Gables SOLD for $1,325,000.00
If you have a passion for the charming vintage homes championed by the founder of Coral Gables, George Merrick, don't miss an opportunity to see one from the 1920's that had fallen upon hard times and lay a crumbling ruin in the middle of a very fancy Coral Gables neighborhood. Now this ruin has regained its glory and then some with a sublime and academically correct restoration and large addition. www.VillaCastile.com
Friday, July 9, 2010
Congress to eliminate new appraisal rules (Home Valuation Code of Conduct)
Amendment to Eliminate HVCC Still Alive in Financial Reform Bill [HousingWire]
An amendment to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Bill that would eliminate the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) survived congressional debates last week, according to one representative’s office.
A congressional conference last week took place to reconcile both versions of the House and Senate financial reform bills. As it stands now, the HVCC would be eliminated 90 days after the bill is signed. A new set of “appraisal independence standards” would replace it, according to the bill.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) implemented HVCC in May 2009 in an attempt to improve the independence of appraisers by prohibiting lenders and third parties from influencing appraisals. It’s a controversial regulation, leading to an increase in demand for appraisal management companies (AMCs) and complaints from independent appraisers who claim they’re being cut out of the market.
But the “appraisal independence standards” will be written and announced 60 days after the bill is passed. The bill, unlike HVCC, allows Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to accept any appraisal report completed by an appraiser selected or paid by a mortgage loan originator.
The bill also stipulates that the new standards will include a requirement that lenders and their agents pay appraisers at market rates.
Download Dodd-Frank Finance Bill 2010
Per appraiser Dave Towne: Click above for the full bill as approved by the Congress conference committee on Friday 6/25/2010, now technically known as the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.”
An amendment to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Bill that would eliminate the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) survived congressional debates last week, according to one representative’s office.
A congressional conference last week took place to reconcile both versions of the House and Senate financial reform bills. As it stands now, the HVCC would be eliminated 90 days after the bill is signed. A new set of “appraisal independence standards” would replace it, according to the bill.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) implemented HVCC in May 2009 in an attempt to improve the independence of appraisers by prohibiting lenders and third parties from influencing appraisals. It’s a controversial regulation, leading to an increase in demand for appraisal management companies (AMCs) and complaints from independent appraisers who claim they’re being cut out of the market.
But the “appraisal independence standards” will be written and announced 60 days after the bill is passed. The bill, unlike HVCC, allows Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to accept any appraisal report completed by an appraiser selected or paid by a mortgage loan originator.
The bill also stipulates that the new standards will include a requirement that lenders and their agents pay appraisers at market rates.
Download Dodd-Frank Finance Bill 2010
Per appraiser Dave Towne: Click above for the full bill as approved by the Congress conference committee on Friday 6/25/2010, now technically known as the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.”
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