Linda Flack & Associates

If you miss the opportunity in the one of the hottest markets in the country it won't come around again.  Who is going to spend Christmas in your dream home this year?  You or someone else?  Cape Coral and Fort Myers are ripe for the picking and the apples are going fast.  Interest rates are at an all time low.  What ...

Homes for Sale under $100,000 in Cape Coral We have customers that are looking in the under $100k price range in Cape Coral.  These properties are moving fast and most are in great condition.  I have written multiple full price offers for properties to have them overbid by others. That is a good sign for the real estate ...

This is a crazy market. Cape Coral and Fort Myers Buyers are ecstatic over the deals they are putting together.  When you look at the nuts and bolts of the deal they are really amazing.  For instance the ability to buy a home for 2/3  and less of actual cost of building it.  That is a steal!  Prices when inflated equaled ...

Short Sales are out of control in Cape Coral and Fort Myers I have received one call after another to try to short sale homes and land.  It is truly epidemic.  I really wish I understood the thinking of the banks and what is reality in dealing with short sales.  Taking a short sale is like going to the dentist for a root canal. ...

I recently had the inspection for my 1972 Cape Coral home completed.  I failed.  The good news is there is help and a fund in Florida to mostly pay for shutters for my windows.  What a great opportunity. By getting the shutters my insurance will go down. This is a win, win.The potential savings is good in Florida, where ...

June 8, 2008Watch out for  the call or mail that “bails you out”.Ok SW Florida the predators are out.  If you find yourself in trouble with your mortgage I have a warning for you today.  A friend of mine in Cape Coral called me and said she had received an offer from her mortgage holder.  The offer had stated that ...

Building permits in Cape Coral and unincorporated Lee County were up. Lee County had 80 new permits and Cape Coral had 34 permits (more than double last month).  This seems to be the beginning of the turn.  The sense I get of the market is how people talk about what is happening and what they are doing about it.  The buyers are ...

Mortgage failures in Cape Coral. How bad was it? Well, I have been doing what is known as loss mitigation for a company that will remain anonymous. Essentially that means meeting with folks that were given a loan in lean times and are now strangled trying to figure out what to do next.  I’m hired to help the bank help the people ...

Well it looks like the city of Cape Coral is listening to the people and the seawall install is on hold. If they delay these projects for the short term until we begin the recovery from this economic downturn then we don't contribute to the problem. We need more thinking like that.  This is not an overnight thing.  We will be ...

Rates on 30-year mortgages fall to lowest point in a month WASHINGTON – May 16, 2008 – Rates on 30-year mortgages edged down this week to their lowest point in a month, This is great news to would-be home buyers. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.01 percent for the ...