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From Inc. Magazine, May 2006 | Page: 102 By: Joel Kotkin and Michael A. Shires
Employment Base of 150,000-450,000.
1 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
Hurricanes haven’t dampened population growth in this Gulf Coast area–it’s up 16 percent, to more than 500,000, since 2000. Among the key job generators: tourism, construction, and new service firms, many founded by refugees from […]
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — May 8, 2006 — Local builders are beginning to rediscover that there may be a potential market in building starter homes, mainly for young families with both parents working.
Among these is Punta Gorda’s PGI Homes, which is making a major departure from its traditional high-end work by launching Entryway Homes, with […]
Homebuyers are getting the big breaks in an increasing number of
U.S. markets, says Tom Early, president of the National Association
of Exclusive Buyers Agents. But even as the market shifts to favor
buyers, to get the best deal, buyers should take the right approach.
Some advice from Early:
• Tell your buyers to stifle the guilt. Remind them, if […]
NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. — May 2, 2006 — The Methuselah of mortgages has arrived: the 50-year home loan.
Think of it as a mortgage that has been supersized. Like that other supersizer, McDonald’s, the massive mortgage was born in Southern California’s San Bernardino County. Statewide Bancorp of Rancho Cucamonga began offering the loan in late […]