Palm Beach Real Estate and Loans

This weekend, Leibowitz Realty will be featuring several Homes in BallenIsles and Mirasol.

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I'll be at 40 Somerset from 2-4.  This 4 Bedroom, 4.5 Bedroom, 3 Car Garage Home is in the Coquina Estates subdivision and it offers both fantastic golf AND water views.

Priced at $999,000, it is another great example of how you can live in a top-tier country club without spending a fortune.

For more information, call me at 561-282-7406.

 
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If you've been looking for the best in Palm Beach Gardens real estate, you'll have plenty to choose from this weekend-

We'll be featuring luxury properties in both BallenIsles and Mirasol - two of the area's most desireable communities.

 I will be at 127 Remo Place - you can call me at 561-282-7406, or just drop by between 2-4.

This weekend I'll be featuring 110 Coconut Key Court in Palm Beach Gardens' prestigeous Golf / Country Club,  BallenIsles.

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This former model home features:

• 3 bedrooms + den
• 3 full bathrooms
• 2.5 car garage
• professional, stylish decorating throughout
• Great Room has a fantastic view of the 12th hole of the South Course
• state-of-the-art kitchen with granite countertops
• custom pool with waterfall
• summer kitchen
• click here for more details

This gorgeous home is being offered fully furnished and a full golf membership is available.

Make sure to drop by this weekend - or call me @ Leibowitz Realty Group if you have any questions.

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Once again the local paper went a 'little' overboard with one of it's headlines.

It never seems to end.

Bold, attention-getting, negative statements help sell papers.

This morning's Palm Beach Post readers were hit in the face with: "Property Values Plummet in County".

The worst part is that so many people will never continue to read just a little further to see that the so called 'plummet' is only a 7% price drop.  Certainly not great, but hardly the hideous drop that the headline leads you to believe.

As far as I'm concerned garbage like this actually helps slow the recovery of the real estate market.

Why?  Because the press makes the situation seem horrible.  And they do it over and over and over.......

This results in the impression that all Florida real estate owners are desparate and ready to accept any unsupported low-ball offer. 

In addition to the sensationalism, they also make generalized comments that obviously don't apply to all areas. If you average out what's happening in the ENTIRE County, yes, things are down.

But in several areas, such as Palm Beach, prices are actually going up!

Does that warrant a headline?  Absolutely not - it's buried in the middle of the article.

I certainly don't want the media to lie or sugar-coat the situation BUT balanced reporting would definitely be welcome for a change.

There are 2 'junk' fees that you need to be aware of when you are listing your Palm Beach Gardens real estate.

These are charges above and beyond the agreed upon comissions and they are only used by weak Agents / Companies....

They are: Early Termination Charges and Document Storage Fees and they are both BS!

The first, the penalty for early cancellation of the contract, is used by some Agents to basically scare dissatisfied clients into NOT cancelling the listing contract before the end of the agreed upon term  (typically 6 or 12 months).  Basically they're afraid that the client will cancel just to run to another company.  The better Agents don't ever ask for this.  I look at it this way - if I do my job properly, a client of mine will never want to go somewhere else! 

Next- the storage fee.  This is beyond ridiculous!  The law states that a brokerage needs to keep the records of a closed real estate transaction for several years after closing.  The actual length of the term doesn't matter and it may vary depanding what state you are in - what does matter is that you could be charged several hundred dollars for the storage of a small pile of paperwork.  This is just another way for a weak company to make a few more $$.

I just wanted to give everyone a quick head's up on these little 'tricks' - they're not used all that often, but make sure you keep your eyes open.