More loans, lower dollar value in Manatee
Manatee’s 10 biggest lenders made 609 mortgages in April – 17 percent more than the month before. But the dollar value of those loans was down 22 percent. Mortgages originated by Manatee’s largest More...
Flip generates $22,500 for Sarasota investor
Sarasota resident Sheryl A. Gregg generated a quick $22,500 by buying a 1,293-square-foot house at 3832 Monica Parkway in Sarasota on May 7 for $95,000 and reselling into on the same day for $117,500. The buyer More...
Manatee community banks book 20 mortgages in April
Community Bank loans in Manatee in April: COMMUNITY BANK LOANS VALUE INSIGNIA 6 1,594,250 FIRST AMERICA 11 1,330,800 FLORIDA SHORES 2 917,000 1ST MANATEE 1 220,000 TOTAL 20 4,062,050 CommunityBank loans in Manatee More...
April was a massive month for Manatee’s non-bank mortgage companies
Non-bank mortgage companies made 229 loans totaling $42,3 million in April – a 43 percent increase in loans and a 29 percent increase in the dollar value from March. Non-bank mortgage company loans in April: LENDER LOANS VALUE QUICKEN More...
Landlord gets hit with a flurry of foreclosure suits
Sarasota real estate investor Christopher Witcraft has defaulted on four loans totaling $322,250 since mid March. Three of the loans were used to buy small rental homes between 2001 and 2005 and the other was refinance More...
Manatee’s top closing firms in April
Barnes Walker was even more dominant that usual last month. The Bradenton law firm closed 192 real estate sales valued at $39.9 million. Its next largest competitor – Alliance Group Title – closed less More...
Hispanic congregation buys Bradenton church
The Gulf Central District of Florida’s United Methodist Church, a Largo religious organization headed by Mason K. Dorsey, sold a 5,076-square-foot church at 2128 30th Avenue E in Bradenton to Ministerios Puerta More...
Early stage foreclosures in Manatee were 40 percent lower than last year
There were four more early stage foreclosures in Manatee County in April than the month before. But the total was down 40 percent from April 2012. A total of 182 were filed by the 10 leargest lenders, which More...
Clearwater investor buys six Manatee properties
B&B Suncoast Land Development Inc, a Sarasota company managed by Robert L. Koontz, sold a collection of six properties – consisting of two houses and 101 acres of land – to CWES XV LLC for $2.65 More...
Palmetto apartments garner $24,000 per unit
Highland Associates Ltd., a Clearwater company managed by Pamela K. Borton, sold a 44-unit apartment complex at 602 20th Lane E in Palmetto to Bayside Villas LLC for $1.05 million. Highland Associates built the More...