Saturday, December 15, 2012

Brevard leads nation in foreclosures



Article Courtesy of The Orlando Sentinel
By Mary Shanklin
Published December 14, 2012
  
For the first time since the country's real estate collapse began about six years ago, Brevard County led the nation for foreclosure filings, according to a November report by the research firm RealtyTrac Inc.

More than any other county in the state, Brevard has been pummeled economically, with an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 layoffs related to the end of NASA's 30-year-old space shuttle program. The number of jobs lost there in recent years exceeds even the workforce at Walt Disney World in Orlando.

"The space center obviously hurt us a lot," said Tim Harber, president of Space Coast Realtors, a trade association for real estate brokers and agents. "Consumer confidence in this area is probably lower than normal because of the shuttle program."

Florida overall led the nation in foreclosure-related court filings for a third consecutive month in November, California-based RealtyTrac said in a report released today. There were 29,612 filings statewide during the month, up 3 percent from October and 20 percent from November 2011.

Nationally, foreclosure activity was down by the same proportions that they were up in Florida.

Florida's three-month record as the state with the most foreclosure activity comes as national foreclosure starts were at the lowest level since RealtyTrac began tracking them in December 2006.

"The trend is that the gap between Florida and some of the other hardest-hit states is widening instead of closing," said Daren Blomquist, RealtyTrac vice president. "Florida is getting worse while much of the rest of the country is seeing improvements."

Florida cities accounted for seven of the top 10 foreclosure "rates" among top U.S. metropolitan areas. Brevard led the way, with foreclosure filings for one in every 158 households during November — more than four times the national average. Other Florida metro areas in the national Top 10: Ocala, Jacksonville, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Sarasota-Bradenton, Port St. Lucie, and Gainesville.

Orlando was an anomaly in a continually troubled state: With 2,614 foreclosure filings during November, the four-county metro area ranked 23rd nationally for foreclosure actions. Metro Orlando has been in the Top 10 nationally many times, though never in the No. 1 spot.

The Orlando area's foreclosure filings were down 25 percent from October and down 7 percent from November 2011. Within the four-county area, which includes Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties, the only uptick was a 4 percent month-to-month increase in filings in Orange.

"Orlando bucked the trend for the state," Blomquist said.

But just east of the Orlando metropolitan area, Brevard County continues to feel the effects of ongoing layoffs. Just last week, the shuttle program's lead contractor, United Space Alliance, let go another 119 employees at Kennedy Space Center as operations continue to wind down.

Harber, who presides over the 1,300-member Space Coast Realtors, said Titusville and Palm Bay have been hardest-hit in a county that also has areas showing strong signs of recovery. Titusville has been at the core of the space-related layoffs, while Palm Bay "was just overbuilt" during the home-buying frenzy in the early and mid-2000s, Harber said.

"There was just too much speculation. There was too much development there and not enough jobs," he said. "It's a great retirement area but, without the influx of snowbirds coming in, it will take years for recovery."

Brevard does not appear to be headed out of the foreclosure trough anytime soon: The number of houses that received an initial foreclosure notice in November was up 12 percent from a year earlier.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Holy E_Mail!!


 
 
One day God was looking down at
earth and saw all of the rascally behaviour
that was going on...
 
So He called His angels and sent
one to earth for a time.
 
 
When the angel returned,
he told God,'Yes, it is bad on earth;
95% are misbehaving and only
5% are not.
 
God thought for a moment and said,
'Maybe I had better send down a second
angel to get another opinion.'
 
 
So God called another angel and sent
her to earth for a time.
 
When the angel returned she went to
God and said, 'Yes, it's true. The earth
is in decline; 95% are misbehaving,
but 5% are being good...'
 
 
God was not pleased.
 
 
 
So He decided to e-mail the 5%
who were good, because he wanted to
encourage them, and give them a little
something to help them keep going.
 
Do you know what the e-mail said?
 
Okay, I was just wondering,
because I didn't get one either.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

TIME TO TAKE A BRAKE FOR SOME "ME TIME"

Som e Sabadell flashmob - YouTube
Spain is so well done, and in such good taste, that I had to watch it several times.
 
 
 

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Holocaust



>>>>>        General Eisenhower  Warned  Us.
>>>>>
>>>>>         [
>>>>>
>>>>>         It  is a matter of history  that  when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General  Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he  ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the  German people from surrounding villages to be ushered  through the camps and even made to bury the  dead.
>>>>>
>>>>>He did this because he said in words to this  effect:
>>>>>
>>>>>'Get it all on record now - get the films -  get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of  history some bastard will get up and say that this never  happened'
>>>>>
>>>>>This week, the UK debated whether to  remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it  'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never  occurred. It is not removed as yet.. However, this is a  frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world  and how easily each country is giving into it.
>>>>>
>>>>>It  is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in  Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial  chain, in memory of the, six million Jews, 20 million  Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic  priests Who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved,  beaten, experimented on and humiliated' while many in  the world looked the other way!
>>>>>
>>>>>Now, more than  ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to  be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never  forgets.
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>>[
>>>>> 
>>>>>         This  e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people! Be a link  in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the  world.
>>>>>
>>>>>How many years will it be before the attack  on the World Trade Center  
>>>>>
>>>>>'NEVER  HAPPENED',
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>>         Because  it offends some Muslim???
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Do not just delete  this message; it will take only a minute to pass this  along.
>>>>>
>>>>>         FREEDOM ISN'T  FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR  IT!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>

 
ANDY

  


Subject: Fw: Eisenhower

When  I was a kid, I couldn't understand why Eisenhower was so  popular.  Maybe this will explain  why.
   
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General Eisenhower  Warned  Us.
         [


        
It  is a matter of history  that  when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General  Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he  ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the  German people from surrounding villages to be ushered  through the camps and even made to bury the  dead.

He did this because he said in words to this  effect:

'Get it all on record now - get the films -  get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of  history some bastard will get up and say that this never  happened'

This week, the UK debated whether to  remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it  'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never  occurred. It is not removed as yet.. However, this is a  frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world  and how easily each country is giving into it.

It  is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in  Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial  chain, in memory of the, six million Jews, 20 million  Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic  priests Who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved,  beaten, experimented on and humiliated' while many in  the world looked the other way!

Now, more than  ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to  be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never  forgets.

         
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[
 
        
This  e-mail is intended to reach 400 million people! Be a link  in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the  world.

How many years will it be before the attack  on the World Trade Center  

'NEVER  HAPPENED',

          cid:AB403DE2CFC44C57ABF1706A3DB8C72B@toshibauser
        
Because  it offends some Muslim???


Do not just delete  this message; it will take only a minute to pass this  along.

        
FREEDOM ISN'T  FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR  IT!
 
 
 


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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

TRICH ADAMS AND CAROL PONTIOUS

DID YOU SEE THE UGLY PICTURE OF TRICH ADAMS AND CAROL PONTIOUS ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE LA TIMES.  THIS PICTURE MAY BE THE LAST OF CAROL PONITIOUS.  SHE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE STATE FOR NOT PAYING STATE INCOME TAXES FOR OVER 3 YEARS.  LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Thish Adams

Don't forget to say hi to the developer good relation, Trish Adams.  You have no say in the matter.  They tell you what to do, what to say, and where to go.

LOTS OWN BY THE DEVELOPER

ON EVERY VACANT LOT THE DEVELOPER MUST PAY TAXES.  IT AVERAGES ABOUT $3,000 A LOT.  IF YOU ADD ALL THE EMPTY LOTS IT ADDS UP TO A GOOD SUM.

KIDS



  Now I understand why they call them kids. This is so cute.
 
ALL you KIDs big and small will love this one.    Merry Christmas!!!

Sign up your guest or be banned!

Tricia Adams and Carol Pontious are telling everyone to be a good neighbor by reporting your guest at the clubhouse activities desk.  How is this possible?  If you don’t, are they going to ban you from the clubhouse?  This rule is a slap in the face.  They want to know who is in your house?  I say it is none of their damn business.  Before you know it,  they want to know what animal lives in your house.  This is not a community but a control community by the lairs and thief’s that are running it.  See page 11 of the November issue.  First it was the MX, roads, no sidewalks, ban from writing to June Young web site, High storage fees, Do nothing and lair Joe Hunter, Now Tricia Adams and Carol Pontious, Short driveways, Pick-up trucks, what is next?  No one has the guts to say anything.  Now there are a large number of homes for sale, I wonder why.  You can’t sell them,  new homes are selling less than old homes.  Yes, the residents are being screw again.

Developer selling new homes less than old homes

Homes here at Lake Ashton have gone down as much as $100,000 or more.  Residents owe more than the value of their home.  Many residents have decided to just walk away.  The developer has just did a job on the residents by destroying the value  of their home by selling NEW homes less than the old homes.  The use homes sales has dropped and was force to laid off one of their employee's.  Good luck in selling your home!