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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Typically, we use this weekly blog to provide information/statistics about the real estate industry and the title insurance business. Well, this week we are going to deviate from the norm. With the Thanksgiving holiday forthcoming, the First International Title family

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2016?

Real Estate

Yes, I know we’re still almost three months until the end of 2015, but one can never be too early when it comes to looking into the future. It seems the Home Buying Institute (HBI) feels the same way since

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SOUTH FLORIDA ECONOMY HUMMING RIGHT ALONG

South Florida, Economy

We were enthused to see the recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis that states for the third year in a row (during 2014) South Florida’s economy outpaced the U.S. average. Goods and services produced in Broward, Palm

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DEALING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA

Real Estate

We took note of a recent story posted on http://www.inman.com about the real estate industry doing a poor job of responding on social media. Frankly, we’re amazed by that. Whether we want to believe it or not, social media is

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PATRIOT DAY IS UPON US – LET’S NOT FORGET

Patriot Day

Normally, we use this space to blog about what’s happening in the title insurance industry or in the real estate world. This week, we’re going to deviate from that practice. You are no doubt aware that Patriot Day is here,

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THREE CHEERS FOR FLORIDA!

florida job market

We noted with great pride the recent story in Forbes about Florida being home to six of the top 10 metro areas when it comes to the highest forecasted employment growth. Quite obviously, more jobs translate to more money going

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BE SAFE AND ENJOY

Independence Day

Typically, our weekly blogs are associated with trends and statistics as connected to the title insurance business and real estate industry. That said, given the time of year, we decided to deviate from the norm. As we approach the July

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THE SUNSHINE STATE IS DEFINITELY SHINING

Housing

Florida is obviously known as the Sunshine State and it appears the skies couldn’t be any brighter for our state these days given some recently released economic news. According to a story in the Sun Sentinel which provided details from

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Do You Have Emergency Savings?

Emergency Savings

We’ve all seen the stories about how well the economy is doing and how each day it seems to improve. To that end, much to our shock and disbelief, we recently ran across a story on HousingWire.com (HW) detailing that

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Come on aboard

Job Marketing, employement

You have may have heard on the news in recent days about how great December was relative to jobs growth. The 252,000 jobs added last month gave the nation its sharpest year of labor market growth since 1999, while helping

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