Rob Rose is a native of Fort Lauderdale with over 30 years experience helping gay and lesbian people call South Florida home. Rob is owner of R.L. Rose & Co, a boutique real estate company located in a historic cottage in downtown Fort Lauderdale. A Realtor since he was 21, few agents offer the level [...]

Foreclosures decreased by 8.4 percent — or 130,000 — in 2011, according to research by CoreLogic. “The pace at which properties are entering foreclosure is slowing,” Mark Fleming, chief economist with CoreLogic, told CNNMoney. “And servicers nationwide stepped up the rate at which they were able to process distressed assets.” So why are foreclosures dropping? [...]

That property photo you choose for the profile of your listing is critical. A blurry photo — or no photo at all — may translate into fewer clicks for your listing online and, ultimately, fewer showings. “As an agent you have to assume that this is the first image a potential buyer sees and the hook [...]

Defaults on Federal Housing Administration mortgages increased in December for the ninth-straight month. More than 711,000 FHA-backed home loans were in default at Dec. 31, nearly 19% higher a year earlier. As defaults increased, a constricted and delayed foreclosure process is hurting the government’s ability to unload the properties once they are repossessed. The U.S. [...]

NJ lawmakers want to turn foreclosures into affordable property, gay real estate, gay realtor, gay real estate agentTwo New Jersey lawmakers believe they can clean up excess foreclosure inventory by creating an entity to acquire foreclosures and sell them as affordable housing units. The proposed bill creates a unit the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage [...]