Squatters take over homes, causing different housing crisis

By SALLY KESTIN
The Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. - Imagine going to a house or condo you own and finding a stranger living there who claims the property no longer belongs to you. It’s happening across Florida and other parts of the country through what authorities say is abuse of a centuries-old concept known as adverse possession.
Dating [...]

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Mortgage rates fall to lowest level of the year

By Alan Zibel
updated 3:53 p.m. CT, Thurs., May 27, 2010

Turmoil in the stock market and the European debt crisis are making life easier for American homebuyers and families looking to refinance: Mortgage rates are inching closer to a record low.
The window of opportunity may close soon. Home loan rates will rise if investors grow more confident and shift [...]

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North Palm Beach oceanfront acreage sells for $10M; Ziffs likely buyer.

A week after Sea Acres Way LLC paid $12.25 million for attorney Lake Lytal’s North Palm Beach oceanfront house in Seminole Landing, the Delaware-based company bought two adjacent vacant parcels for $10 million.

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George V. Weston III

I am George Weston, the broker and principal of Palm Beach International Real Estate, LLC. I am a full time resident of Palm Beach and I have been in and around the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast for over 32 years.

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