Entries by Toby Tobin

Florida’s November Employment Figures Released

Flagler County second highest again. Flagler’s rate up to 16.6%. Flagler ranks second highest among counties. Palm Coast highest among MSAs. Palm Coast, FL – December 17, 2010 – Florida’s Agency for Workforce Innovation announced Florida’s November employment figures today. Again, Flagler County ranked second among Florida’s counties. Palm Coast ranked highest among the state’s Metropolitan […]

Rim Golf Club Emerges from Cloud of Crescent Resources Bankruptcy

Now that a path to the future has been cleared, the Club has resumed selling full memberships previously limited to property owners. The Club has created several other membership categories. Palm Coast, FL – December 16, 2010 The Rim Golf Club announced that the transfer of the golf club property to the member-owned club has […]

NAR Economist Lawrence Yun Answers Questions

From the Economic Issues and Real Estate Business Forum from this year’s Annual Meeting & Expo in New Orleans Palm Coast, FL – December 16, 2010 – National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun answers some questions from the Economic Issues and Real Estate Business Forum from this year’s Annual Meeting & Expo in […]

Iowa AG Seeks Jail Time for Bad Mortgage Bankers

Miller also said he would support settlements with the banks that require significant principal rate reductions, loan modifications and compensation for citizens defrauded of their homes. Palm Coast, FL – December 14, 2010 Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller told distressed homeowners that he supports criminal prosecutions and other settlements against bank executives found guilty of […]

CoreLogic: More Foreclosures Leads to Fewer Underwater Mortgages

”Negative equity is a primary factor holding back the housing market and broader economy” according to Mark Fleming, chief economist with CoreLogic. Palm Coast, FL – December 13, 2010 There were fewer homeowners underwater on their mortgage at the end of the third quarter than the second quarter, but it’s because more properties that had […]

Forbes.com Names Palm Coast among Fastest-Growing Small Towns

It may say more about Forbes’ journalism than it says about Palm Coast, but every bit of good publicity is good for the city. Palm Coast, FL – December 13, 2010 – Forbes.com has named Palm Coast, FL among a group of the country’s fastest growing small towns. With growth stalled by the Great Recession, the […]