I hear it everyday...everyday. "Lisa, I want the most bang for my buck." Everyone wants to "get a deal." But guess what? Practically everything on the market right now is a "deal." Compared to where the prices were back in the hay day of real estate, in that crazy, mixed up, unrealistic time period, where there were multiple offers on houses sold for way above the listing price, and everyone and anyone could buy, it's all a deal. It's a deal because prices are where they should have been, making more sense and are predicted to get even better. But whats hot right now is what's been hot for the last couple of years, short sales and REO's, or bank owned properties. Yes, I know a lot of people are shying away from short sales, and trust me, they are not

The Champagne & Parisi Team of Lang Realty is extremely pleased to announce their newest featured real estate agent with the team. Jared's dedication, loyalty and hardwork is what makes our team successful and will keep his clients coming back. “I am thrilled to have Jared as a featured real estate agent on our team,” says Caesar Parisi, Co-Owner, Champagne & Parisi Team at Lang Realty. 

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jared relocated to South Florida over 6 years ago with an extensive Sale’s and Service background. Jared is a true real estate professional that will stop at NOTHING to get the job done. Jared’s detail driven and passionate personality for real estate allows him the formula for success. Jared is a true Buyer’s

Carol A. Coffinger, Broker/Associate has joined Champagne and Parisi Team of Lang Realty as Broker/Associate.

The Champagne & Parisi Team of Lang Realty is honored to announce that Carol Coffinger has joined their team as Broker/Associate. "We are very pleased that Carol has brought her vast knowledge and experience with South Florida real estate to Lang Realty," said Claude Champagne, Co-Owner of the Team.  "Her dedication to clients and enthusiasm for the industry are beyond measure and it is our delight to have her join us ."
 
Ms. Coffinger is well versed in South Florida real estate having begun her career as an Associate with Dick Rhinehart at Century 21 Fortune Realty in Boca Raton some 25 years ago.  While with Fortune Realty she represented

Christina Wilson-Freudenthal Joins "The Champagne & Parisi Team" of Lang Realty

The Champagne & Parisi Team of Lang Realty is extremely pleased to announce the newest member of their team, Christina Wilson-Freudenthal. Christina has specialized in the luxury real estate market for over 10 years and has personally sold over $100 Million dollars in real estate. She is highly knowledgeable with all types of real estate in the South Florida market including waterfront properties, luxury estates and country club communities. Having worked for some of the most prestigious developers in South Florida, she is highly experienced with buyers and sellers. Christina is well-respected by her clients and colleagues. Her patience and flexibility helps ensure meeting

Rob Siemens Joins The Champagne & Parisi Team of Lang Realty

The Champagne & Parisi Team of Lang Realty is proud to announce that Rob Siemens, has joined their team. Rob is their newest addition to the team and brings a tremendous portfolio of projects that he has been involed with, including, The Polo Club of Boca Raton & Gleneagles in Delray Beach. "Rob is the type of agent that we are proud to have on the team with his unmatched reputation for being honest, ethical and a team player", said Caesar Parisi, Co-Owner of The Champagne & Parisi Team at Lang Realty.

About Rob

Rob Siemens is a successful real estate professional specializing in Country Club communities, Estate Homes and waterfront properties in Boca Raton and the surrounding areas for

Offering Incentives To Sell Your Home

It’s a buyer’s market so you are competing with many other homes that are on the market right now including foreclosures and short sales. If you want to get your Boca Raton home to stand out from the competition, you might want to think about offering your buyer some incentives to purchase your home so they choose your home over the one across the street or the home next door.

Here are a few ideas to entice buyers:

Offering to pay the buyer’s closing costs up to 6%. Have your agent check with the buyer’s lender to make sure this in acceptable to them and is in compliance with their loan guidelines. Title and closing costs can add up to quite a bit so if you offer to pay some or all the buyer’s

Please join the Boca Home Team in wishing Claude Champagne many more years of continued success! 

Today, Claude Champagne proudly celebrates his 25th year as one of Boca Raton’s prominent Realtors!  We congratulate him and wish him many more years of opulence and success!

 “The Champagne and Parisi Team”

New Risk Retention Rules Could Affect Boca Raton Borrowers

The FDIC, the Federal Reserve and several other federal regulatory agencies have proposed a new credit risk retention rule that would waive the 5% risk retention rule under Section 941 of the Dodd Frank law on qualified mortgages by requiring the borrowers to make a 20% down payment. Under the new rule, when making a non-qualified loan, lenders must retain a 5% ownership when the mortgages are packaged and sold to investors. Banks would have to have more capital for these non-qualified loans which means higher costs passed on to non-qualified loan borrowers. Borrowers who are unable to come up with the 20% down payment may not even qualify for a loan. The National Association of Realtors and

Boca Raton Insurance Premiums

Boca Raton homeowners could see their Citizens premiums increased up to 25% a year as a result of the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approval of SB 1714. The bill allows Citizens to raise residential home insurance rates up to 25% a year in an attempt to get Citizens back to the insurance company of last resort not first choice. Many legislators claim that the rate increase is needed to make Citizens solvent. If a 1-100 year storm hit Florida, Citizens would have a $13.7 billion deficit. Since many insurance companies left the state in 2004 and 2005 because of the busy hurricane seasons, Citizen’s saw an increase in the number of policies from 820,000 in 2003 to 1.3 million in 2010. Legislators believe