6 children hospitalized after eating candy with ‘unknown substance’ at Lauderhill Boys & Girls Club

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 5, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News.

Six children were taken to Broward County hospitals from the Lauderhill Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday evening after eating a candy containing an “unknown substance,” Lauderhill Fire Rescue and Lauderhill Police said. Lauderhill Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jeff Levy said the children were taken from the club, located at 5455 NW 19th St., to Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes and Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale in stable condition. The injuries are not life-threatening, Levy said. Lauderhill Police said in a news release about 9 p.m. Wednesday that officers responded...

Understanding the Benefits of Owning Your First Home

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 5, 2023. Posted in Buying Myths, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Interest Rates, Move-Up Buyers.

Are you considering buying your first home? If so, it can be helpful to know what led other people to make that decision. According to a recent survey of first-time homebuyers by PulteGroup:“When asked why they purchased their first home recently, the answer was simple: because they wanted to. Either the desire to stop renting or recognition that homeownership is a smart financial investment was the main motivator for 72% of respondents.”While that survey looked specifically at first-time homebuyers buying newly built homes, the same sentiment is true for just about anyone buying their first...

Multiple people shot in ongoing ‘active shooter situation’ at Morgan State University, Baltimore Police say

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 4, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, Network, News.

By Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun Baltimore Police are encouraging people to avoid the area of Morgan State University and those nearby to shelter in place Tuesday night after multiple people were shot on campus. The department said that multiple people were shot on the campus. Police tweeted that officers are on the scene of the situation, which the school said was related to a report of shots being fired, on the 1700 block of Argonne Drive, near the Thurgood Marshall Apartments and close to the Northeast District Police Station. Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...

Do you recognize her? Woman killed in Lauderdale Lakes car crash is unidentified

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 4, 2023. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News.

A woman was killed in a car crash in Lauderdale Lakes last week, and all efforts to identify her have been unsuccessful, leading the Broward Sheriff’s Office to release a sketch of her Tuesday. The 4-foot-9, 80-pound woman was crossing the road near the 3400 block of North State Road 7 and the intersection of Northwest 34th Street shortly before 6:30 a.m. Sept. 27 when the driver of a 2023 Kia Soul heading southbound hit her in the right lane, the Sheriff’s Office said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Kia driver stayed to cooperate with the investigation. The Sheriff’s Office...

$200 million: How Palm Beach County’s affordable housing plans are starting to take shape

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 4, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News.

The Rev. Gerald Kisner knows how the housing crisis is placing big hardships on families. He recalls how a 47-year-old worker, unable to afford rent with two jobs, moved back in with his family. There’s the story of the three families living together in a three-bedroom apartment. And there’s a senior citizen, Kisner recalls, who had to choose between paying rent or buying medicine. “What do these people all have in common?” Kisner, of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in West Palm Beach, asked Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday. “They’re working here in Palm Beach County, and they...

Home Prices Are Not Falling

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 4, 2023. Posted in For Sellers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Housing Market Updates, Pricing, Selling Myths.

During the fourth quarter of last year, some housing experts projected home prices were going to crash in 2023. The media ran with those forecasts and put out headlines calling for doom and gloom in the housing market. All of this negative news coverage made a lot of people have doubts about the strength of the residential real estate market.If it made you question if you should delay your own plans to move, here’s what you really need to know.Home Prices Never CrashedDisregard what you saw in the headlines. The actual data shows home prices were remarkably resilient and performed far better...

General Daily Insight for October 03, 2023

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 3, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Horoscopes.

General Daily Insight for October 03, 2023 Our attention spans may be shorter than usual. With the sensitive Moon entering busy Gemini, we might get caught up in excitable distractions, inviting noise where we expected peace and quiet. Conversational Mercury then harmonizes with transformative Pluto at 3:20 pm EDT, supporting us in being more honest, passionate, and persuasive. Finally, lovely Venus redirects dreamy Neptune, heightening our idealism and sense of wonder, but also tripping us up to be more gullible and trusting. Let’s work to find our centers. Aries March 21 – April 19 Currently,...

Tom Hanks warns fans about ‘AI version of me’ promoting dental plan online

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 3, 2023. Posted in Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Network, Things To Do.

David Matthews | New York Daily News Tom Hanks is warning his fans that an “AI version” of him is hawking dental plans on social media. In an Instagram post over the weekend, Hanks posted a screengrab of a promotional video where his younger, computer-generated likeness pitches teeth cleaning services. “BEWARE!! There’s a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it,” Hanks wrote. The Academy Award-winning actor’s warning comes in the midst of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike which, in part, concerns how studios will — or won’t — use artificial...

Rep. Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, throwing House into new turmoil

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 3, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, Politics.

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing an extraordinary referendum on his leadership of the House after a conservative member of his own Republican majority, a longtime critic, moved to launch a vote to oust him from the helm. Late Monday, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., rose in the chamber as the House was almost done for the day to file the motion — a resolution that would set a snap vote in coming days that even Gaetz acknowledged may not have enough support to remove the speaker from the job. “I have enough Republicans where at...

Unpacking the Long-Term Benefits of Homeownership

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 3, 2023. Posted in Buying Myths, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Move-Up Buyers.

If you’re thinking about buying a home soon, higher mortgage rates, rising home prices, and ongoing affordability concerns may make you wonder if it still makes sense to buy a home right now. While those market factors are important, there’s more to consider. You should think about the long-term benefits of homeownership too.Think about this: if you know people who bought a home 5, 10, or even 30 years ago, you’re probably going to have a hard time finding someone who regrets their decision. Why is that? The reason is tied to how home values grow with time and how, by extension, that grows...

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