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Leading real estate broker ‘Fed up’ with law-breaking foreign appraisers, Blames companies operating in The Bahamas for hiring them
One of the country’s most successful real estate professionals today backed the industry association’s pledge to go after illegal appraisers who “rob qualified Bahamians of work” by operating in a country without a license to do so.
Mario Carey, founder and president of Better Homes and Gardens MCR Group, issued the no-holds-barred statement a day after the Bahamas Real Estate Associat...
Appraise your home
Appraise your home
Hurricane Dorian left a path of destruction never seen in the history of the modern Bahamas. Abaco and Grand Bahama may never be the same. However, the saddest part of the present reality is that so many homeowners in these islands failed to have their properties appraised and insured...
BREA appraiser training sessions underway
BREA appraiser training sessions underway
Training sessions are underway for licensed real estate salesmen and brokers to become Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA)?approved appraisers.
The first week of the training started yesterday at the British Colonial Hilton. BREA President Patricia Birch spoke to Guardian Business about the path the real estate practitioners are embarking on and the importance of training to the appraiser.
"Yo...
Concern over licence given to Canadian company to appraise Bahamian mortgages
FAMILIES For Justice is concerned over the granting of a business licence to a Canadian company to conduct mortgage appraisals for the two major Canadian banking institutions in the Bahamas.
Mario Carey Realty Names New Marketing Manager, Broker/Appraiser
Nassau, Bahamas - Even for a
record-breaking real estate broker, going out on his own as property
values in some places were tumbling faster than a rock off a cliff
seemed risky at best and crazy at worst, but for Mario Carey the past
three years have been a steady, almost heady, upward spiral. And today,
the founder of Mario Carey Realty and MCR2 announced the firm is
growing again.
"We're very ...
HG Christie LTD, Broker and Appraiser named President of the first Bahamas CRS Chapter
Nassau, Bahamas (February 3, 2011) ? H.G. Christie Ltd. proudly announces the most recent accomplishment of Mr. Elbert Thompson an Estate Broker, Appraiser and a top producing agent in their Nassau office. On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Mr. Thompson will add being named ?President of the Bahamas CRS Chapter? to an impressive and long list of personal achievements and accolades
Central Bank relaxes lending rules for residential mortgages
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Central Bank has announced that it is relaxing the lending rules for residential mortgages provided by domestic banks and credit unions by revising the minimum equity injection requirement, a move expected to alleviate the financial burden for qualified borrowers and allow some additional individuals to qualify for credit. The Central Bank [...]
FTX has $7 billion in assets, $200 million in Bahamian real estate
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The total value of the 38 properties in The Bahamas owned by FTX's has been assessed to be worth $199 million, according to recent court filings. The court filing prepared for a creditor meeting on Monday showed that the FTX Bahamas properties included 15 properties in Albany Marina Residences worth $151 million and [...]
Mario Carey ‘Homeporting has potential to revolutionize Bahamian economy’
A leading real estate broker and successful businessman said this week’s breaking news that four cruise lines were considering homeporting in The Bahamas had the potential to be “the biggest game-changer in recent history” for the tourism-based Bahamian economy.
“Homeporting has the potential to kickstart and revolutionize The Bahamas’ tourism-based economy,” said Mario Carey, foun...
Experts: Photos found at garage sale worth $200 million
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Rick Norsigian kept two boxes he bought at a garage sale under his pool table for four years before realizing they may be too valuable to store at home.
The Fresno, California, commercial painter learned this week that what was in those boxes he paid $45 dollars for a decade ago could be worth more than $200 million.