Retirees began buying homes in Naples at the end of the 1970s, when waterfront lots were selling for $40,000 (today they may fetch $7 million).

The most recent U.S. Census found this city and surrounding Collier County, acquiring young, single, college-educated residents at a faster clip than any other part of the United States. What’s more, during the 1990s, the overall population of the Naples area grew by 65 percent, to just over a quarter-million people, a frenetic rate bested only by Las Vegas.

In the 12 months ending last July, and not counting the increase in population due to births, Florida added an estimated 355,000 residents, nearly the equivalent of the population of Miami.

If migratory trends continue, Florida, which surpassed Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois in the 1980s to become the fourth most populous state in the nation, should reach another milestone in 15 years or so, when it overtakes New York. Only California and Texas will have more people.

Financial contracts can be very confusing. Before signing yourself to a major long term commitment have an attorney, familiar with financing and taxes, examine and explain the details (where the Devil is). A good tax finance attorney can save you many times his fee over the years, not to mention possible legal problems.

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In the U.S., the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) administers the programs known as “Ginnie Mae”, Fannie Mae, and “Freddie Mac” to promote lending and to encourage home ownership and construction. These programs work by buying a large number of mortgages from banks and issuing (at a slightly lower interest rate) “bonds” to investors known as MBS or Mortgage Backed Securities.

This allows the banks to quickly relend the money to other borrowers and thereby create more home loans than the banks could with the amount they have on deposit. This in turn allows the more of the public to own their own homes, something the government wishes to encourage. The investors, meanwhile, gain low-risk income at a higher interest rate than they could gain from most other bonds.

Although your monthly payment may be higher, you can save tens of thousands of dollars in interest charges by shopping for the shortest-term loan you can afford. For each $100,000 you borrow at a 7% annual percentage rate (APR), for example, you will pay over $75,000 less in interest on a 15-year fixed rate than you would on a 30-year fixed rate.

Borrowers can save thousands of dollars in interest charges on their mortgages by shopping for the lowest-rate with the fewest points. Each point is 1 percent of the loan amount. Lenders charge points as a way to make a profit, and borrowers generally pay points in exchange for lower rates.

On a 15-year $100,000 fixed-rate, just lowering the APR from 7% to 6.5% can save you more than $5,000 in interest charges over the life of the loan, and paying two points instead of three would save you an additional $1,000.

Financial contracts can be very confusing. Before signing yourself to a major long term commitment have an attorney, familiar with financing and taxes, examine and explain the details (where the Devil is). A good tax finance attorney can save you many times his fee over the years, not to mention possible legal problems.

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