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<title><![CDATA[Benjamin Dona]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm Benjamin Dona, a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker and Mortgage Banker. I specialize in Southwest Florida real estate and Florida home loans. My realty firm, Gulf Coast Associates represents buyers and sellers from St. Petersburg & Sarasota to Bonita Springs & Naples. And, if you're in need of financing, Metro Mortgage Company is a federally regulated lender specializing in originating Conventional, Jumbo and FHA/VA loans in 20 States including Florida.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Foreclosure Wave That Wasn't]]></title>
<link>http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-06/the-foreclosure-wave-that-wasnt</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:36:32 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When banks pulled back on foreclosures two years ago following a government investigation into faulty paperwork by lenders, Wall Street analysts, academics, and researchers thought the lull would be followed by a storm. They believed that once banks resolved the claims of delinquent homeowners]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A condo in mind? Look to Venice for a low price]]></title>
<link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20121207/ARTICLE/312079992/-1/sports?Title=A-condo-in-mind-Look-to-Venice-for-a-low-price</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:42:31 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Amid all the signs of a resurgence in residential real estate in Southwest Florida, there is one surprising exception: the condo market in Venice.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mortgages  Upshot of the Foreclosure Backlog]]></title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/realestate/mortgages-upshot-of-the-foreclosure-backlog.html?_r=0</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:18:43 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some say that in states where foreclosures must go through the courts the process can often drag on for two or three years, slowing the housing market recovery.]]></description>
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