Real Estate News
February 2nd
America's 10 Most Miserable Cities
January 26th
Candidates Unloved in Lehigh Acres
January 25th
Distresses Sales 1/4 of Homes in Plam Beach County
January 24th
Stadiums May Become Homeless Shelters
January 22nd
Navigating a Tight Rental Market
January 12th
Fed Plans to Rent Foreclosures
Foreclosures Surge in Flagler
Foreclosures Filings Down
in Tampa Bay Area
January 10th
Framing a Case for Home Builders
December 22nd
Volusia-Flagler Homes
Sales Rise, Prices Dip
December 14th
SW FLA Foreclosures Down 17%
December 13th
Chicago Sued Over Vacant Upkeep Fee
December 12th
Revised Sales Make Housing Bust Worse
December 8th
Chinese Solar Panel Subsidies
December 2nd
Buy High End Homes, Get Visa
Hotel Sale Fetches $2.9 Million
December 1st
Congressional Concern for FHA
November 26th
Lure for Home Buyers
November 18th
The Value of Poshly Named Streets
November 17th
Housing Lobby Seeks FHA Increase
November 16th
Good Schools Antidote to
Foreclosures
November 14th
The Fuzzy Math of Home
Value Websites
November 10th
Suit Targets Mortgage
Registry Firm
Home Prices Keep Dropping
November 9th
Realtors Criticize Dues
Increase for Lobbying
November 8th
Real Estate: The Long
Road Back
Fired Foreclosure Fraud
Investigators Inquiry
November 5th
Rentals Hint at Recovery
October 31st
Triple Dip for Home Prices
October 30th
Foreclosure "Heat" Map
October 29th
In Real Estate, Simple Wins
October 28th
Hernando County Mulls Cutting
Impact Fees
October 26th
Tampa Bay Home Supply Shrinks
October 25th
Home Prices Up in
1/2 US Major Cities
FEDs Revamp HARP
Foreclosure Mediation May End
October 24th
Foreclosure Prevention Program
Does Not Keep Owners in Homes
White House Promotes New
Housing Help
October 23rd
Commercial Developer Offers
View on Volusia Sales
October 20th
Foreign Home Buyers May Get Visas
October 19th
US Homebuilding Jumps 15%
in September
FLA Construction Industry Shrinking
October 18th
Why is Housing Hurting?
October 17th
A Lack of Attractive Inventory
October 16th
Using 401(k) Without Penalty
To Avoid Foreclosure
October 11th
Tips for High Value
October 10th
Sales & Prices Fall in Pasco,
Pinellas and Hillsborough
FLA May Speed Up Foreclosures
October 9th
How to Make a "Lowball" Offer"
Detroit's Engine Roars on
Signs of Turnaround
October 7th
Eateries Expand Koreatown's Turf
Home Ownership Falls
October 6th
AG Asked to Examine Developer
Problem
Billionaire to Put Cattle Ranch
on Property Spanning Marion and
Levy Counties
Courts Want Funds To
Move Foreclosures Along
October 5th
Principal Reduction Plan
in Settlement Proposal
Housing's Job Engine Falters
October 4th
Foreclosure Problem Plagues
Florida's Economy and Courts
FL AG Going After
Fraudulent Timeshares
Rent A Desk
October 3rd
Roofers Blast New Rules:
"Bad for Business"
The Subprime Continent
Copper Falls
October 2nd
Innovation Hub to
Get First Tenant
Alachua County Highest
Average Property Taxes
in FLA
October 1st
Upscale Homes for
Section 8
House Gone; Debt Remains
September 29th
Court Approves Distressed
Properties in Appraisal:
Debtors' Appraisal Trumps
Wells Fargo
September 28th
County Pays $1.77 Million
Above Market Value:
No Appraisal
Growth Bill Legal
Challenge
September 27th
New Home Sales Fall
for Fourth Straight Month
September 23rd
Harder to Grow New
Farmers
September 22nd
Housing Lobby's Rare Defeat
Home Resale Up but Weak
September 21st
Gainesville Drops 10%
Foreclosure Lag Spurs Gains
Home Forecast Calls for Pain
Commercial Rebound Stalls
September 20th
DeLand Cuts Building Fees
for 2 Years
Housing Starts Decline
September 19th
AMC's May Be Liable
for Appraiser's Work
Tyco Plans Split: Again
Home Builders Hamstrung
September 18th
Declining Values Pressure
Local Budgets
September 16th
Is It Possible to Build a Home
for $1,000?
Social Engineering in Suburbia
September 15th
Foreclosure Starts Spike
in August
Record High Foreclosure Activity
Foreclosure Filings Fall 20%
September 14th
Brandon Home Eliminates
Electric Bills
Jacksonville Real Estate Gains in
August
Buying & Selling in Hard Times
Housing Inventory Hits 2011 Low
September 13th
Lehman Large in Commercial
Conservationists Oppose 23,000
Home Project
September 12th
Building Greener Cities
September 10th
Growth Law Change May Open
23,000 Homes
September 9th
Housing Keeps Limping
6 Mistakes Housing Investors
Make
September 8th
Labor Dept. Probes Builders:
Questions Pay Practices
September 7th
Gyms & Health Clubs Are 8.8%
of New Retail Leases this Year
5 Tips to Stage Your Home
September 6th
Paying for Power You Don't Use
September 4th
Retail Strip Sells for 1/3 of Earlier Offer
September 1st
New Rules for Appraisers:
Confusing and Costly
August 31st
Developer Wants Res Re-Zoned Ag
Houseboats for Rough Economy
Orlando Retail Real Estate Market
Still Tough
South FL Homes Stable in June
Solar Rebate Period Opens
August 30th
Spring Buying Boosts Home Prices
August 29th
Koppers Superfund Site Awaits
August 26th
Bernanke: "All About Home Prices"
August 25th
Jacksonville Retail Lease Rates
Stable at Mid-year
August 24th
Cash Buyers Snapping Up Houses
Around Tampa Bay
August 23rd
"Perilous Time" in Home Building
Gainesville Albertsons A Casualty
Sales of New Homes Down in July
August 21st
Housing Starts Slow
in Metro Orlando
Tampa Apartment Market Taking Off
August 20th
Home Lending Lowest
in 14 Years
August 19th
Tampa Hotel/Office Tower Planned
August 16th
Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing:
Section 8 is Ruining Neighborhoods
August 16th
Housing Starts Fall:
Lowest Since 1959
Zillow Considers Some
Homes Underpriced
August 15th
Housing Boom Continues in
The Villages
August 12th
Anticipating Declines in
Gainesville
August 11th
HUD REO Locator
August 10th
10 Markets on the Ropes
August 7th
Should Housing Be the Next
White House Summit?
August 5th
America's Ten Unhealthiest Markets
August 1st
Banks Try to Wipe the Slate
July 29th
A Question of Worth
July 25th
Realty or Reality... TV
July 23rd
Zillow's "Zuzzy" Math
July 22nd
Sinkhole in Downtown Leesburg
July 17th
Designation and Display Changes
July 14th
Post-Bubble Buyers Overpricing Homes
July 13th
Prediction: 20% Drop in Housing Prices
July 12th
Tampa Bay Home Prices Rising
Copper Theft Epidemic
July 11th
A Home is a Lousy Investment
July 8th
Volusia Proposes Higher Rates
South Florida Sees Slight Uptick
July 7th
Hollywood Considers 11% Increase
July 6th
Zillow Shifts "Zestimates"
July 5th
Selling Your Home in a Bad Market
July 3rd
Economic Fallout from Shuttle Retirement
July 1st
Worst Housing Markets for Next
Five Years
June 30th
There Was Never a Housing Recovery:
Q & A with Pimco's Scott Simon
June 29th
Declines in Homes Prices Ease
June 28th
Home Prices Notch Spring Bounce
June 22nd
Home Resales Slide 3.8%
June 10th
Who's Upbeat on Housing?
June 8th
9 Out of 10 Buyers Look Online
Higher Gas Prices May Lead to Downtown Jacksonville Residential Rebound
June 6th
Subsidence Problem: Harvard University's Annual Housing Report
June 4th
Why It's Time to Buy
June 3rd
Short Term Rentals Get Relief
June 1st
Housing Imperils Recovery:
Home Prices Sink to 2002 Levels
May 31st
The Rent Isn't Too Damn High
May 27th
Mortgage Rates Fall Again: 2011 Low
Dec 21st
11 Predictions for AMC Liability Risks in 2011
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January 20th
FDIC Takes and Sells Marion County Bank
January 11th
Fannie Mae CEO Resigns
December 21st
Evicted Firefighter Blames Bondi
December 14th
"Occupy" and Strategic Defaults
Seeking Halt to Unemployment Tax Hike
December 1st
Mass AG Sues Big Banks
November 30th
$7 Trillion in Secret Loans
November 17th
Refinancing Guidelines
Reassure Investors
November 2nd
Borrowers Win; Savers Lose:
Fed Stands Pat, Again
November 1st
Banks Retreat on Fees
October 31st
Why You Can't Get the
Lowest Mortgage Rates
October 25th
The Mortgage Hangover
Restringing HARP
October 16th
Scrap Dealers Resist New Rules
Designed to Discourage Thieves
October 13th
Metro Orlando Foreclosures
Surge 42%
SW FLA Foreclosure Rate up 27%
October 12th
Florida Foreclosures 2nd
in Nation for Q3
October 11th
Banking Chiefs Must Come
Clean on Risks
October 8th
Refinance Now? Maybe Not
October 7th
Foreclosure Talks Move Forward
October 6th
B of Offers $20K to
Short Sale
The Banker Baiters:
Why Are Fees Rising?
October 4th
Review of Foreclosure Mistakes
Is Set
October 3rd
B of A Website Malfunctioning
Again
October 1st
California Quits Talks:
No Deal on Foreclosures
September 28th
$500 Million Unspent:
Mortgage Foreclosure
Prevention Effort
Mortgage Fraud Reports
Up 88%
September 27th
Too Little Lending
Too Late? Fed Lowers
Loan Loans
September 26th
A Real Robo-Signing Scandal:
Fannie Knew Years Ago
September 24th
Will Clearing Foreclosure
Logjam Revive FL Economy?
September 23rd
Housing Slump Hits New
Mortgage Loans
September 22nd
Foreclosure Reform Floated
September 21st
Scott Suggests Taking Courts
Out of Foreclosure Process
Foreclosure Mediation Program
in Jeopardy: Low Success Rate
September 19th
Effort on Home Loans Stalls
Poverty and American Youth
Florida 7th on Unemployment List
What a Countrywide Bankruptcy
Would Mean for B of A
September 17th
Code Enforcement Grapples
with Foreclosures
B of A Takes Armageddon
Off the Table
September 16th
Why Bother Valuing B of A?
September 15th
Florida Revenue Outlook Bleak
Unemployment Requests
Jumped to 428,000
Leaders Seek Refi Options
September 13th
B of A Ramps Up Foreclosures
New Rules for Big Banks
US: 1 in 6 Poor
The Dodd-Frank Layoffs
September 12th
Greek Default and US Banks
September 10th
Regions Not Keen on
Federal Rental Plan
September 9th
Shedding Jobs at B of A
September 8th
Mortgage Rates Records Lows
Jobless Claims Up
How Much Oomph for Economy
From Gov't Refi Effort?
Foreclosure Is a Dirty Word
For Webster Financial Corp
September 7th
Feds Find B of A Worse
Than Countrywide
Refi "Stimulus" No Slam Dunk
5 Things Roiling the Market
September 6th
Dividend Champions VS.
Mortgage REITs
Shake Up at B of A
B of A "Buffet Rally" Ends
Banks Fight Against FHFA:
"Total War" Strategy
Being a Sponsor:
A Guide for Small Biz
September 5th
Unemployment, Underemployment and
Discouraged Workers = 16.2%
September 4th
Banks Overwhelmed By Refinance
17 Banks Face $196 Billion Suit:
Misled Fannie and Freddie
September 2nd
Big Banks Face Suits Over
Mortgage Bond Losses
September 1st
Mortgage Rates Hover
Near All-Time Lows
Refinance Bailout to Hammer Taxpayers
Second Great Contraction:
2007 Recession Hasn't Ended
Banks, States reach a Deal
August 31st
Foreclosures Affecting Health
Foreclosure Timeline Stretching
Subprime Mortgage Bonds Get AAA
Justice Department Leans On Banks
Bank of Political Works
August 30th
Hernando Foreclosures Down:
New Home growth Stagnant
Fewer FL Businesses =
Fewer FL Jobs
August 29th
AG Investigates Lawsuits Pitched
to Distressed Homeowners
August 24th
MERS Morass: Foreclosure Settlements
Stall
Mortgage Purchase Applications at
15 year Low
August 23rd
How Much to Charge a
"Couch Crasher"
JP Morgan May Take Over B of A
10 Things Economists Won't tell You
August 22nd
Web-surfing at Work
Increases Productivity
Layoffs Lead to More Default:
Florida Leads Nation in Foreclosures
August 21st
"Reckless Endangerment"
August 20th
1/2 US Homeowners Paying Too Much
in Property Taxes
August 17th
UMDP/UAD: Road to Ruin?
August 11th
Marion Foreclosures Surge
Churches Push State to
Expand Foreclosure Aid
August 9th
Freddie Mac Asks for $1.5 Billion
August 8th
More S&P Downgrades
B of A Sued By AIG
August 5th
Appraisers, Loan Officers and
Straw Buyers Charged
August 4th
FDIC Sues AMC
July 29th
Mortgages Hold Steady
July 28th
Epicenter of Housing Crisis: Phoenix
Repo Rates Rising
July 25th
Ethical Questions in Law Firm's
Approach to Mortgage Modification
July 22nd
Mortgage Rates Stall
July 21st
Investors Pulling Retirement
Funds Out to Lend on Mortgages
July 19th
Florida's Closing Costs 12th Highest
B of A to Scale Back Servicing Portfolio
Robo-signing Names Reappear
July 18th
Streetlinks Expands to Tampa
July 17th
Bright Spots Emerge in Hernando County
Economy
July 14th
Second Wave of Foreclosures
Flagler County Had Highest
Foreclosure Ratio for June
July 12th
Revamp of Foreclosure Requirements
July 10th
"Rocket Docket" Grounded
July 6th
New Mortgage Caps
July 4th
Lee County's "Shadow Inventory"
July 3rd
Bankruptcy Helps Stop Some
Foreclosures
July 1st
What Follows from Bank of America's
Settlement?
June 29th
Closing the Loophole on Associations
More Money for Struggling Homeowners
June 28th
B of A: $8.5 Billion Settlement Proposal
June 21st
Housing Troubles Have Deep Foundations
June 20th
Government Stays Glued to Mortgage Markets
June 17th
Mortgage Rates Hold Steady
June 14th
B of A "Significantly Hindered" Foreclosure Review
June 10th
Fresh 2011 Low for Mortgage Rates
June 9th
Bank Stocks Less Attractive Due to Mortgage Woes
June 8th
Fed Chair Scares Investors
June 7th
Southwest Florida Exceeds National Rate of "Negative Equity"
June 5th
Bank of America Gets Pad Locked After Homeowner Forecloses On It
June 1st
Foreclosures Expected to Take Longer:
"Rocket Docket" Ends
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February 14th
Citizens to Raise on Condos
February 2nd
Citizen's Bill Moves to House
January 24th
Citizen's Bill Moves Ahead
January 12th
Plan to Shrink Citizens Proceeding
January 11th
Citizens Facing Another Overhaul
December 14th
Citizens Reducing Policy Count
December 7th
Citizens May Get Surplus Lines
November 14th
Citizens Property Proposes
Sweeping Changes
November 1st
Scott Pushes for Citizens
Property Insurance Reform
Scott Wants to Keep Insurance
Commissioner on the Job
October 19th
Bill Aimed at Reducing Citizens
State Farm Dumps Policies into Citizens
October 18th
Hurricane Fund has Shortfall
October 15th
Life Insurance 101
October 8th
Don't Buy Too Much Insurance!
October 6th
Insurance Regulator Resigns
Gov. Scott Questioned on
Home and Auto Insurance
September 28th
Gov Scott Grilled on
Auto & Home Insurance
September 20th
Citizen's Rates Rising
Flood Insurance:
Caveats Abound
September 12th
Phasing in Sink Hole Rate Hike
September 7th
Battle Against Weather:
Has Just Begun
August 30th
FL Insurance Rates Could Rise
August 22nd
Flood Fears Drive More
to Insurance
July 27th
Who Will Pay 200% Increase?
June 27th
Increases in Renewal Notices
June 24th
Insurance Rate Comparison Website Shutdown
June 16th
Citizen's Has Cash for All But Biggest Storms
June 6th
New Law for Hurricane Insurance
June 2nd
State Farm Customers Report Triple Digit Rate Hikes
May 28th
Distant Disaster's Effect on Florida Insurance
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