Florida Real Estate Market

Unlike previous generations who could look to equity in their homes as a source of economic stability, the worsening economy has thwarted many baby boomers plans of an easy retirement. In the past retirees could look to their homes as a source of equity with which to retire and somewhat live off ...

Empty houses all around across Central Florida reveal builders plight as they are being forced to drop prices even faster than homeowners. Builders unable to sell their excess inventory are hustling to dump homes at lower prices and are doing whatever they can to hurry up and unload before prices...

The U.S. government and corporate media don't talk about how lower house prices are good for home buyers, preferring to sacrifice we the people and families to make sure bankers have plenty of debt to earn interest on. Nevertheless pure and simple economics says lower prices of anything is good f...

The surplus of speculating investors who cleverly learned how to leverage leverage OPM (other peoples money) and work the system, is now backfiring throughout the market and circling back around to correct itself. A fourth of the homes bought across the nation the last few years were purely specu...

The Florida Growth Management Initiative Giving Citizens the Right to Decide Local Growth Management Plan Changes is a wonderful referendum sponsored by the Floridians for Smarter Growth, Inc. under Chairperson Clarence Anthony (Tampa, FL). Article II, Section 7 provides for the voting upon this ...

Conservation and protection of Florida's scenic beauty should be a top priority for homeowners unless we want our home values to plummet as the state becomes billboard central. I don't think any Florida homeowner desires their neighborhood to look like Time Square in New York City full of adverti...

An initiative on the Florida, 2008 general election ballot is a bill to make hurricane insurance as a local property taxing authority at market value. To me this seems very dangerous because it basically passes on to every homeowner, whether they want it or not, additional insurance costs related...

The average citizen and resident of the State of Florida knows little if anything about legislation and initiatives currently being proposed to greatly alter their lives. When I found out about the Save Our Homes Amendment, my first reaction was that on its face it sounds good.That however is the...

Florida lawmakers may have passed revolutionary property tax reform amendment (if the voters approve), or maybe they are setting the stage for the privatization of education and our public services.Many homestead property owners find they are unable to downsize or relocate to a new residence beca...

Local governments are being hit with a heavy economic burden with the slowdown in residential real estate. Sizeable reductions in new home construction and demands from the state of Florida requiring local governments to cut back their budgets are taking their toll. Fewer permits being pulled for...