Low taxes and depressed real estate prices help. A ranking of 35 major metropolitan areas in terms of costs landed South Florida at No. 6 in the nation. Here's how it compares: By Douglas Hanks The recession hammered South Florida's housing and labor ...

But state-level data point to potentially more home repossessions ahead in Florida and many of the 25 other states where courts are required to sign off on foreclosures. All told, the number of US homes taken back by lenders in April declined 7 percent ...

“Florida's housing market is improving but we still have a long way to go,� said 2012 Florida Realtors President Summer Greene, regional manager of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Florida 1st in Fort Lauderdale. “We must keep our members of ...

What happens next is even more unfathomable — three children who fled the house came back home to their homicidal mother. All of them paid the price with their lives. The Florida case of Tonya Thomas, who fatally shot her four children this week, ...

Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera fired off a letter to Citizens saying, the plan being discussed to increase Citizens premiums for new customers “would be a blatant circumvention of state law and not in the best interest of the state ...

For Southwest Florida's most serious boaters, home is where the hull is. “People are buying larger yachts down here to use as a second home,� said Jim Hunt of MarineMax in Naples. “Sometimes, they're purchasing boats to keep here instead of land.

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By Florida Power & Light Company JUNO BEACH, Fla., May 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with the City of Holly Hill, Florida Power & Light Company today provided 50 local families with free Home Energy Makeovers.

The new quarter-acre home sites overlook the preserve, a never before offered view. Several of the builders in Old Palm, which are among the very finest in South Florida, have already constructed homes in the Golf Estates and are poised to build others ...

The reluctance of Florida nursing homes to deal with younger Medicaid patients puts hospitals like Sarasota Memorial in a bind, said Anne Swerlick, deputy director of advocacy and a Medicaid specialist at Florida Legal Services.

I'll start with the disclaimer, though, that certainly not every market in Florida is worth investing in. To help investors, I've put together a little list of the best Florida real estate markets for 2012. Keep in mind that this is not a list of the ...

During the session, economists at NAR, the University of Washington, and Florida State University presented various research and data that illustrate the future of homeownership from a generational standpoint. "Demography is destiny," said NAR Chief ...