Two days before the crucial Florida primary, Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich goes one-on-one with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, this Sunday on “This Week.� Then, in his State of the ...

Nearly half of Florida homeowners are underwater on their mortgages. Foreclosures and bankruptcies have soared. 'What are they going to do for all the people losing their homes?' Chief rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich do not appear to offer much ...

Republican presidential candidates have kept housing on the back burner - until now. Next Tuesday's Florida primary is moving housing front-and-center. Bold new proposals? Don't be silly. (Hey, I'm an equal-opportunity critic - I said the same about ...

Country star Alan Jackson has put his Jupiter Island home on the market. Jackson and wife, Denise Jackson, bought the property a decade ago for $3.5 million. In 2007, they tore down the original home and built a new spread with all the amenities.

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – At Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, the conversation often centers on real estate. Once taboo details — home values and what people paid for their properties — are casually discussed, and there appears to be little shame in walking ...

They are in the process of starting a new home building company to be called Mercedes Premier Homes LLC. In a letter to FLORIDA TODAY earlier this month, Marc Watson, the chief restructuring officer of Mercedes Homes LLC, wrote: “The change in ...

"Florida really fits the profile for this," said Ken H. Johnson, a real estate professor at Florida International University in Miami. "We took the biggest hit, we have so many underwater people, and a high unemployment rate.

The Tampa Bay Home Show opens at Tropicana Field on Friday. The event will feature over 600 exhibits relating to Florida homes and home improvement. Visitor can see the latest in carpet and tile, air conditioning systems, pest control, ...

... Sales of US New Homes in December Unexpectedly Decline Sales of US New Homes in December Unexpectedly Decline Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Construction workers smooth a freshly poured sidewalk at the KB Home Mabel Bridge community in Orlando, Florida.

KB Homes, which has seen success offering solar as a standard on new homes it builds in several California neighborhoods, is taking the program to sunny Florida. The company will install 1.4-kilowatt solar systems as standard on the 52 homes it's ...

The Commerce Department says new home sales fell last month, even as median home prices continued to drop. The housing market in Florida - and the politics surrounding it - are at the center of attention as Republican presidential candidates campaign ...

Question: I'm going to Florida for a couple of months and I want to prepare my house for the winter, and I want to turn off as many utilities as possible to avoid costs and damage. I plan to: -- Turn off electrical current to the water heater.