U.S. Consumer Confidence Moves a Bit Higher
In a switch from the Fla. sentiment index released the same day, Americans were more optimistic about current conditions in March – but less so about future conditions.
How Will Higher Interest Rates Affect You?
Interest rate increases impact mortgages, though indirectly. But Fed rate boosts will also increase the cost of doing business and even maintaining a home.
First-Time Buyers Don’t Want Elevators, Golf Courses
A study of top-demanded and least-demanded items to first-time homebuyers also found that many want hardwood floors – but not cork or bamboo.
New-Home Market Was Broken Before Pandemic
Builders once kept up with demand, but Great Recession cutbacks and worker losses created major problems exacerbated by new pandemic-created challenges.
Case-Shiller: Jan. Home Prices Surged a Record 19.1%
The increase follows 18.9% in Dec. Top increases in the 20-city index included No. 1 Phoenix (up 32.6%), followed by Tampa (up 30.8%) and Miami (up 28.1%).
Floridians Grew More Confident in Feb.
4 of 5 components tracked by UF rose. Attitudes about the one-year-from-now economy saw the biggest gain, even in the face of inflation and rising interest rates.
Q&A: What’s Considered a ‘Material Alteration’?
A condo board replaced trees with grass and concrete. They cited sidewalk damage, but it changed the common area’s aesthetic. Did they need a vote by owners before doing this?
Dear Shannon: Ethics Complaint Based on Iffy Info?
Can guessing lead to an ethics complaint if a buyer later finds out it’s wrong and makes a formal complaint? I thought a nearby development might be a new mall but it was actually a manufacturing plant.
A Home’s Architecture Isn’t Protected ‘Free Speech’?
Claiming he had a “free speech” right to tear down a mansion and build the mid-century modern home of his dreams, a Palm Beach man went to court. He lost in appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to reconsider that decision.
My Buyer’s Full-Price Offer Was Rejected?
As this seller’s market continues to run wild throughout Fla., many people are asking what laws or contract terms come into play if a seller rejects a buyer’s offer even though it included all the terms the seller requested.