Floridians Have Voluntarily Taxed Themselves $10.8B
Florida TaxWatch: Since 2010, Fla. voters have voluntarily passed 142 local tax referenda and new bond issues, often increasing their own sales taxes or property taxes.
Florida TaxWatch: Since 2010, Fla. voters have voluntarily passed 142 local tax referenda and new bond issues, often increasing their own sales taxes or property taxes.
Builders picked a lakeside 1973 home as their “2021 New American Remodel.” In a major redo, the home gained higher ceilings and grew 1,400 square feet.
ATTOM: In Jan. 2021, Fla. foreclosures were down 83% year-to-year, in part due to the foreclosure moratorium, which “doesn’t reflect market reality.”
HUD now considers sexual orientation and gender identity to be protected classes under the Fair Housing Act, calling its change “the correct reading of the law.”
Florida Realtors’ latest data: Single-family home sales in 2020 up 5.8% year-over-year, median price at $290K up 9.6%. Condo-townhouse sales up 2.5%, median price at $215K, up 12% from 2019. Chief Economist O’Connor: “Sales of Florida homes in the 4Q were very strong.”
Take a lot of the “you” out of your home office space, like college memorabilia and other personal items so buyers can see themselves using it.
The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.73% this week, just as it did the previous two weeks. But one year ago, the FRM averaged 3.47%.
Of those metros, 88% (161 areas) saw double-digit price increases. Two Fla. metros were among the 10 highest price gainers: Naples at 29.9% and Crestview at 28.6%.
ShowingTime has a working relationship with hundreds of MLSs across North America, with a network that includes almost a million real estate agents.
55place.com listed the most affordable retirement towns in the U.S., and 5 Fla. metros made the top 10, including No. 1 Boynton Beach and No. 2 Sarasota.