Florida Real Estate News

By Leanne Paynter | 5:47 AM on Aug. 12, 2006 | Florida Real Estate Blog

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• Groveland, Florida (Lake County):  Despite much controversy, the city OKs rezoning for 500 homes in the environmentally fragile Green Swamp.  Read Full Article...
• Sarasota County, Florida:  Housing costs keep work-force outside the county.  Read Full Article...
• Boynton Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County):  Area strong in new home starts, thanks in part to Canyon Isles.  Read Full Article...
• Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County):  A 25-acre community of 75 homes is slated for Emerson Road. Adjacent to this community, the developers of Emerson Oaks are undergoing approvals for a 245-unit townhouse community on 24 acres.  Read Full Article...
• Southwest Florida:  Region's cooling housing market is starting to pinch people whose livelihoods are tied to housing.  Smaller construction-heavy communities such as North Port, Nokomis, Osprey and East Manatee will likely be hit first and hardest.  Read Full Article...
• Charlotte County, Florida:  Affordable housing problem more desperate.  Gulf Breeze Village and Trabue Woods among the few affordable housing developments proposed or pending completion.  Read Full Article...
• North Port, Florida (Sarasota County):  Home building hits lowest level since '02; only about 19% the number of permits issued same time last year.  Read Full Article...
• Manatee County, Florida:  Planners approve plans for Newport Isles, a 734-acre mixed-use project that will have a 103-acre recreational lake as its central feature.  Read Full Article...
• Collier County, FL:  Rents made less affordable by county fee; this after Collier County lost about half of its rental apartments to condo conversions during the recent hot real estate market.  Read Full Article...