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Murders make headlines, but most crimes in St. Lucie County relate to drugs, assaults Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:50PMST. LUCIE COUNTY — Kristi Larkens' suitcase was open with two syringes exposed, according to police reports.
Bend Housing Market Poised For Turnaround? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:32PMBelieve it or not -- argue over it or not -- one national report says the Bend area's housing market will have the nation's second-best growth rate over the next five years, with a "trough" in the third quarter and subsequent home-price increases over the next five years averaging almost 12 percent a year..
Foreclosures Here To Stay In Florida Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:00PMWhile some realtors may be proclaiming the real estate market in South Florida is on the rebound; new numbers from RealtyTrac show the foreclosure crisis is stalled and may not clear out in South Florida for two more years.
Foreclosures Plunged This Year — Why Isn’t That Good News? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:03AMReal estate foreclosures — what a mess. Want a visual? Go spill half a can of cola on your kitchen floor. Did it clean itself up? I thought not. The same thing is happening with foreclosures. New data for the first half of the year shows that foreclosures dropped 29% from the year before. That’s a stat [...]
Tampa area home prices rise for 6 straight months Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:52PMLocal home prices have gone up 22 percent since January, hitting $122,000. It's the longest, consecutive gain since home prices started falling in June 2006.
The party’s over on home rates Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:57AMTalk about irony: It is entirely conceivable that we will look back on the Great Recession as the good old days -- of homeowners insurance rates, that is.
Government Gone Wild Releases New Video: Members of Congress Got Rich While Economy Tanked Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:45AMTallahasseeGovernment Gone Wild, a non-partisan movement aimed at educating citizens about the national debt and out-of-control government spending, released a new video today. The Video Congress Does Not Want You To See highlights an alarming trend: members of Congress inuring massive personal financial gain even while everyday Americans continue to struggle in the current dismal economy....
What to Expect At Key Biscayne Real Estate Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:24AMThere are different places where you can live in. If you are fond of beaches then you can be sure to find the right place. Actually there are many communities that you can find in Florida that can be great places to live and work; and one of those places is the Key Biscayne.
Politics In 60 Seconds: What You Need To Know Right Now Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:59AMGood morning. Here's what you need to know: 1. The Wall Street Journal reports: " The euro was hammered again Tuesday , while peripheral bond spreads widened and stocks tumbled, as investors' fears about the euro-zone debt crisis spreading to Italy deepened and a meeting of European Union finance ministers failed to come up with a definite rescue plan."
Legal help, minus the lawyer Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:01PMTom Damron has created a website called legaloops.com, a portal designed to educate and empower homeowners in foreclosure defense.
Prices for Tampa Bay homes continue to rise Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:44PMBy Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Monday, July 11, 2011 The median price of a single-family home in the Tampa Bay area has risen or remained flat every month since January, the longest stretch without a monthly decline since 2006. In those six months, the median selling price of single-family homes — including conventional, foreclosure and short sales — rose 18 percent from $107,500 in January ...
Banks negotiating on faulty foreclosure Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:53PMFive major banks are reportedly in closed-door negotiations. The final agreement could potentially set standards for handling loans and foreclosures.
South Floridas Foreclosure Actions Drop By 51 Percent In The First Half of 2011 Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:26PMForeclosures in South Florida have hit an all-time low in the 2nd quarter of 2011 by 51 %. One of the reasons foreclosure actions has been put on a stop was because of lenders hesitating about these kinds of transactions as it was proven to be a risky business – but it is believed that if they changed the system or the irregularities in the administrative sense that there might be still hope in ...
Florida Property Prices Show Signs Of Life With 0.6% Increase In Sales in Real The Estate Market Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:11PMA recent survey showed that home property sales are climbing by 0.6%. As we enter the second half of 2011, South Florida’s real estate property sales have been on a slow rise and are going for a more stable economic state.
Foreign Investors Help Boost U.S Home Sales By A Large Margin Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 2:11PMIt has been estimated that 31% of Florida’s home property purchases were made by foreign buyers as of 2010. While the US Dollar exchange rate and its economy experiencing financial uncertainties, foreign investors took advantage of the affordable property prices since 2007.
Letter to the Editor: Time to pile-on City Council Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:39PMLet me make this perfectly clear. I have never been a piling-on-kind-of-guy. But, as a Marco Island 30-year property owner and a registered resident voter since 1992, I now proudly pile-on our City Council today for good reason: MI’s proposed FY2012 Municipal Budget.I invite all citizens to join this piling-on before the Aug. 11 City Council Budget Workshop and the final approval of the FY2012 ...
Kenneth R. Harney: Banks ready for jumbo loan switch Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:24AMThe Nation s Housing: Real estate news from Washington
Banks gearing up to fill looming gap in jumbo loans Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:20AMFannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHA are facing an upcoming cutback in mortgage limits, but banks say they're planning to expand their jumbo loan business in high-cost housing markets. How big a deal is the upcoming cutback in mortgage limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration? Will buyers and sellers who depend on jumbo-sized loans find themselves in a financing ...
Fund to help with foreclosures expires Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:01PMA year ago, the state courts and clerks were given $9.6 million from the Florida Legislature to reduce an alarming backlog of foreclosure cases with the help of retired judges. While the goal was to reach a 62 percent clearance rate by the end of June this year, the jury is still out on the results.
07/10 - Public records Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:55PMPublic records for July 10
Real estate: Builders hope green features will trump price Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:30PMMost builders nowadays eagerly tout their homes' energy efficiency.
Mortgage Foreclosures Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:26AMThese are mortgage foreclosures filed with the civil division of the Circuit Court April 29 to May 11. Names in bold are the subject of or have an interest in the foreclosure action. Lighter names filed the foreclosure action.
Area housing market perking up Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:18AMSome good news is available for the Lake City–Live Oak housing market for May.
New data shows tiny rise in housing prices Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 4:13PMSouth Florida home prices rose 0.6 percent during the first six months of 2011, according to a new report from Clear Capital.
Enquirer Makes More Cuts, ABC Pays Sources Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:54PMThe latest Enquirer purge — ordered across scores of papers by owner Gannett — took good people. So did earlier rounds. Because of her speciality, one victim stands out in last month’s dismissals: Peggy O’Farrell. Management’s decision that readers don’t want or need informed, local medical news leaves me wondering if undiagnosed dementia afflicts Enquirer executives.
Local homeowners association says new state law protects tenants Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:09PMBy Sarah A. Henderson | July 7, 2011 12:56 p.m. | 0 comments If you rent a home in Ponte Vedra or anywhere across Florida, you might have to pay your home owner’s association fees if payments fall behind.
LPS chief executive resigns Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:51PMThe Jacksonville-based company announced Jeffrey Carbiener is leaving because of “significant health-related reasons."
Steven Stamkos: Can the Lightning Really Afford to Keep Their Young Star? Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:41PMSomebody put the Stamkos Watch on the board please. We are now heading in to the sixth day of free agency and a contract for the young dynamo has not been put to paper yet. If you scour the Internet you can find anything from stories that he and the team are "close" to endless speculation to other team's fans salivating at the thought of Stammer wearing their team's colors. What do we know about ...
$1.2 million mansion for $10K? Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 3:27PMHere in Florida, the Foreclosure State, we thought we'd already cataloged every genus responsible for this plague on all our houses, from the predatory lenders to the oblivious robosigners and rocket dockets to the no-mod-for-you bank Nazis. That was, until we caught wind of the HOA chasers.
Problems rampant in mortgage servicing, advocates and regulators say Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 1:30PMErrors, misbehavior point to need for reform Anca Safta never missed a payment on her loan to expand her Lutherville home. But that didn't stop Safta's mortgage servicer from citing her this year for failing to pay, reporting her to credit agencies and threatening to foreclose.
Foreclosure rate locally falls below U.S. average Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:22AMForeclosure rates in the Rochester area were at 2 percent in April, more than one percent below the national average, according to recent data.
More bank branches closing Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 3:17AMFor the first time in 15 years, banks across the United States are closing branches faster than they are opening them, eliminating locations in Massachusetts, other parts of New England, and the rest of the country.
Scattered showers but good outlook for holiday weekend in Southwest Florida Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 8:16AMDrier air is expected to move into the area later today, lowering rain chances and bringing more sunshine for the holiday weekend, however, a round...
Germain Arena upgrades video to scoreboard Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 8:15AMWhen Florida Everblades president and general manager Craig Brush needed some financial help to put up a new video scoreboard, he went to the man...
Plancher lawyer invites appeal Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 2:15AMORLANDO - The attorney for the family of a University of Central Florida football player who was awarded a $10 million wrongful death judgment said...
Plancher family's lawyer welcomes appeal in UCF trial Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:20AMThe attorney for the family of a University of Central Florida football player and Lely High graduate who was awarded a $10 million wrongful death...
Florida officer's family nearing justice after 33 years Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:17AMThe former wife and two children of a police officer killed 33 years ago will finally see his murderer put to death.
Construction spending likely flat Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 5:46AMBuilders probably began work in May on the same number of projects as they did in April, leaving the construction industry at levels far below what's considered healthy.
Orlando’s war on compassion - Fri, 01 Jul 2011 PST Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 2:21AMThink of “food terrorism” and what do you see? Diabolical plots to taint items on grocery-store shelves? If you are Buddy Dyer, the mayor of Orlando, Fla., you might be thinking of a group feeding the homeless and hungry in one of your city parks. That is what Dyer is widely quoted as calling the activists with the Orlando chapter of Food Not Bombs: “food terrorists.” In the past few weeks, no ...
Video: Obama blames Congress for stalling debt talks Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:42PMDuring a press conference in the East Room of the White House, President Obama sought to shift the blame for the stalled debt talks to Congress, reports Chip Reid.
Video: Foreclosures halt over sloppy paperwork Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:38PMMillions of homeowners have stopped paying their mortgages yet remain in their homes for years due to sloppy record keeping during the housing bubble. As Jim Axelrod reports, foreclosures nationwide are grinding to a halt.
Video: Schieffer: President on "war path" with Congress Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:36PMCBS News chief Washington correspondent and anchor of "Face the Nation" Bob Schieffer discusses President Obama's new approach toward debt negotiations, stating that the "president is on the war path with Congress."
Video: Homeless flood the road to Disney World Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:33PMIn Kissimmee, Fla., the road to Disney World is flooded with hundreds of homeless families forced to live in motels after losing jobs in the great recession. Kelly Cobiella reports on Florida's new homeless.
Video: Radiation danger of Los Alamos fire Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:32PMThough a wildfire is threatening the Los Alamos National Laboratory, lab officials insist that radioactive materials are safe. But critics say no one really knows what would happen if a radioactive storage area caught fire, reports Cynthia Bowers.
Video: Did Afghan security help in hotel attack? Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 6:03PMAn Afghan official told CBS News they are investigating whether any police helped the Taliban suicide attackers who attacked one of Kabul's best-known hotels, leaving at least 21 dead. Mandy Clark reports.
Video: GOP reacts to Obama debt proposals Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:58PMRepublican members of the House and Senate are insisting that they will not vote for any debt deal that involves even the slightest tax increase. Nancy Cordes reports.
Residents, elected officials comment on SunRail Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:39PMWith a deadline looming to decide the fate of the controversial SunRail project, Gov. Rick Scott sent his top transportation adviser to Central Florida Tuesday to warn local officials that participating municipalities will be on the hook financially if the project ultimately fails.
Baby boomers could help Florida's housing market Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:50AMA University of Florida forecast says baby boomers could help restart the state's housing market by 2014.
Home prices at 4-year low in Charlotte area Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:07AMWhile other major markets around the country had a boost in home prices in April, Charlotte was among six cities posting their lowest levels in four years, according to a report released Tuesday.
Housing Rebound? Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:18PMNearly two years into the recovery, and our housing market is all but paralyzed, due in no small part to a flood of foreclosures.