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Trouble awaits Florida’s housing market as the state just lost another home insurer

"Just in the last 18 months, 15 companies have stopped writing [insurance] business in Florida"

Fortune · Jul 22, 2023

Vacation rentals are adding to South Florida’s housing crunch, study suggests

Thousands of short-term vacation rentals could be contributing to the rental crisis in South Florida, where it has become harder to find affordable places to live, according to a new study.

Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023

To sell or not to sell? How home sellers are adjusting to a softening market

With the frenzied housing market coming to an end, some sellers are considering putting their homes up for rent instead.

Tribune News Service · Sep 22, 2022

Fear of missing out is fueling the real estate market, and experts are concerned

Rising interest rates and higher home prices would normally cool a hot housing market, yet the national and local real estate scenes continue to run red hot.

Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022

Fears of housing bubble mount, but any correction won’t be like the last

In the first year of the pandemic, home values defied expectations by skyrocketing. During the second year of life with COVID, property prices soared even more.

Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022

Renters are overpaying by 18% in South Florida, study shows

Rents have risen so much in South Florida that renters are now overpaying by more than 18%, according to an index released Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022