Possible flood-map changes stir anxiety [Orlando] Worried how changes to flood maps could affect them, about 100 Seminole County homeowners gathered Wednesday night to get more information from federal and local officials. It’s a process that will be repeated around Central Florida as the federal government, using new technology, spends $1 billion to redraw the …
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KB Home bets on Stewart, New Orleans
KB Home bets on Stewart, New Orleans KB Home bets on Stewart, New Orleans It’s 10:30 p.m. in Paris, and Bruce Karatz, CEO of home builder KB Home (KBH) , has just finished dining with Yves Carcelle, CEO of the Louis Vuitton luxury brand, at the George V hotel. Karatz is in town for the …
Eager buyers keep eye on Holiday Isle resort deal
Eager buyers keep eye on Holiday Isle resort deal The pending sale of Islamorada’s Holiday Isle may be stalled, but other potential buyers are eager to swoop in. Either way, this might be its last spring break, since a luxury rebuild is a likely outcome. Four would-be buyers are hovering around the troubled sales talks …
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Housing Speculators Relocate to Hotter Spots [Southern California]
Housing Speculators Relocate to Hotter Spots [Southern California] Some who scored with L.A.-area property take their profits to Las Vegas and Arizona. Their flight may soften the local market’s landing. Southern California’s high housing prices have at least one silver lining. They have kept speculators like Jay McKee from driving prices even higher — and …
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Standardized Credit Score Is Unveiled
Standardized Credit Score Is Unveiled The nation’s three biggest credit-reporting firms said Tuesday that they would standardize how they calculate consumer credit scores, with the goal of making the numbers easier for lenders and borrowers to understand. The joint move by Equifax Inc., Experian and TransUnion also amounts to a competitive challenge to Fair Isaac …
Vicarage sells for $7.35M [South Florida]
Vicarage sells for $7.35M The Vicarage at 448 N. Lake Way — so-named because an unknown architect built it in 1897 for the vicar of The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea — has sold for $7.35 million in a deal that closed Tuesday. The island’s third-oldest house and the first residence in Palm Beach to be …
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