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Developer of stalled Eden condos asks Boca Raton for permit extension [South Florida] It may be called Eden, but many say the Boca Raton condo project is nothing but trouble. Now the developer who failed to complete the luxury condos has a new plan: a community for seniors. That’s if the Boca Raton City Council …
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State reviews title insurance Cozy relationships between title insurance companies and real estate agents, builders and lenders, and the question of who ends up with premium dollars were at the heart of a four-hour public hearing in Tallahassee on Thursday as Florida regulators began to pull back the curtain on the little-known title insurance business. …
Florida men may face federal indictments in alleged fraud A group of men accused of bilking hundreds of Southwest Florida residents out of at least $35 million will ask a judge today to put a state civil case against them on hold because they are facing a federal indictment. The indictment would be the first …
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Condo, insurer duel over storm costs Nearly two years after Hurricane Wilma blew out windows and buckled walls at the Chalfonte Condominium in Boca Raton, residents of the 21-story twin towers are still waiting for their insurance company to pay them for the roughly $13 million they spent on repairs. On Monday, they took their …
Official knee-deep in debt [Tampa Bay Area] Already facing the challenges of a lengthy 2008 presidential ballot, the retooling of his office’s voting system and his own re-election campaign, Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson has chosen this year to revamp entirely his finances and his living arrangements. In the last eight months, he has sold …
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Home appraisals defy the market [South Florida] Despite a collapsing real estate market, appraisers determined that the value of a surprising 48 percent of homes actually went up in Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties. In Manatee County, 85 percent of single-family homes built before 2006 rose in value, while 39 percent of similar properties in …
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