Texas real estate market undervalued Housing experts say Texas is bucking a national trend in real estate. Investors are flocking here when sales are slow across the country. Nationally, sales of existing homes are expected to fall a little more than four percent this year, according to the National Association of Realtors. “In southern Travis …
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Homes’ Tax Cap May Get Mobile
Homes’ Tax Cap May Get Mobile | theledger.com Booming real estate market has officials taking a new look at a homestead break. What looked like a radical idea a year ago — to allow Florida homeowners to take part of their tax cap with them when they buy a new home — isn’t so radical …
Farmland prices skyrocket
Farmland prices skyrocket Farmland prices are soaring across Florida, rising an average of 50 percent to nearly 90 percent between 2004 and 2005, a new University of Florida survey reported Friday. But agricultural land prices are being pushed to record levels by speculators and urban growth pressures, not success on the farms, said survey author …
The Bronx: So Close … Outsiders Tiptoe Into the South Bronx
The Bronx: So Close … Outsiders Tiptoe Into the South Bronx At 168th Street and Nelson Avenue in the South Bronx, you can look 134 blocks downtown and see the upper third of the Empire State Building pop up unexpectedly like a silvery beacon. So close to Manhattan, and yet so far away. On that …
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Architects propose a slice of Manhattan in Orlando
Architects propose a slice of Manhattan in Orlando Orlando hasn’t seen anything like this before. Two of the four ultra-modern buildings planned for the downtown block across from the Orange County Courthouse would feature sides that don’t align vertically. Picture building blocks stacked by a woozy toddler. “There’s going to be controversy and discussion about …
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Bal Harbour gives preliminary OK to $1 billion hotel project
Bal Harbour gives preliminary OK to $1 billion hotel project The $1 billion St. Regis-Bal Harbour Hotel and Residences, which one of its proponents touted will be “absolutely the highest-class hotel in South Florida,” has gained tentative approval of a zoning change from the Bal Harbour Village Council. The council’s 4-1 vote Jan. 5, following …
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