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Low land prices create buzz to add county parks [Central Florida] The rain clouds of the real-estate market have a silver lining for those who want more public baseball and soccer fields: cheaper land. Orange County’s parks and recreation department has been scouting dozens of tracts 20 acres or larger across the county. The idea …
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Mirassou Condo seeks new system to collect owners’ fees [South Florida] Dealing with an ongoing crisis, the company that manages cash-strapped Mirassou Condominium wants to start a blanket receivership system to collect association fees from deadbeat owners. Concerned residents and their families gathered at the Northwest Dade condominium’s clubhouse for a board meeting Monday evening. …
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A Superstar Real Estate Agent Plots His Comeback It’s the perfect Miami morning at Carlos Justo’s penthouse — warm and bright, with luxury yachts powering through the sparkling blue Atlantic Ocean some 30 stories below. Justo, a 53-year-old real estate agent, has been awake since 3:30 a.m. but he shows no sign of fatigue. His …
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Ruling helps condos collect delinquent fees Condominium associations were handed a significant weapon late last week in the battle to collect rent directly from tenants whose landlords have stopped paying maintenance fees. In a significant development in condo law and a boon to struggling associations, a Florida appeals court has upheld a ruling allowing a …
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Realtors see Ocala sales soar [North Florida] The Ocala housing market got its largest boost in more than a year, when sales of previously occupied homes jumped 63 percent last month compared to a year ago. The Florida Association of Realtors reported Thursday that sales by its realtors jumped to 311 in June, compared to …
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Q&A with Jared Dalto For Jared Dalto, West Palm Beach’s true deals are in the short sales, where investors and owner-occupants are snapping up properties faster than ever. Dalto sees the current market as a once-in-a-lifetime period to buy and says that people will look back at this time and wonder what they didn’t purchase …