Florida builder goes green in a big, big way, designing a luxury mansion that’s eco-friendly With an asking price of $29 million, the 15,000-square-foot seaside mansion real estate “artist” Frank McKinney is building south of Palm Beach will have every luxury imaginable. And a projected utility bill of $800 a month. The bargain bill — …
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Start-Up Banks: ‘Hog-Wild’ to Humble [South Florida]
Start-Up Banks: ‘Hog-Wild’ to Humble [South Florida] The future looked bright when several small banks decided to open in this city along the Gulf of Mexico. Property values in southwest Florida were surging, and older start-up banks had sold themselves for handsome profits after just a few years in business. Now, though, for-sale signs dot …
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Great payout wasn’t sale motive [South Florida]
Great payout wasn’t sale motive [South Florida] Looking back, it was a heck of a land deal. Seven investors, five of whom were Bradenton High School chums from the late 1940s, bought 60 acres along a scenic stretch of the Braden River in 1978 for $350,000, about $1.2 million in current dollars. There, in the …
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Lead damages lawsuit settled
Lead damages lawsuit settled Paul W. Nochumowitz, who has been one of Baltimore’s biggest ground rent owners, has agreed to a $1.53 million settlement of a lawsuit that accused him of living lavishly from ground-rent income while claiming he was too poor to compensate former tenants harmed by exposure to lead paint. The settlement ends …
Is Save Our Homes Portability Selling Houses? [Tampa Bay Area]
Is Save Our Homes Portability Selling Houses? [Tampa Bay Area] Raymond McIntyre’s office generated an interesting set of numbers this week: 222 people have moved to Highlands County, and brought their Save Our Homes tax exemptions with them. Just 75 homeowners left the county, and applied to transfer their Save Our Homes elsewhere in Florida. …
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Chapter 13 standoff thwarts foreclosure on St. Petersburg house for years
Chapter 13 standoff thwarts foreclosure on St. Petersburg house for years [Tampa Bay Area] With the economy tumbling, thousands of Floridians have filed bankruptcies in a last-ditch bid to keep their homes from foreclosure. Among them was 55-year-old Rose King. In the end, she was unable to save her home, but it certainly wasn’t for …
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