U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor told President Barack Obama in a letter this week that Florida needs the jobs and economic investments high-speed rail can provide more than any other state. ...more

January 7, 2010

The defendant's attorney requested that the trial, Aaron Seward vs. The Knoll Century Hill Homeowners Association Inc. be postponed. The court has rescheduled the trial for April 7. Many homeowners are stuck with paying assessments of $300 to $600 as of this month. If the plaintiff got a favorable decision on Dec. 30 when the trial was scheduled to be held, homeowners would not be forced to pay this assessment in these hard economic times. This allows the Knolls H.O.A. Inc., to collect tens of thousands of dollars in assessments that they say came due on Jan. 1, one day after the trial was to be heard. ...more

January 6, 2010

Marilyn Pearson-Adams, president of the Hernando County Association of Realtors, said she is not sweating over a newly released housing market that shows home prices fell 1.6 percent in the Tampa Bay metropolitan area from September to October. ...more

January 3, 2010

In the late 1970s we purchased a condominium. All parking was assigned, and some units had better parking locations than others. ...more

January 3, 2010

Lawyers and others are scrambling to become mediators after Monday's Florida Supreme Court order that foreclosure mediation be available for certain troubled homeowners. ...more

December 31, 2009

What was the HipHopSodaShop, planned as a national chain of music and gaming restaurants, now is abandoned and overgrown with weeds. ...more

December 30, 2009

One of the biggest challenges to ending the foreclosure crisis is this: A surprising number of homeowners who get their monthly payments reduced fall behind again within a year. ...more

December 22, 2009

As a former banker for nine years and having been on the front lines during the boom and bust of the real estate market, and then the overall economy, I believe the actions of the banks in the last year are in direct response to the new regulations and oversight being implemented. ...more

December 20, 2009

Homeowners in three local subdivisions are buzzing about Bradenton-based Starwood Land Ventures' bid to take over the subdivisions from their financially troubled developer. ...more

December 16, 2009

Only about 10,000 homeowners have received permanent loan modifications under the Obama administration's mortgage relief plan, evidence of continuing challenges in the government's effort to stem the foreclosure crisis. ...more

December 10, 2009