The deserted houses and heartbroken homeowners in Florida's newest suburbs are the subject of a devastating article in the current New Yorker magazine. The selected snapshots show bleaker scenes in Hillsborough and Pasco counties than most of us who live here will recognize. ...more

February 15, 2009

After years of losing money and an unsuccessful bid to find a buyer, a long-time Tampa home building company is calling it quits. ...more

January 7, 2009

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. announced today that it is closing its Jim Walter Homes subsidiary, which means the loss of 230 jobs nationwide, including 45 in Tampa. ...more

January 6, 2009

Only a few years ago Hillsborough County and the rest of Florida looked on the financial struggles elsewhere in the nation with smug detachment. ...more

December 7, 2008

TALLAHASSEE (AP) - The values of homes, businesses and other properties across Florida declined $153 billion during the last year, and the murky economic picture isn't expected to improve until sometime in 2009, state officials said. ...more

August 7, 2008

Florida's homebuilders were told Saturday that a proposal to slash property taxes raised for schools in exchange for other new revenue will boost home sales and help an industry that's suffering through an economic downturn. ...more

August 3, 2008

BARTOW - The Polk County commission rejected a pair of efforts to roll back the county's impact fees during a contentious Wednesday afternoon hearing. ...more

February 20, 2008