Mounting Florida mortgage defaults across the state threaten to hurt more than just those homeowners who lose their properties to lenders. (more…)

Four developers have pitched projects for 3,660 houses along Burnt Store Road since January, raising the likelihood that this area will be one of the first to develop when the Southwest Florida housing market recovers. (more…)

In another sign that the Sarasota-Bradenton housing market is recovering faster than most parts of Florida, June home sales climbed 5 percent from the same month last year. (more…)

A glut of new but vacant homes continues to dominate the landscape of the central and northern portions of the Treasure Coast, a Florida housing report released last week suggested. (more…)

Existing-home sales in Volusia County and Flagler County fell 29 percent in June compared with the same month a year ago, with the median sales price dropping 10 percent to $197,100. (more…)

South Florida homes continue to sit on the market, waiting for buyers, while more and more are being put up for sale. Some real estate experts now say it will be 2009 before the housing market starts to recover. (more…)

Prices of existing homes in June fell in Palm Beach County as the South Florida housing market slump continues to linger. (more…)

Many South Florida mortgage lenders are being watched - more closely than their counterparts elsewhere in the nation - after regulators tightened standards on exotic mortgages in response to spiking foreclosures. (more…)

Despite favorable Florida mortgage rates, strong job growth and other positive economic conditions, statewide sales of existing single-family homes in the state were down last month. (more…)

Florida mortgage rates eased this week after rising substantially over the past two months, a Freddie Mac survey revealed Thursday. (more…)