Overall mortgage application volume increased last week despite mixed movement in interest rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today. The market composite index, a measure of home loan application volume, gained 2.8 percent last week, rising to 690.5 on a seasonally adjusted basis from 671.6 one week earlier. The index that tracks refinancings posted the […]
Boca Raton American Media Inc.’s building reopened
Tabloid publisher American Media Inc.’s former headquarters was reopened Thursday after years of decontamination from an anthrax attack that killed a photo editor six years ago. Boca Raton Mayor Steve Abrams said the building’s opening sends a message to those who carried out the still-unsolved attack on the former offices of the National Enquirer, Sun […]
Starting to plan for Spring Home Cleanup?
A great time to start planning for that spring clean-up is now. Spring is just around the corner and here is a list of some ideas to get you started with your own Spring Cleaning Plan. 1. Thoroughly dust your home and clean air conditioning and heating filters, ducts, and vents to decrease your exposure […]
Group representing small businesses oppose GOP plan to end property taxes
TALLAHASSEE The head of a group representing small Florida businesses opposed the House Republican leadership’s plan to exchange lower property taxes for a higher sales tax, in testimony Thursday before the Senate Finance and Tax Committee. Members of the National Federation of Independent Business are worried that such a swap, while providing short-term property tax […]
Could Condos Rise Above The Vizcaya Museum
Miami city commissioners are still going ahead with a controversial construction project that would offer visitors from around the world who enter the Vizcaya musem a view of condos rising above its manicured tree-lined surroundings. A proposed 300-unit luxury condo complex on nearby Mercy Hospital is steadily moving ahead but resistance is beginning to mount. […]
Office project is so green it’s ‘platinum’
It’s as green as you can get. Overture Development Group LLC of Celebration intends to build a 130,000-square-foot office building that would be rated a ‘Platinum Building’ — tops in environmentally sensitive development — by the U.S. Green Building Council. The Conservatory, as the building would be known, is to be under construction in Celebration, […]
Scripps Research Institute Project Construction Underway
Exactly a year after a divided Palm Beach County Commission approved the final siting of Scripps Florida in Jupiter, the ground’s been cleared, concrete columns have sprouted and officials are for the first time in years looking forward to the project’s completion. ‘It’s been a year, but there was so much work to do to […]
Builder confidence highest since June ’06
Northeast, South see biggest increase in buyer demand. Buyer demand boosted home builder confidence five points in February to its highest level in eight months, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Based on a monthly survey that measures builder perceptions and expectations for home sales, the index […]
NAR issues guidance on listings content copyright
The National Association of Realtors is offering sample contracts that are designed to enhance copyright protection for property information created and collected by its members. The documents include sample agreements between multiple listing services and participants, brokers and agents, and MLSs with vendors and other third parties. John Rees, a lawyer who worked with the […]
Boca Hospital gets a $75 million gift
Boca Raton – In one of the largest donations of its kind, a $75 million gift from a local benefactor brings Boca Raton Community Hospital a significant step closer to raising $250 million for a teaching hospital that could transform health care in the region. The donation from the Schmidt Family Foundation — the largest […]
