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  Step right up and save on closing costs ORLANDO, Fla. -- July 17, 2006 -- People will scramble to clip and use a $5 coupon at the supermarket or fill out and mail a long form for a $50 rebate on a new personal computer. Yet most won't make a few calls that could save them hundreds of dollars on...

HELP FAR DEVELOP ITS 2007 LEGISLATIVE AGENDAYour voice matters -- please complete the FAR Public Policy Agenda Survey now! FAR would like to identify Realtors' top priorities heading into next year's legislative session. We need your help focusing and ranking top legislative and regulatory concer...

Your Home as a Tax Shelter: Top Ten Tax Deductions for Owning Your HomeNot just a shelter from the elements, your home also serves as a valuable tax shelter.Your home provides many tax benefits -- from the time you buy it right on through when you decide to sell. Here's a summary of the tax benef...

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  Insurers, state duel over use of credit scoresTALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- July 13, 2006 -- The state of Florida and insurance companies are in a standoff about how insurance companies determine what to charge you for auto or homeowners insurance. The fight is coming to a head this summer. The question...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- July 11, 2006 -- All Florida homeowners would be covered by the state for at least part of their property loss in a hurricane, leaving private insurers to cover only the biggest losses, under a plan proposed Monday by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rod Smith. In a pr...

By DAVE SIMANOFF The Tampa TribunePublished: Jul 11, 2006 TAMPA - Tampa office workers are about to get some much-needed elbow room.Office developers, who haven't built much over the past few years, are rushing to construct office buildings to meet the pent-up demand from expanding local business...

TAMPA -- July 12, 2006 -- In March, Russell Patterson bought a one-bedroom unit in the apartment-to-condominium conversion complex Oxford Place at Tampa Palms. He chose the development because the units were priced right, he said, and he thought it would become a sought-after place for young prof...

WASHINGTON -- July 12, 2006 -- Home sales are projected to ease modestly but should stay within a relatively narrow range over the balance of the year, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). David Lereah, NAR’s chief economist, says the market shows signs of stabilizing. "The m...