A swarm of dire economic reports on Wednesday pushed the Dow Jones industrials to a five-year low below 8,000 points. What happened? Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in 61 years, housing starts fell to the lowest level on record and the Federal Reserve sharply lowered its projections for economic activity this year and next. ...more

November 20, 2008

A swarm of dire economic reports on Wednesday pushed the Dow Jones industrials to a five-year low below 8,000 points. What happened? Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in 61 years, housing starts fell to the lowest level on record and the Federal Reserve sharply lowered its projections for economic activity this year and next. ...more

November 20, 2008

More Aid Coming The government will let more borrowers qualify for a new $300 billion program that lets troubled homeowners swap risky loans for affordable ones, a Bush administration official said Wednesday. ...more

November 20, 2008

Recession or no recession, a new poll by Quinnipiac University suggests that most Floridians feel they're in good shape financially. ...more

November 20, 2008

Recession or no recession, a new poll by Quinnipiac University suggests a majority of Floridians feel their personal finances are in good shape. ...more

November 19, 2008

Amid state budget woes, a declining housing market, concerns about property taxes and insurance, and the worst jobless rate Florida has seen since 1994, Gov. Charlie Crist remains highly popular. ...more

November 19, 2008

Two months after having to evict one of its own, the Tampa Housing Authority is set to have a full board again. Mayor Pam Iorio has chosen Hersey Jackson to fill the vacant resident board seat formerly held by Karen Peoples, the longtime public housing resident who sat in the chair for 10 years. ...more

November 18, 2008

During the last few years, I have contacted the Highlands County Property Appraiser's office concerning the increased appraised value on properties in the county. I asked the question repeatedly, "since you are raising them drastically during this housing bubble, will you lower them as drastically when the bottom falls out of the housing market?" Their answer, Oh yes, we will definitely lower them if that happens. Well fellow residents, have you seen any drop in your appraised value? According to the newspaper, TV and radio, prices of homes in Florida have dropped 20-40 percent in the last year. When exactly do you think they are going to do what they told us they were going to do? If any of you are in agreement with me and others I have spoke to, please let's join together and force our county officials to live up to what they are suppose to do. ...more

November 14, 2008

The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, data released Thursday showed. ...more

November 13, 2008

Contractor fails to make required improvements. ...more

November 12, 2008