A grassy parking area west of the aging county complex on Michigan Avenue will be the home of a new 60,000-square-foot courthouse by 2011, officials told city commissioners during a presentation Jan. 28. ...more

February 6, 2008

Years ago, when I was looking to buy home here, I noticed something about Plant High School that stood out in the Tribune's real estate section: Sellers would list the fact that the house they had on the market was in Plant's district. ...more

February 3, 2008

Live Oak Preserve developer TOUSA on Tuesday joined a growing list of South Florida homebuilders to file for Chapter 11 restructuring. ...more

January 30, 2008

On Jan. 29 the voters of Highlands County will be deciding on an amendment to the Florida Constitution which, if passed, will result in some property tax relief. Is it everything we need in tax reform? No! However it does provide much needed relief to Florida residents who are "stranded" in their homesteads, unable to move to either a larger or smaller home because they would lose the protection they have accrued over the years through the Save Our Homes exemption. Amendment 1 will, if approved, make Save Our Homes portable. If the amendment passes, a young family will be able to take their lower tax rate with them when they outgrow their residence and purchase a larger home. A retired couple will be able to "downsize" without running the risk of doubling or tripling (or worse!) their current property tax bills. ...more

January 27, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - International investors are taking advantage of Florida's real estate market getting good deals on second homes and rental properties. ...more

January 22, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to sell it by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property on the Internet and in local newspapers. ...more

January 18, 2008

Hillsborough County should finish the design for the first phase of an eight-lane Bruce B. Downs Boulevard next month and expects to put the $104 million project out to bid by October. ...more

January 14, 2008

NEW TAMPA Hillsborough County should finish the design for the first phase of an eight-lane Bruce B. Downs Boulevard next month and expects to put the $104 million project out to bid by October. "Construction is scheduled to start in December or January," Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Ken Hagan said. "They told me it might even be earlier." ...more

January 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY Construction plans for the Memorial Highway Bridge over Double Branch Creek have been designed, and the commission has approved its replacement. ...more

January 9, 2008

The real estate market is ringing in the New Year on its sourest note yet. ...more

December 31, 2007