At the corner of East 26th Avenue and North Garrison Street in the Grant Park neighborhood, Carla Wilson doesn't like what she sees. Across the street, the vacant house in foreclosure is going downhill fast. ...more

December 17, 2009

The number of county foreclosures in November was down from a month earlier. ...more

December 13, 2009

Homebuyers in Sarasota have some of the best negotiating power in the country, according to Zillow.com, an online real estate service. ...more

December 12, 2009

Tampa Bay continued its trend of declining foreclosure activity in November, despite rising foreclosures in the rest of the state. ...more

December 10, 2009

Here's a radical notion: Let's rethink the cult of homeownership in America. Why, a sensible person might ask, do we need to do this when millions of homeowners faced foreclosure in the last year alone, and an estimated 15 million more own homes worth less than their mortgages? Clearly, one might conclude, the bloom is already off the homeownership rose. ...more

November 29, 2009

Pasco homeowners in foreclosure could have more of a chance to keep their homes if a court system emphasis on mediation succeeds. ...more

November 28, 2009

It is obvious that the leadership of Hernando County continues to prescribe to old solutions to long-term problems. ...more

November 12, 2009

Former Bear Stearns managers acquitted Two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers have been acquitted of lying to investors about the implosion of the subprime mortgage market. ...more

November 11, 2009

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Board of County Commissioners will consider temporarily reducing the impact tax back to 2001 levels. ...more

November 7, 2009

With so many foreclosures, is it legal for a condominium to withhold services? We have a couple of units that have been delinquent for several months. The condominium budget pays for cable TV, and we would like to cut this service to the delinquent units. ...more

November 1, 2009