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• Former regulator Nancy Argenziano cleared of ethics complaint - mostly

  

  The state Commission on Ethics announced Wednesday that it dismissed key parts of a complaint against former Public Service Commission member Nancy Argenziano.

  But it found that she probably made some mistakes in filling out three financial disclosure forms when she was a legislator. It won’t take action [...]

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• FPL customers can apply for solar rebates next week

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  Florida Power and Light announced today that customers can start applying for solar rebates at 8:30 a.m. June 29.

  The utility postponed the launch on Tuesday due to problems with its website. The delay "will not impact the fair distribution of the available rebate funding. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience," [...]

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• Foreclosure prevention program helping small numbers

  

  State housing officials have so far reviewed 2,700 applications for a foreclosure prevention program, but most have been disqualified. Only 50 have received any money.

  "I'm snickering," said Barbara Mullenix, a Sunrise homeowner who said she was turned away from the Hardest Hit Fund because she' [...]

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• Cities fight FPL's proposed high-voltage power lines

  Half a dozen South Florida cities oppose Florida Power & Light's $322 million proposal to build roughly 40 miles of high-voltage power lines and four-foot-thick poles towering up to 120 feet to hold them through parts of Miami-Dade County.

  The lines would connect FPL's proposed new reactors at its Turkey Point [...]

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• Home sales rise in Broward, Palm as prices drop

  

  South Florida home sales remained strong in May, capping a robust spring buying season.

  Sales of existing homes in Broward County hit 1,142, up 6 percent from a year ago, the Florida Realtors said Tuesday. Palm Beach County sales soared 26 percent to 1,115.

  It was the third consecutive [...]

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• Bank of America to hold mortgage modification event in Miami Beach

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  Bank of America wants to modify some mortgages and overcome two recent PR nightmares.

  America’s largest lender will hold a mortgage modification workshop Thursday through Saturday, June 23-25, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

  Homeowners in danger of foreclosure can meet with BofA home loan specialists about mortgage mods [...]

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• Are South Florida policyholders subsidizing claims in "sinkhole alley"? claims outside the region?

  

  Hartford Insurance Co. of the Midwest defended its request to raise rates by a statewide average of 25 percent at an Office of Insurance Regulation hearing last week.

  The Insurance Consumer Advocate’s office said the insurer is attempting to spread an unfair share of costs for sinkhole claims [...]

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• Ask a real estate pro: Do I need my estranged wife's consent to sell home?

  

  Board-certified real estate attorney Gary M. Singer answers housing questions in this space each Friday. To ask him a question about short sales, mortgages, refinancing, homeowner's associations or any other residential real estate topic, click here.

  Q: My wife and I are getting a divorce. [...]

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• Citizens policyholders could pay $1,000 if major hurricane hits

  The average Citizens Property Insurance policyholder could pay an estimated $1,000 in fees on their home and automobile insurance policies if a major hurricane – the kind that strikes once every 100 years – hits Florida.

  That's what Susanne Murphy, executive vice president of Citizens, told Gov. Rick Scott and other [...]

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• Palm Beach County leads state in home foreclosures

  

  Lenders repossessed 1,133 Palm Beach County homes in May, the highest total in Florida, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.

  The number of repossessions countywide rose 56 percent from April and 38 percent from a year ago, according to the Irvine, Calif.-based foreclosure listing firm.

  Because of a backlog in Palm [...]

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