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• Judge Gold Orders Fed Takeover of Florida Water Oversight: Governor Scott Appeals

  During the same week that history was made as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve gave the first press conference ever offered by the Fed (ever), a federal district judge in Miami opened the doors for the federal government to take over the reins of water oversight in Florida [...]

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• Will Florida Deregulation Fever Include Deregulating Commercial Land Development? HB 7129 and SB 1122 May Become Law

  It's not a surprise to anyone that the new Governor of Florida is a fan of deregulation, and that  lawmakers in Tallahassee have been proposing a series of laws aimed at deregulating Florida land development that conform to Governor Rick Scott's vision of less government for a better economy. 

  It's' [...]

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• Read and Review of "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse" - Report by US Senate Investigation Subcommittee

  First things first: the new Senate report on Wall Street is long and detailed.  So long, in fact, that it will take you more than a ream of paper just to print the whole thing.  Luckily, it's also available online in its entirety, should you choose to read the whole [...]

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• The Constantly Changing Florida Environment: Invasive Species Are One More Complication in Land Development vs Conservation

  First, the general rule:  Florida land development has always been at odds with those who want to conserve and protect the natural environment of our beautiful state.  Developers, like all of us, marvel at how truly magnificent this area can be: those involved in planning, designing, surveying, building, financing - [...]

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• Reusing Sewage: Water Conservation Comes to South Florida

  Water as a limited resource here in Florida may seem ludricrous to many -- after all, the state is literally surrounded by water: there's the Atlantic Ocean; there's the Gulf of Mexico.  And then, Florida is blessed with lots of internal waterways, too.  Beautiful rivers like the Alafia. 

  There's no desert [...]

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• Home Ownership as the American Dream Isn't Dead Per New Pew Study

  The Pew Research Center, respected world-wide for its research efforts, has released a new study today regarding American real estate - particularly, whether or not the American Dream of owning one's home is still alive and kicking today, post ForeclosureGate and along with a downward-turned economy and other things.

  Entitled, [...]

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• Florida Real Estate Hits This Week: Fed Shutdown Fears, Blockbuster Site Leasing, and More

  Today, lots of things are happening in the news that will have a big impact on Florida real estate. Big things, with consequences both short term and long term.  Consider the following:

  1. Possible Shutdown of the Federal Government on Friday, April 8, 2011

  FloridaRealtors.org has published a list of how [...]

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• Shadow Housing and ForeclosureGate: Banks Are Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

  The inventory of homes held by financial institutions in Florida and across the country was labeled by writer Carla Fried for CBSMoneyWatch last week as one of the main reasons for the housing market to be in a much more serious condition than many realize.  In her article entitled, "[...]

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• Banks Stacking Up More and More Real Estate Holdings: "Shadow Housing" Grows Across the Country

  Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal covered the reality of banks collecting more and more real estate on their books, describing the situation as a "shadow housing" market in an article written by Dawn Wotapka and entitled, "Shadow Housing Inventory - Going Nowhere Fast."

  According to the WSJ, financial institutions that [...]

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• Florida Commercial Real Estate Gets Hit Again by Florida's Plan to Shrink State Government: Commercial Leases Targeted

  Florida commercial real estate already awaits the final tally on how much the real estate market will be impacted by proposed deregulation of professionals such as surveyors, landscape architects, and the like.  However, that isn't the only jab to the Florida commercial real estate market by the state government' [...]

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