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7/11/2025 Florida Condo Reform Could Open 'Floodgates' of Litigation - Newsweek

Florida condominium law reform, which took effect on July 1 after being signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis, could open the "floodgates" for litigation and audits that had previously been impossible to pursue, a local attorney told Newsweek.
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7/8/2025 Condo/hotel project at Miami Worldcenter named in foreclosure lawsuit - South Florida Business Journal

Construction on the 50-story condo tower has come to a halt and the lender wants to seize the property, potentially impacting hundreds of condo buyers who put down deposits.
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7/2/2025 New housing communities are coming to South Florida. Take a look. - Miami Herald

South Florida is getting several new housing communities. In Miami-Dade, a new transit-oriented community, Upland Park, plans to bring apartments and shops near a bus station. Approved in Doral, a Trump project proposes luxury condos aimed at attracting high-end buyers.
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6/26/2025 Governor DeSantis signs condo relief bill in Clearwater - Fox 13 Tampa Bay

The governor kicked off Monday’s press conference by talking about the June 2021 Surfside condo collapse that killed almost 100 people. Afterward, the legislature enacted provisions to ensure nothing like that happened again.
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6/20/2025 Trump’s VA Secretary Sells Florida Condo - Forbes

Doug Collins, Donald Trump’s veterans affairs secretary, sold his condominium in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida for $710,000 on Friday, according to property records. Collins sold the condo to a Michigan couple after owning it for just over three years.
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6/16/2025 Florida Engineers Shy Away From Condo Work Amid Litigation, Liability Fears - BisNow

Boards governing hundreds of thousands of aging buildings have to pay for structural evaluations to comply with the 2022 condo safety law passed in the wake of the Surfside condo tower collapse that killed 98 people.
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6/11/2025 New condo laws are forcing South Florida residents to sell their homes — here’s the big requirement and why ‘nobody is happy' - AOL

South Florida commonly attracts homeowners who want glorious beach views and warm weather. But new state laws require condos to have sufficient cash reserves to cover any major repairs and conduct inspections on buildings three stories or higher — which is forcing more condo owners to sell their homes.
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6/9/2025 Florida county’s sagging condo market could be ‘next great crisis’ as values drop - Tampa Bay Times

As real estate demand softens, Miami-Dade condominiums are showing the weakest numbers, according to new data from the county Property Appraiser’s Office.
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6/5/2025 Calculator Foreign Buyers Are Fleeing the South Florida Condo Market - New York Times

Foreign buyers have long powered South Florida’s condo market, but many are now pulling out because of high interest rates, expensive prices and, more recently, restrictive immigration policies.
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6/4/2025 BEAR SIGHTING: black bear caught after napping in Naples condo building - Fox

Police in Naples responded to 3115 Gulf Shore Boulevard North at reports of a black bear napping in the lobby of a condominium under construction Friday.
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6/3/2025 Florida condo, HOA law update: What's new in the Legislature's 2025 House Bill 913? - Naples Daily News

Q: I understand House Bill 913 Condominium and Cooperative Associations has passed the Florida legislature and is pending the Governor’s signature. Will you highlight some of the changes? J.M., Marco Island
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6/3/2025 Beloved South Florida Sandwich Shop Closes to Make Room for Condos - Miami New Times

After nearly 12 years of serving Peruvian street food in the heart of Hollywood, family-run sandwich shop J28 Sandwich Bar has permanently closed. The beloved eatery, best known for its chicharrón sandwich and its spotlight on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, served its final meal on Sunday, June 1 — and it had no choice but to close.
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5/27/2025 46-story tower coming to Florida downtown will be city’s tallest building - Tampa Bay Times

A new condo tower, the first to rise on Las Olas Boulevard in 20 years, will soar 540 feet into the air, making it the tallest building in Fort Lauderdale.
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5/22/2025 The rich flocked to Florida. Then property taxes and condo assessments caught them by surprise - Fortune

In recent years, an influx of ultra-wealthy individuals have decamped to Florida in search of warmer weather and a smaller tax bill. From Jeff Bezos to Bethenny Frankel, celebrities and billionaires alike have made the move, spurred by the lack of state and estate taxes and the promise of a sunnier lifestyle. But in many cases, the move has brought unpleasant surprises.
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5/15/2025 Florida condo owners getting a break - AMI Sun

It hasn’t been pretty for condo owners in the Sunshine State since the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in 2021. After this tragedy, laws were passed requiring “milestone inspections” of older buildings and “structural integrity reserve studies” to determine how much money should be saved for future major repairs.
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5/9/2025 Florida lawmakers try to balance condo safety with cost - New England Public Media

Florida lawmakers have sent the governor a measure aimed at providing relief for tens of thousands of condominium owners struggling with rising costs in aging buildings.
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5/7/2025 Evacuations ordered at Clearwater high-rise after structural crack discovered - Fox News Tampa Bay

Dozens of residents were urgently evacuated from a 12-story condominium building on Tuesday after construction workers discovered a growing crack in a support column in the building’s parking garage.
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5/5/2025 Florida lawmakers try to balance condo safety with cost - NPR

Florida lawmakers have sent the governor a measure aimed at providing relief for tens of thousands of condominium owners struggling with rising costs in aging buildings.
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4/29/2025 Florida condo crisis: Legislature's two approaches to fixing association financial woes - Palm Beach Post

New state regulations designed to forestall another deadly disaster like the Surfside condominium collapse have triggered widespread financial calamities for condo dwellers and their associations that the Florida Legislature is trying to fix as the clock runs out.
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4/28/2025 Why many potential buyers have been scared away from South Florida's condo market - CBS

Mayra Villalona is sitting on what she thought was real estate gold. She bought a two-bed, two-bath condo near Fort Lauderdale in 2021 for $145,000, hoping to pounce on pandemic-era real estate prices.
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