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8/22/2025 Frustrated condo owners and board members clash. Here's how reforms could help - WUSF

Condo reforms passed after the 2021 deadly Surfside collapse were meant to enhance safety. Instead, they increased tense relationships between owners and board members, who are usually owners themselves.
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8/20/2025 Blacklisted condos: Why thousands of Florida homeowners could be stuck - Click Orlando

When Susan Boshers tried to sell her condo in the Hidden Village complex, she thought it would be simple. She had a buyer lined up, the paperwork ready — but the deal collapsed. The reason? Her condo was on a federal “blacklist” that blocks certain types of mortgage approvals.
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8/14/2025 Trends Waterfront Miami Condo Redevelopment Stalls as Court Sides With Holdout Owners Refusing To Sell - Realtor.com

Perched on a prime piece of real estate on Miami's picturesque Biscayne Bay waterfront, the Biscayne 21 condominium has been the subject of a legal tug-of-war between a developer intent on replacing the aging tower with luxury housing and a small group of residents determined to stop it.
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8/2/2025 Fractured condo sale near the University of South Florida - Business Observer

Ambrus Asset Management has bought up 248 of the 260 units at a 51-year-old condominium community in Tampa. The real estate investment and property management firm plans to completely renovate and reposition the property, Serenity Lake, at 14508 Seaford Circle.
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7/29/2025 Florida's condo collapse statute has changed in 2025. What are the new requirements? - News-Press

Today’s column is the fourth installment of our annual legislative review, focusing on HB 913, which became effective on July 1, 2025. Today’s topic, reserves:
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7/25/2025 Florida's Condo Act: What to know about changes to annual meeting requirements - News-Press

Today’s column is the third installment of our annual legislative review examining the significant changes to the Florida Condominium Act that became effective July 1, 2025. Today’s focus is the annual meeting of the association members required by law for the election of directors and conducting any other business legally required by the bylaws or desired to be conducted by the association.
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7/18/2025 South Florida has some housing challenges. Are you affected? - Miami Herald

South Florida grapples with housing challenges stemming from affordability issues, rising costs and development pressures.
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7/14/2025 Condo Comes With a Front-Row View Over South Florida’s ‘Billionaire Bunker’—Home to Jeff Bezos and Tom Brady - Mansion Global

This newly built condo on Miami’s Bay Harbor island has sweeping glass walls that stretch 75 feet to capture unobstructed water and golf course views.
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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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