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5/7/2025  Evacuations ordered at Clearwater high-rise after structural crack discovered - Fox News Tampa Bay
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
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
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
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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4/23/2025  Florida Homeowners Are in Crisis. Lawmakers Want To Offer Tax Relief as a Solution - Realtor.com
4/23/2025  Florida Homeowners Are in Crisis. Lawmakers Want To Offer Tax Relief as a Solution - Realtor.com
Florida homeowners are in crisis—but one Washington, D.C., lawmaker wants to offer tax relief as a way to ease the burden.
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4/21/2025  Experts Sound Alarm As Florida Condo Boards Drag Their Feet On Reserve Studies - BisNow
4/21/2025  Experts Sound Alarm As Florida Condo Boards Drag Their Feet On Reserve Studies - BisNow
Condo associations across Florida are doing everything they can to avoid the costs tied to the state-mandated Structural Integrity Reserve Study.
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4/14/2025  ‘Perfect storm.’ Hundreds of Florida condos now on secret mortgage blacklist - Tampa Bay Times
4/14/2025  ‘Perfect storm.’ Hundreds of Florida condos now on secret mortgage blacklist - Tampa Bay Times
A secretive quasi-governmental condo blacklist is growing exponentially, making it difficult for owners in scores of troubled buildings in Miami and South Florida to sell or get loans for repairs even as their associations face a fiscal and time crunch to meet stringent new state safety regulations.
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4/10/2025  WATCH LIVE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on condo relief in Sweetwater - NBC News South Florida
4/10/2025  WATCH LIVE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on condo relief in Sweetwater - NBC News South Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is discussing financial relief for condominium owners in a news conference on Thursday in the city of Sweetwater. "I don't need to tell people in southern Florida, we've got a problem with our condo market right now," DeSantis said.
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4/8/2025  Florida's Condo Crisis: Palm Beach Post to hold live town hall. Tell us your concerns. - Palm Beach Post
4/8/2025  Florida's Condo Crisis: Palm Beach Post to hold live town hall. Tell us your concerns. - Palm Beach Post
New state laws enacted after the Surfside condominium collapse in 2021 have created a financial crisis in Florida and Palm Beach County. The Palm Beach Post has written extensively on the topic that has generated significant interest and concern for many condo owners in South Florida. That's why The Post will be conducting a live town hall on Wednesday, April 16 called the Condo Crisis.
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4/2/2025  Million dollar-plus condos are holding up the regional real estate market - WLRN
4/2/2025  Million dollar-plus condos are holding up the regional real estate market - WLRN
High priced homes and condos are keeping the South Florida housing market afloat. Seven-figure deals underpin the regional residential real estate market, as it grapples with condominium reforms weighing on older condos and the price of single family homes moderating after years of pandemic-fueled hikes.
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3/27/2025  Florida condo bill seeks financial flexibility, safety - CBS
3/27/2025  Florida condo bill seeks financial flexibility, safety - CBS
A key Senate committee on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure that would build on laws requiring safety inspections of older condominium buildings and adequate financial reserves for repairs.
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3/24/2025  The End of the South Florida Dream - Newsweek
3/24/2025  The End of the South Florida Dream - Newsweek
The Lake Clarke Gardens condominiums in Lake Worth, Florida, are among many places across the Sunshine State selling Americans the much-coveted dream of retiring in a place in the sun.
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3/17/2025  Rising costs driving Canadian snowbirds to sell Florida condos, spend winters elsewhere - CBS12 News
3/17/2025  Rising costs driving Canadian snowbirds to sell Florida condos, spend winters elsewhere - CBS12 News
Snowbirds are flying elsewhere! According to South Florida real estate agent Catherine Spino, some Canadians are flocking out of Florida.
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3/6/2025  Inside Florida’s brewing condo crisis as property values drop in once-coveted retirement haven - NY Post
3/6/2025  Inside Florida’s brewing condo crisis as property values drop in once-coveted retirement haven - NY Post
A slow-motion crisis is unfolding in Florida’s condo market, threatening to upend the state’s image as a haven for retirees and reasonably priced beach living.
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2/26/2025  Why South Florida Condo Prices Could Drop by 40% - Discover South Florida
2/26/2025  Why South Florida Condo Prices Could Drop by 40% - Discover South Florida
After years of soaring property values, South Florida’s condo market may face a significant shift. Analysts predict prices could fall by as much as 40%, creating challenges for sellers but potential opportunities for buyers. What’s driving this anticipated change? Let’s take a closer look.
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2/21/2025  South Florida's Housing Market Gets 'Troubling Sign' - Newsweek
2/21/2025  South Florida's Housing Market Gets 'Troubling Sign' - Newsweek
The recent explosive rise in inventory in the Sunshine State's city of Fort Lauderdale is a "troubling sign for the future of home prices" in South Florida, real estate analyst Nick Gerli warned.
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2/18/2025  Florida's Condo Crisis Sparks Warning - Newsweek
2/18/2025  Florida's Condo Crisis Sparks Warning - Newsweek
New building safety legislation ensuring that Florida's aging condos have the money to undertake necessary repairs could trigger the "next wave of homeless people" in the state, Florida State House Representative Mike Caruso has warned.
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2/6/2025  The cost of condo safety - Florida Weekly
2/6/2025  The cost of condo safety - Florida Weekly
So, it’s come down to this, perhaps: Condominiums in Florida, particularly in coastal Florida, where many of them exist, are potentially harder to sell this season than they used to be — in part because of new state laws that became enforceable the beginning of the new year. e laws require “
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1/29/2025  Condo Rising on the Site of Collapsed Surfside, Florida, Tower Launches Sales of Uber-Luxury Units - Mansion Global
1/29/2025  Condo Rising on the Site of Collapsed Surfside, Florida, Tower Launches Sales of Uber-Luxury Units - Mansion Global
Developer Damac Properties is launching sales at an uber-luxury condominium building in Surfside, Florida, that will replace the collapsed Champlain Towers South, with units at the new project starting at $15 million, the company announced Tuesday.
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1/27/2025  Florida lawmakers meet to tackle immigration, condo laws, disaster aid in special session - CBS
1/27/2025  Florida lawmakers meet to tackle immigration, condo laws, disaster aid in special session - CBS
Florida lawmakers are headed to Tallahassee Monday for a special session of the state legislature. Combatting illegal immigration, condominium regulation, and natural disaster relief are all topics Governor Ron Desantis says will be addressed.
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