Florida

A trio of Los Angeles-area real estate developers were accused by the federal government of taking $1.3 billion of investor funds that was supposed to be used for hard money loans for their own use.

Miami-Dade would increase the cap on prices that affordable-housing developers can charge for homes built using county money or land, with administrators saying current price limits are outdated for the market.

Now that Ocwen settled the servicing practices lawsuit brought by the Massachusetts attorney general, just two outstanding complaints remain from the 30 filed nearly two years ago.

Metro Orlando home sales slid 5.4% in February compared with the same month a year ago as the region's real estate market continues to cool.

This week's deal will prime the pump for another $2.5 billion in loans Freddie Mac plans to securitize in the next two to three years.

The foreclosure rate in the Tampa Bay area was unchanged between 2017 and 2018 despite a drop in the percentage of homes that were seriously delinquent on their mortgages.

While homes sales in January might have been down across the region, activity in St. Johns County was still strong.

Palm Beach County, Fla., home sales plummeted in January to their lowest level since the Great Recession, a drop that reflected consumer concern about rising mortgage rates and an overall slowing in the real estate market.

Year-over-year home sales dipped more than a third for the three months in the Panama City metro area after Hurricane Michael.

Modular houses typically referred to as tiny homes could be a quick, relatively cheap living option for residents recovering from Hurricane Michael.

Sales of single family-homes in the Tampa Bay area plunged in December as prices again rose.

Home sales plunged in the Orlando, Fla., area in December as 2018 finished with fewer sales than the year before, and real estate agents warned that 2019 could be slower as well.

The tricky part: raising awareness without appearing to take advantage of borrowers at a time when agencies like the SBA are out of commission.

The strong economic headwinds from last fall facilitated a declining loan delinquency rate across the country, though areas hit by natural disasters had increased defaults, according to CoreLogic.

Tampa Bay's housing market gained $22 billion in value last year but it's still worth less than it was at the peak of housing bubble in 2005-06.

During the Palm Beach County, Fla., real estate recovery, home prices moved in one direction — up, up and up some more.

Home and apartment rents in Metro Orlando are rising faster than any other major city in the country, according to a report by Zillow.

The city of St. Augustine, Fla., is expected to get an abundance of new apartments and houses, and some of them are taking shape now.

Orlando's red-hot real estate market may be cooling off.

Five Florida Keys men ripped off the federal government and received thousands of dollars in recovery money after Hurricane Irma struck last year, the Monroe County State Attorney's Office said.