Florida

During a five-year run of real estate prosperity, some South Florida communities that bore the brunt of the excruciating housing collapse are enjoying the biggest spikes in value, homeowners and brokers say.

South Florida home prices increased 6% in March compared to a year ago, but the biggest gains nationwide are happening in the Pacific Northwest.

A Tamarac, Fla., man scammed tens of thousands of dollars from three homeowners who were falling behind on their monthly payments during the mortgage crisis, investigators say.

Consumers already apprehensive about affordable housing in South Florida will take little comfort in the latest price increases for existing single-family homes.

Foreclosure activity continued to sink in Southwest Florida last month, tracking the statewide and national trends.

Despite the run-up in home prices in recent years, the values of most South Florida properties haven't returned to the heady days of the housing bubble, a new report shows.