Natural calamities like floods and earthquakes spell doom for the Business scenario – not so in sunny Florida which had a busy 2004 in terms of real estate in spite of four hurricanes which hit the state between August and September. Aquablue Miami Real Estate

The Homeless Coalition of the Gulf Coast has expressed interest in a 43-acre former storage site on Hamilton Boulevard in Theodore, according to an official with the General Services Administration.

Like most inventors with busy minds, Titusville resident Walter Brim anxiously is waiting for one of his ideas to pay off.

There was his shield contraption to guard against youngsters' being burned by hot stoves. And there was the umbrellalike device that attached to lawn mowers to prevent the operator from getting sunburn. Then there was the elongated automobile headlight that wrapped around the front of a vehicle like a pair of sleek, glowing sunglasses.

ORLANDO
Significant amounts of international money are going into Florida real estate, local and international officials said Thursday at the Metro Orlando International Summit.

It might not sound like the best career move -- abandoning your job for two months to shoot a reality TV show -- but Katrina Campins would beg to differ.

Campins, 24, a South Florida real estate agent, auditioned for a new show in which 16 highly successful business men and women would vie for a chance to work for one of New York City's most flamboyant developers. But she had second thoughts after being selected: Could she really afford to leave work for eight weeks?

It's 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month, and 300 people have crammed into the Wyndham Miami Airport Hotel to hear Pete Youngs, an expert in rehabilitating properties, discuss "finding and rehabbing ugly houses."
Some have come straight from work and are still wearing their tool belts and coveralls to the Dade Real Estate Investors Association meeting. Others are dressed in suits or casual gear, but they all have a common interest: picking up useful information and sharing their experiences about investing in hands-on real estate -- handyman specials, "as is" properties, foreclosures and homes "for sale by owner" that can be fixed up and flipped for a profit.

Mar. 30 - Two of Dallas' oldest real estate empires are in merger talks.

If the Trammell Crow family's Crow Holdings buys Industrial Properties Corp., which was once run by the late John Stemmons, it will be a bit like a family reunion.

A nonprofit housing group has filed a lawsuit against several local real estate agents and Web sites, claiming their online advertising uses discriminatory phrases in seeking renters.

In the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston on Tuesday, the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston said phrases such as "professionals only," "no undergrads please!" and "no security deposit required with good credit and stable employment" violate federal and state laws.

WASHINGTON--The growing U.S. economy will eventually need to add workers, fostering positive fundamentals for commercial real estate, according to the National Association of Realtors(R) Commercial Real Estate Quarterly.

OAKLAND, CALIF. – On one hand, Richard Hom knows better. Yes, this is California, where starter homes tend to have executive prices. And yes, interest rates unseen since the days of FDR have stirred homebuyers into a frenzy.