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A proposal to cut 66% of Fla.’s housing trust funds led Florida Realtors to object and issue a Call for Action. Lawmakers have now changed their proposal to a 50% cut.

Florida Realtors economists: If the home is great but the traffic in the surrounding area is not, the deal might fall through. But a cool traffic tool can empower you to know if traffic in that home’s neighborhood will get the “green light.”

Also: A board member also owns a home watch business and provides home watch services to many of the building’s units. Is that a conflict of interest?

For many homebuyers, property insurance is a detail, a box to be checked off on the way to closing. But details are important and missteps can be expensive.

Higher interest rates help investors, but it’s a big unknown for developers. People are rushing to sweeping conclusions, and “We don’t know which way it’s going to go.”

D.R. Horton sold an entire subdivision of single-family homes to online investor Fundrise LLC, as more yield-chasing investors buy homes to rent out or flip.

It may be possible to buy a home without the help of a Realtor – but it’s hard to see how given today’s multiple bid competitions for a limited number of homes.

States will get almost $700M in federal grants this year, a special program for low-income housing. It’s more than double the amount HUD sent out last year.

82% of Realtor buyers’ agents say staging helps buyers visualize a property; and 7 out of 10 agents say the pandemic added value to photos, videos and virtual tours.