Amid a glut of 5,000 unsold condominiums in Miami, developer Jorge Perez is doubling down.
Betting that buyers from Latin America and Europe will lead the South Florida real-estate market out of its funk, Perez has been snapping up distressed properties and buying new sites for development, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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It wasn't the 10,000-plus that turned out for "Awake the State" rallies back in March, but "Save Our State Again" gathered respectable crowds for Tuesday's protests against the state budget.
Rallies organized by public-employee unions and liberal activist groups such as Progress Florida were staged in 24 cities across Florida, with some of the largest turnouts in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. A crowd of 200 congregated in St. Pete outside the district office of Republican state Rep. Jeff Brandes. Another 200 reportedly were on hand in Orlando.
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As much as liberals complain about conservative "misinformation" and incivility, they never seem to find it on channels like MSNBC, and we know there are small bands of liberals that wander over there.
Two Arizona sheriffs -- Larry Dever of Cochise County and Paul Babeu of Pinal County -- assailed President Barack Obama for what they called his "continued inaction on the border" and his administration's lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law.
Rebutting Obama's claims that federal agents were sealing off the porous southwest border, Babeu said, "This is only a Band-Aid to our border's gaping wound."
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Bargain pricing and the sparks of recovery combined to boost existing housing sales in the first quarter of 2011, according to statistics from Florida Realtors that show a 13 percent increase in sales from the same period last year.
Sales of existing homes through March totaled 44,531 statewide, with 17 of 19 Florida municipalities showing sales gains year-to-year. Condominium sales were even stronger, with the number of sales jumping 29 percent for the quarter ending March 31.
Condo prices rose in all but one statistical region.
Legislators delivered for most Florida businesses in the 2011 session, as much of their agenda is making it into law. But there was one glaring exception -- insurance companies.
Businesses received a windfall of tax breaks and deregulation, but private insurers, whose prices are set by the Office of Insurance Regulation, were not invited to the party.
Gov. Rick Scott today announced the appointments of Daniel DeLisi, James Jim Moran, Daniel OKeefe, Timothy Sargent, and Glenn Waldman to the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District.
DeLisi, 37, of Estero, is a self-employed planning and engineering consultant. He is appointed to represent Collier, Lee, Hendry and Charlotte counties for a term beginning May 10, 2011, and ending March 1, 2015.
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