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Popular Real Estate Bills

HB 0087 Mortgage Foreclosures

HB 0073 Residential Properties

SB 1074 State-owned or State-leased Space

SB 1666 Mortgage Foreclosures

SB 0120 Condominiums

SB 0580 Homeowners' Associations

SB 0112 Filing False Documents Against Real or Personal Property

HB 7119 Homeowners' Associations

SB 0436 Residential Properties

HB 0277 Assessment of Residential & Nonhomestead Real Property

Real Estate Bills On The Move

HB 0371 Homestead Foreclosure Relief

HOUSE Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee

HB 1177 Mortgage Loan Servicing

HOUSE Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

HB 0135 Spaceport Territory

Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2013-076

SB 0378 Manufactured and Mobile Homes

SENATE Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 0573; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 0573

SB 0342 Rental of Homestead Property

Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2013-064

HB 0583 Estates

HOUSE Read Second Time; Substituted for SB 0492; Laid on Table, Refer to SB 0492

SB 0486 Right to Acquire and Possess Real Property

SENATE Died in Judiciary

HB 0169 Tenants

HOUSE Died in Judiciary Committee

HB 1101 Residential Foreclosure Proceedings

HOUSE Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee

SB 1236 Mortgage Principal Reduction Program

SENATE Died in Judiciary

Real Estate

Scott signs bills to speed foreclosures, require fairness for cancer drug charges

by Florida Current Staff - 1 week ago - +

Gov. Rick Scott signed 34 bills Friday. Other bills make it easier for landlords to evict tenants, attempt to ease prescription costs in workers' comp cases, and will keep the state's prescription-drug monitoring database running. ... Related Research: Bills Signed Into Law Friday, June 7, 2013.

Scott signs foreclosure settlement spending plan

by Gray Rohrer - 2 weeks ago - +

Gov. Rick Scott signs the mortgage-settlement legislation Tuesday while Attorney General Pam Bondi and Lynn Drysdale of Jacksonville, managing attorney for the consumer-law unit of Legal Aid, look on. Photo by Bill Cotterell.

The $200 million spending plan will mostly be used in affordable housing programs and funding to address the foreclosure case backlog in the court system. ... Related Research: Press releases from Attorney General Pam Bondi and Senate President Don Gaetz.

Home and condo sales surge in April, boosted by cash deals

by Florida Current Staff - 3 weeks ago - +

Sales of existing single family homes and condos jumped up last month, but were heavily reliant on cash deals, suggesting the housing recovery is heavily reliant on investors.

Attorneys pledge lawsuit if Gov. Scott signs foreclosure bill

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

Foreclosure attorneys are preparing to file suit to stop HB 87, the expedited foreclosure bill, should Gov. Rick Scott sign it into law.

High court knocks down Palm Bay lien ordinance, but foreclosure bill could aid local governments

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

An ordinance from the Brevard County town giving higher priority to municipal liens than mortgage liens was struck down by the Florida Supreme Court. A bill headed to Gov. Rick Scott's desk, though, would give local governments more power to pursue foreclosures on properties they have liens on ahead of action by banks and lenders.

Consumer group, decrying bad year, calls for batch of vetoes

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

Bills making it easier for landlords to evict tenants, speeding up foreclosures, increasing interest rates on payday loans and imposing new requirements before suing car dealers should be vetoed, Florida Consumer Action Network says.

2013 Session Summary: Real Estate and Growth Management

by LobbyTools - 6 weeks ago - +

Developers were back this year asking the Legislature to address growth management again after county attorneys said 2011 law changes didn't apply to some counties with mobility fee systems. Lawmakers also had more resources this year to deal with the backlog of foreclosure cases.

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Legislature passes $200 million foreclosure settlement spending package

by Gray Rohrer - 2 months ago - +

The money from a foreclosure fraud settlement with some of the nation's largest banks will go to affordable housing programs, Habitat for Humanity, legal aid to counsel those in foreclosure and funding for the court system to address the backlog of foreclosure cases.

Expedited foreclosure bill clears House

by Gray Rohrer - 2 months ago - +

HB 87 to speed up the foreclosure process passed on a vote of 87-26. A similar bill passed the House last year but didn't make it through the Senate.

Senate moves closer to House on foreclosure settlement spending

by Gray Rohrer - 2 months ago - +

The Senate inserted money for House preferences such as Habitat for Humanity and college dorm plans, but stood firm on funding for affordable housing programs as it advanced SB 1852, which spends $200 million in foreclosure settlement funds.

House passes military housing tax break

by Bill Cotterell - 2 months ago - +

Opponents contend it's a giveaway to developers of privately operated base housing at military installations.

The Week in Review for April 19

by Florida Current Staff - 2 months ago - +

This week we learned where the House and Senate agree and disagree on spending taxpayers' money for the next fiscal year.

Florida tops foreclosure list again for first quarter of 2013

by Florida Current Staff - 2 months ago - +

There was one foreclosure filing for every 104 housing units in Florida through the first three months of the year. ... Related Research: April 9, 2013 RealtyTrac Report: "U.S. Foreclosure Starts Edge Higher For Second Straight Month in March as Bank Repossessions Continue to Drop"