Florida’s Bonita Springs-Estero Realtors is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a rebrand as the Coconut Coast Organization of Realtors (CCOR). The association represents more than 1,200 realtors and 160 affiliated industry members across Lee, Collier and Charlotte...
A former Florida-based appraiser with a revoked license was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for operating a bank fraud scheme. According to court documents, Armando Martinez took over the identity and license number of a legitimate licensed appraiser and then...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced he will not campaign to pass an amendment ending property taxes in the state because the measure approved by the legislature is not the amendment he proposed. The Miami Herald reports DeSantis told a press conference that he...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new bill into law that will pave the way for the property tax relief being promised in a November ballot referendum. The new law, SB 4-F, was approved in a recent special session of the state legislature that also approved a ballot...
A South Florida real estate agent and her two daughters were killed by her ex-husband, who then took his own life. The New York Post reports that Melanie Hyer and her daughters Savannah, 11, and Sienna, 8, were found dead in her home within a gated community in Doral,...