Noticias – Florida REALTORS

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• Regulators OK $1.25B in Credit Lines for Citizens mayo 26, 2023
  As prep for hurricane season, Citizens can tap the credit if needed to help pay claims and expenses for its personal-lines account, which includes homeowners’ policies.
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• Inflation Measure Tracked by Fed Reserve Up in April mayo 26, 2023
  A key index of U.S. prices ticked up 0.4% in April from March, and consumer spending rebounded 0.8%, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high.
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• Supreme Court Limits Some Fed Wetlands Regulations mayo 26, 2023
  The court ruled wetlands can only be regulated under the Clean Water Act if they have a “continuous surface connection” to larger, regulated bodies of water.
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• Increase Your Local Rankings as a Real Estate Agent mayo 26, 2023
  Optimize your RE website for search engines by integrating keyword phrases into content, metadata and titles – and also make sure your website is mobile-friendly.
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• How Are Investors Rethinking The Financial Future? mayo 26, 2023
  Nearly eight in 10 (78%) are reviewing their finances, with at least 44% interested in learning more about investing in real estate and other opportunities.
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• Gov. DeSantis Signs Package of Tax Breaks mayo 26, 2023
  It includes a disaster-preparedness holiday through June 9 eliminating sales taxes on some storm supplies and other goods; and a reduction in the commercial-lease tax.  
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• 1Q U.S. Economy: Tepid but No Recession Yet mayo 25, 2023
  From Jan. to March, the U.S. economy grew a small 1.3%, though that beat 1.1% expectations. But consumer spending, which makes up about 70% of that, was up 3.8%.
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• Study: 2 Out of 5 Sellers Make Buyer Concessions mayo 25, 2023
  In 1Q 2023, 42.9% of sellers made a buyer concession; in 1Q 2022, it was 25.5%. Some do it to keep a transaction moving forward, others to match homebuilders’ freebies.
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• Mortgage Rate Averages 6.57%, Highest In 2 Months mayo 25, 2023
  Freddie Mac economist: “The U.S. economy is showing continued resilience which, combined with debt ceiling concerns, led to higher mortgage rates this week.”
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• Survey: Climate Change a Growing Fla. Concern mayo 25, 2023
  Climate change is no longer a dividing political issue. Many Floridians have faced a weather event possibly tied to climate change, and 61% of them are concerned.
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