The surprise victory in Britain of the campaign to leave the European Union may be spurring panic across the Continent (and among some regretful British voters), but "Brexit" has left U.S. home buyers with a very definable windfall: mortgage rates that are now the lowest...
Planting flowers around your home is nice and all, but if you want your backyard to be truly breathtaking, it doesn't get much better than a butterfly garden. That's right, a growing number of homeowners are planting flowers and shrubs specifically to attract these colorful, winged wonders,...
Energy use sneaks up on you. One day, you think you're being responsible flipping off lights, not running the AC excessively, turning the TV off after "Game of Thrones" and the next day, you're standing slack-jawed by the mailbox, staring at a power bill that must have...
HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS THIS WEEK SANIBEL POLICE CHIEF REMINDS ALL RESIDENTS TO BE CERTAIN YOU HAVE YOUR 2016 HURRICANE PASS IN HAND!!! The City of Sanibel is now issuing 2016 series hurricane passes. ALL residents, property owners and businesses need to apply for a new 2016 series...
Chief Executive magazine released its annual Best & Worst States for Business survey and CEO's again rated Texas as the No. 1 state in which to do business - but No. 2-ranked Florida continued to steadily edge up in qualitative measures. Florida "has aggressively moved...
New data from Realtor.com shows that the 2016 home buying season is going to be a hot one, with homes in March already moving 15 percent more quickly than last year, even as prices hit record highs. Properties on realtor.com stayed on the market for only...
Fewer households decided to purchase a vacation home last year, but despite the slide, vacation homes remain at their second highest level in nearly a decade. Snapshot of Vacation-Home Purchases Property Type: 58% purchase a single-family home; 25% buy a condo; 13 percent a townhouse or row...
1 Million Borrowers Regained Equity Last Year Spread the good news: The nation increased its number of financially secure households by a significant amount in 2015. By the end of the fourth quarter, about 46.3 million - or 91.5 percent - of all properties with a...