The following are items of interest from the March 9 Plant City Commission meeting: ...more

March 18, 2009

Endangered gopher tortoises are thriving on a Hudson-area site that scores of Beacon Point residents want the county to buy as a preserve. ...more

February 24, 2009

Homebuilders are a little more optimistic about the prospects for home sales in the next six months, but an index reflecting the sector's confidence overall remained at an all-time low, an industry trade association said Monday. ...more

August 19, 2008

Nearly a decade after they filed suit, the developer and residents of Saddlewood Estates have reached a settlement with Tampa Bay Water over repeated flooding in the community off Old Pasco Road. ...more

June 21, 2008

Credit-rating agencies are betting that the housing downturn will deepen well into next year, dragging out homebuilders' woes. ...more

June 11, 2008

Until about a year ago, the local real estate market was booming. Over about a three-year stretch, builders routinely filed plans for major commercial and residential developments, including some with hundreds of homes. The city building department could hardly keep pace. ...more

May 31, 2008

The reading of U.S. home builders' sentiment in December remained at a record low for the third straight month. ...more

December 18, 2007

U.S. home builders continue to be pessimistic about the housing market, as November's reading of an index that tracks their sentiment remained stuck at a record low. ...more

November 20, 2007

When D.R. Horton, the second-biggest U.S. home builder, couldn't sell a one-bedroom San Diego condominium listed for $349,800, it sold the property at auction for $220,000, a 37 percent discount. ...more

October 11, 2007

Like other Southern Californians, John Bollinger has witnessed the brutal downturn in the housing market. ...more

September 25, 2007