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Several Florida metro areas led the pack when it came to short sales of homes in April. Orlando, Lakeland, Tampa, and Palm Bay had the highest rates of short sales in the nation, according to the research firm RealtyTrac.
When it comes to buying a house or condo in Florida, cash is king. Almost two-thirds of Florida housing sales in the first quarter of this year were done in cash, according to the study by the research firm, RealtyTrac.
Spring 2014 housing indicators tell us that procrastination is not the way forward for buyers.
Nearly a third of all homeowners in Florida are seriously underwater. According to a new report released by RealtyTrac 31 percent of homes in Florida were underwater in the first quarter.
Donald Trump was on the hot seat in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom over his decision to pull his name from a condo project on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Due to frigid conditions in much of the nation, February's real estate wrap-up required boots and a shovel, as well as deeper pockets.
If you want to buy property in the state of Florida, there's one thing that you need to get it done: cold, hard cash.
While South Florida has seen a boom in foreign investors helping to prop up the real estate market, the state of Florida still led the nation in foreclosures completed in August, according to CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald.
Singer Enrique Iglesias just sold his Miami home for $6.7 million dollars.
Brandt Elliot found his dream home the day it went on the market, and he knew he had to move fast.
Home prices continued to jump in value in May, according to the latest numbers from the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.
For anyone who has ever driven past their dream house and wondered if it would ever go on sale, wonder no longer.
On the same day news broke that Alex Rodriguez was selling his Miami Beach home, actor Christian Slater is making news by purchasing a multi-million dollar home in Coconut Grove.
He's not been on the baseball field this year, but New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is still pocketing plenty of cash. But it's not the Yankees giving A-Rod his latest payday, but rather a home buyer in South Florida.
Forbes Magazine has released its annual list of the nation's richest people and two South Florida sports owners made the top 100 Richest Americans.
The mansion where the Kardashian sisters filmed "Kourtney and Kim Take Miami" is on the market.
Florida's foreclosure crisis refuses to ease up, according to new data.
Planning to sell your home? You may want to wait until 2016 before listing it.
Downtown Miami is enjoying a renaissance of sorts in the real estate market as condo sales boom after completely crashing in 2009. Now, cash is required and getting your hands on a stylish condo is getting tougher.
The state will get an $8.6 million share of a national settlement with a loan processing company over improper mortgage foreclosure practices, included "robo-signing".
A 23-year-old man who recently moved into a $2.5 million mansion using an obscure real estate law is in good company: a $4.6 million oceanfront mansion is among other foreclosed properties to risk being taken over by squatters.
Several years have passed since mortgage fraud forced tens of thousands of Floridians into financial oblivion. So why have only half of eligible Floridians applied for the financial assistance to which they're entitled?
While South Florida's economy as a whole is recovering, the housing market is doing the opposite.
House-hunting can sometimes turn up bad smells, but rarely one this much.
By now, we know the drill. For homeowners, it's great news. For those looking to buy, it's terrible. Home prices rose again in October, placing South Florida counties in fifth place on a home price index's list of highest annual gains.
The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida – which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
South Florida homeowners face a difficult balance between rising costs and the unpredictable threat of severe weather.
High temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s, but it will feel even hotter when you factor in the hunidity.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in South Florida as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
Researchers say the U.S. is experiencing a "reading recession" that predates the pandemic. But some places are bucking the trend, chalking up higher test scores.
The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida – which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
South Florida homeowners face a difficult balance between rising costs and the unpredictable threat of severe weather.
High temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s, but it will feel even hotter when you factor in the hunidity.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in South Florida as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
Researchers say the U.S. is experiencing a "reading recession" that predates the pandemic. But some places are bucking the trend, chalking up higher test scores.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
A CBS News review of internal government documents and information provided to Congress shows immigration detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay are nearly empty.
The Trump administration plans to name longtime immigration official David Venturella as the interim head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing acting director Todd Lyons, a spokesperson and two U.S. officials said.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the $1.5 trillion the Pentagon is seeking is "admittedly a historic budget."
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.