Finance & Mortgage

High Home Insurance Premiums Hit Florida

Increasing home insurance premiums can be a damper to Florida’s booming real estate industry The real estate market in Florida is booming, thanks to an increasing number of foreigners buying vacation homes in the southern state with longest coastline.

Fall in Prices Do Not Stir Up Canadian Home Sales

Sale of homes in Canada remained steady, even though prices fell by 2 percent Sale of homes in Canada remained steady, even though prices fell by 2 percent Even though home prices have gone down in Canada, sales remained steady, statistics released by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) showed.

Foreclosure Filings Drop by 10 Percent

foreclosure tracking site Realty Trac reported that foreclosure filings on U.S. properties have come down by 10 percent compared to last year