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All U.S. companies with 100+ employees must confirm employees’ vaccination status or have them supply a negative COVID-19 test once per week starting Jan. 4, 2022 – but the rule likely won’t affect most Fla. RE brokerages.

The LendingTree study also identified Fla. as a top destination for out-of-state movers: More than a third (36%) of state-to-state movers preferred relocating to Fla.

The central bank bought bonds to keep mortgage rates low, and it will start “tapering” those purchases. It means rates will likely move higher – but that’s not assured.

Targeted ads work if software builds a profile of users. With Apple’s new privacy options, however, apps have more trouble collecting needed data for targeting.

Average mortgage rates moved higher over the previous two weeks, but this week’s 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped from last week’s average 3.14%.

A survey found that the pandemic shifted some buyer priorities. The desire for a safe neighborhood became more important than the cost of living or local schools.

Oct. consumer sentiment dropped 3.6 points, the third month in a row for sinking attitudes. At least part of the reason: Issues that slow recovery aren’t resolved.

Urban Institute report: The mortgage-denial rate for Asian Americans is 8.7% compared to 6.7% for whites, despite the former’s generally better credit scores and income.

Urban Institute report: The mortgage-denial rate for Asian Americans is 8.7% compared to 6.7% for whites, despite the former’s generally better credit scores and income.

A natural language processing program will describe listings for you. It only needs to scan photos to write things like, “The home has four ceiling fans.”

In 2018, Fla. lawmakers approved year-round Daylight Saving Time in keeping with the Sunshine State’s theme. But Congress still hasn’t signed off on it.

About two weeks after publicizing a temporary pause for its iBuyer program, Zillow Offers, the company announced that the program would be phased out altogether. “Forecasting home prices far exceeds what we anticipated,” it said, resulting in “too much earnings and balance-sheet volatility.”

Desktop appraisals – a temporary pandemic policy now made permanent – is less than a full on-site appraisal yet more than just software used for quick online estimates.

Almost 1 in 4 Americans (22%) is a millennial. As homebuyers, they made up more than 1 in 3 (37%) customers over the past year, according to Barron’s.

The fastest route to a destination may not be the cheapest. A new tool helps Google Map users save money (and the planet) using those routes that minimize fuel costs.

In 3Q, multifamily Palm Beach County rents were up 28% year-to-year, as out-of-state newcomers and low inventory created lots of demand for too-few available units.

While Canadians and Realtors cheer Nov. 8 border re-openings, foreign visitors will be competing with an uptick in Americans now calling Fla. their winter home.

It has a tricky job though: curbing inflation without hurting the economy. For homebuyers, it might mean slowly rising mortgage rates as the Fed cuts back on bond buys.

“Solar-powered home” sounds like a great money-saving deal, but buyers should study possible costs before committing. Not all property insurance companies will cover solar panels, and the ones that do have a wide-ranging set of rules and inconsistent coverage pricing.

Fla. and nine other states will share more than $2B in CDBG-Disaster Recovery Funds. The Fla. money is a response to Hurricane Sally (Sept. 14-28, 2020) damage.