Five reasons to buy a home now

ORLANDO, Fla. – Aug. 4, 2010 – The tax credit expired, but it’s still a great time to buy a home thanks to low mortgage rates and motivated sellers. Here are five reasons why now is a great time to buy: floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=244373

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Navy Secretary hears oil spill concerns in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Aug. 4, 2010 – President Barack Obama’s point man for the restoration of the Gulf Coast told a standing-room only audience Tuesday night that the region’s recovery from the devastating oil spill will rely on a mix of science, research and engaged citizens. The two-hour talk at the University of [...]

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For South Florida market, a hopeful sign

MIAMI – Aug. 4, 2010 – South Florida’s housing sector asserted its independence from national trends in July as a key measure of the real estate market improved year-over-year, with the region’s international buyers and still-drooping prices propping up the local housing market. In July, pending home sales in Miami-Dade County stood at 10,113, up [...]

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Who gets benched? Lee voters to choose among six candidates for two judge seats

FORT MYERS — The job of a county judge is often thankless. While circuit judges handle the meaty cases — the robberies, homicides and batteries that make headlines — county judges wade through the everyday battles familiar to most voters, such as traffic tickets, misdemeanors, landlord-tenant disputes and county ordinance infractions. naplesnews.com/news/2010/aug/04/who-gets-benched-lee-voters-choose-among-six-candi/

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Rep. Don Young cleared in probe of Coconut Road earmark

U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, has been cleared in a federal corruption investigation, his office said Wednesday. Young’s legal team was notified by the Department of Justice that the case will not be prosecuted, said Young spokeswoman Meredith Kenny. The congressman was facing federal investigations of connections to an Alaska businessman convicted of bribing state [...]

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Southwest Florida business events July 26-Aug. 1, 2010

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