Boomers On The Move

From FloridaCapitalNews.com: “TALLAHASSEE — Legislative negotiators officially declared gridlock Tuesday on the radical idea of abolishing all property taxes on resident homeowners by raising sales taxes – the centerpiece of House Speaker Marco Rubio’s reform.House Republicans have refused to budge from their demands to give a whopping multibillion-dollar relief plan to voters, while the Senate [...]

Zillow.com, the home pricing service I talk about in Florida for Boomers, is coming under fire in Arizona. The Arizona Board of Property Appraisers has just issued cease and desist letters to Zillow. The service has drawn the ire of many real estate professionals because they fear it may undermine their stranglehold on home price [...]

The New York Times has been coming through with some good (relevant) articles for boomers relocating or buying second homes. Today, they tackle the process of buying a new home or condo before its built. “Buying into a development before construction has begun is not a new phenomenon, but with the slowdown in the real [...]

There’s a whole section in my new book Florida for Boomers about flood insurance and how important it is to have flood insurance regardless of where your home is located. There may be some changes to the National Flood Insurance Program coming up: “Currently, homeowners can obtain up to $250,000 in coverage for their houses [...]