Real Estate News 04/24/08

REAL ESTATE TAXES

The Florida House passed a stringent tax-cut package along party lines, but faces long odds in getting the Senate to agree to cuts that would dig into local government and school budgets.

NEW HOME SALES

New home sales were down again in March by 8.5 percent, with the median price 13.3 percent lower than in March 2007.

HOMETOWN DEMOCRACY

A Florida Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a law allowing voters to revoke their signature from a petition signed in favor of the Hometown Democracy anti-growth amendment. Opponents of the amendment plan to appeal the decision. No matter what the outcome, though, the Hometown Democracy Amendment will not appear on the November ballot.

Computer Tip - today I this great resource for computer users on the Sellius Blog - you might want to check it out - 529 Computer Tips from PC Magazine. Thanks for the great article, Joe Ferrara.

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