TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would dissolve Walt Disney World's private government, handing Republican Gov.
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Kathy A. McDonald There’s an unprecedented rush for South Florida residential real estate.
The pandemic accelerated demand across the state’s sun-kissed southeastern coastline as home buyers, relocating from areas with state personal income taxes (mainly New York, New Jersey and California), fueled a dramatic rise in property values.Home values are up more than 50% year-over-year from 2020 to 2021 and rents in Miami alone jumped 31% in the same time frame, per real estate agency Redfin.For those who want to buy in South Florida (from the Palm Beaches to Coral Gables and points south), patience is required, even more so if the property is an ultra-luxury waterfront manse on one of the region’s coveted private islands. “There’s a very limited supply at the top tier of marketplace,” says Dina Goldentayer, a real estate agent at Douglas Elliman Miami Beach, who grossed $750 million in sales in 2021.
“There’s a gap between buyers and sellers, and the amount of deal flow, considering demand.”To bridge that gap, many deals are brokered off market, where buyers have very little leverage, she says, as sellers are not compelled to sell under these scenarios.Goldentayer specializes in Miami Beach, where the sophisticated nightlife, high-octane lifestyle, oceanfront living and year-round fine weather results in its own rarefied pocket of demand and premium pricing.“It may take three strikes to get a home and the buyer must have a willingness to overpay by 10% to 15%,” she says.Most in demand are homes directly on the beach, where values have hit up to $4,000 per square-foot. “Larger condos and penthouses are in total upswing,” she adds as buyers see them as viable single-family home replacements (with the important add-on of
.TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would dissolve Walt Disney World's private government, handing Republican Gov.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to repeal a law allowing Walt Disney World to operate a private government over its properties in the state, escalating a feud with the entertainment giant over its opposition to what critics call the “ Don’t Say Gay ” law.The proposal could have huge tax implications for Disney, whose series of theme parks have over the decades transformed Orlando into one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.
Wall Street Journal, the Senate passed the bill 23-16. It would end the privileges Disney receives as part of exemptions created in 1967 for an area known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District. The exemption in effect allows Disney to govern itself on Disney World grounds, including having its own fire department and board of supervisors, as well as its ability to oversee land and environmental regulations.
The Radford family are making the most out of the Easter holidays and have jetted off on a fun-filled family adventure to Florida. Doting mum and YouTube star Sue Radford, 46, who shares 22 children with her husband Noel, has given an insight into the brood’s holiday on social media.
Following Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz’s luxurious £3million wedding in Florida last week, the couple’s celebrity guests have been sure to carry on the celebrations. While a social media ban may have stopped the lucky attendees from posting snippets of the big day, guests including the Ramsays and the extended Beckham family have been documenting their post-wedding holidays.
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Kelly Rizzo has decided to sell the home she shared with her late husband, Bob Saget, an insider exclusively tells Us Weekly.
MIAMI -- Surrealist photographer and photomontage pioneer Jerry Uelsmann has died in Florida. He was 87.Uelsmann died Monday in Gainesville, where he was a professor emeritus at the University of Florida, according to a statement from the College of the Arts.Decades before the invention of computer programs like Photoshop, Uelsmann began assembling photographs from multiple negatives and extensive darkroom work to create surreal landscapes and other images.“The work is iconic, and so was Jerry," School of Art + Art History Acting Director Elizabeth Ross said in the statement.
Brooklyn Beckham is making sure his little sister Harper plays a big role in his up-coming wedding to Nicola Peltz, in what's going to be one of the biggest celebrity weddings of recent years as Brooklyn and Nicola are set to tie the knot at the Peltz family mansion, in Palm Springs, Florida.The groom has chosen his brothers, Romeo, 19, and Cruz, 17, to be his best men, but he also has a special role for his little sister Harper, 10, as she'll be bridesmaid to Nicola, 27.The Beckham siblings share a close relationship and it looks like Brooklyn, 23, was keen for them all to have roles in his wedding. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
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The Walt Disney Co. initially took heat for not taking a public position on Florida’s so-called “don’t say gay” bill — and now they are under fire for doing just that.
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