Economic Choices 2008 - Florida and Housing

As it has in many states, the housing crisis has become a major political issue in Florida. In this report, correspondent Jeff Yastine takes a look at the impact the housing crunch is having in the suburban South Florida city of Lauderhill.



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External LInks/Articles*

• All Broward Realty
  All Broward Realty focuses on selling homes in South Florida's Broward County, which includes the city of Lauderhill. The company's owner, Dale Holeness, is interviewed in Jeff Yastine's report.
• The City of Lauderhill
  Lauderhill is a South Florida city of more than 70 thousand residents located less than a mile west of Fort Lauderdale. Lauderhill and one of its residents are profiled in Jeff Yastine's report.
• McCabe Research & Consulting
  McCabe Research is Florida based real estate research and consulting firm. The company is headed by Jack McCabe, who is interviewed in Jeff Yastine's report.
• RealtyTrac
  RealtyTrac is a housing marketplace "for homeowners, investors and real estate professionals." One of its main services is foreclosure listings. This links to RealtyTrac's latest foreclosure data for the state of Florida.
• University of Florida
  This links to the latest "Survey of Emerging Market Conditions" from the University of Florida's Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies.

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