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The most expensive home sold in Central Florida the week of May 6-12 was 78 Pine St. in Windermere. It sold for $1.84 million, or $447 per square foot, according to the Orlando Regional Realtor Association.

The 4,1212-square-foot, 3-bedroom, lakefront home on 0.81 acre has two full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. Built in 1935, the two-story home was on the market for 54 days and previously sold for $565,000 in 1996, according to the Orange County Property Appraiser. The seller was represented…

Watters International Realty will blanket the Houston area with franchises. The residential real estate agency specializes in high sales volume; franchisees will pay a $15,000 licensing fee and a 6 percent in royalties.

Retired NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, who once played for the Los Angeles Lakers and five other teams, owns Central Florida's most expensive home on the local market now: 9927 Giffin Court, which is on three acres overlooking Lake Butler in Windermere, according to Realtor.com.

The 22,000-square-foot, two-story home along with a 6,000-square-foot, one-story indoor basketball court has a total of 12 bedrooms, plus 11 full and 4 half bathrooms and is listed for $28 million, or $903 per square foot,…

Kaiser Permanente has pledged up to $200 million to fight homelessness and support affordable housing in one of the biggest individual financial commitments on the issue from a private enterprise.

While it’s currently unclear what exact programs will be funded using the money, Kaiser’s Chief Community Health Officer Bechara Choucair said the goal is to partner with local communities and community groups to help support existing solutions that are working to preserve and expand affordable housing.…

When it comes to the hottest areas for home sales, look north and south.

The 78704 ZIP code directly south of downtown Austin ranked No. 1 on a new analysis of the neighborhoods with the most active housing markets, followed by 78745 and 78749 father south, then 78613 in Cedar Park.

It's no secret that homes are a hot commodity in Austin and its environs; the median price in the metro area hit $316,000 last month, up 3.8 percent from the same month the previous year. But Austin Business Journal…

Denver has, in the literal sense, long past gone to the dogs. But as thousands of residents flock to newer urban neighborhoods in the mutt-loving city, the dogs joining them face an increasingly fraught challenge.

When nature calls, where can they go?

Even when a large park is a short walk away, the answer for some full-bladdered dogs and their apartment- and condo-dwelling owners is the patch of green nearest to their building’s front door. Two neighborhoods that have sprouted high-rises on former rail yards between Union Station and the South Platte River are facing particularly acute threats to their street-side trees, grass and other vegetation.

“Our dogs and owners don’t quite get to the dog park or to the park in time, and boy, I’ll tell you – that patch of grass on the corner is under siege,” said Don Cohen, the president of the Riverfront Park Association.

This summer, the neighborhoods are launching separate pilot projects that will aim to keep dogs from raising a leg or s..

The site would have two-story residences.

The project would include a hotel.

A lawsuit over one of the most anticipated developments in downtown Tampa has been resolved.

Intown Group has withdrawn the lawsuit it filed against Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty over the 53-story Riverwalk Place, a mixed-use tower proposed at Ashley Drive and Brorein Street. The tower's development costs are pegged at $350 million.

Riverwalk Place includes 14 stories of office space, which Feldman Equities is overseeing, as well as 31 stories of luxury residential units. Intown was the…

The News & Record is under contract to sell its 6.5-acre property in downtown, reportedly to one of the principal players in efforts to develop a Westin Hotel across Davie Street from the building.

The News & Record itself is reporting that an agreement was reached May 4, but without disclosing the other party that is expected to close on the property in the third quarter of 2019.

The Rhino Times is reporting the buyer as Greg Dillon, the president of Maryland-based Dillon Development, who is one…