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What role will housing affordability play in 2024 election?
![Although concerns about inflation, food and gas prices are top of voters’ minds, housing is another pain point contributing to unease about the economy. Although concerns about inflation, food and gas prices are top of voters’ minds, housing is another pain point contributing to unease about the economy.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/US-NEWS-HOUSING-ELECTION-AT.jpg?w=525)
Although concerns about inflation, food and gas prices are top of voters’ minds, housing is another pain point contributing to unease about the economy.
![A For Sale sign A For Sale sign](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BIZ-REAL-BANKRATE-AGENTS-GET.jpg?w=132)
Agent commissions are getting more transparent — but critics still say the real estate industry operates as a ‘cartel’
Criticisms around the structure of the industry center on the notion that Americans pay too...
![A hand holds a paintbrush along a window sill A hand holds a paintbrush along a window sill](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BIZ-REAL-BANKRATE-HOUSE-FLIPPING-DMT.jpg?w=132)
How to flip a house: A beginner’s guide
House flipping in real life is almost never as easy as it looks on TV....
![A reader asks real estate lawyer Gary Singer: My neighbor's dead tree could fall on my house. How would the financial liability play out between us, them, and our respective insurance companies? A reader asks real estate lawyer Gary Singer: My neighbor's dead tree could fall on my house. How would the financial liability play out between us, them, and our respective insurance companies?](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/YNLSYQYXLC64P63P3O4C2JU2VM.jpg?w=136)
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Ask a real estate pro: What’s the financial liability for neighbor’s dead tree?
A reader asks real estate lawyer Gary Singer: My neighbor's dead tree could fall on...
![The Street Feast venue will be able to host up to 40 food trucks and will have live entertainment and plenty of covered seating. Its developers hopes it can be open within a year. The Street Feast venue will be able to host up to 40 food trucks and will have live entertainment and plenty of covered seating. Its developers hopes it can be open within a year.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TGS-L-street-feast-05.jpg?w=140)
Osceola to get new food truck park and entertainment venue
The Street Feast venue will be able to host up to 40 food trucks and...
![The purchase of 549 acres is Lake's most expensive land transaction ever and will bring over 1,200 homes to the fast-growing Wellness Way area. The purchase of 549 acres is Lake's most expensive land transaction ever and will bring over 1,200 homes to the fast-growing Wellness Way area.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TGS-L-wellness-way-aerial-schofield.jpg?w=140)
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Pulte engineers record-breaking $90M purchase in Lake County
The purchase of 549 acres is Lake's most expensive land transaction ever and will bring...
![Lake County and Winter Park are the first to take away tax exemptions meant to help apartment owners keep rents low. They won't be the last. Lake County and Winter Park are the first to take away tax exemptions meant to help apartment owners keep rents low. They won't be the last.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/new-Screenshot-2023-PM.jpg?w=132)
Will Central Florida undermine state effort to boost affordable housing?
Lake County and Winter Park are the first to take away tax exemptions meant to...
![A reader asks real estate lawyer Gary Singer: Shortly before the scheduled closing on our new home, one of the sellers died unexpectedly. What can we do next? A reader asks real estate lawyer Gary Singer: Shortly before the scheduled closing on our new home, one of the sellers died unexpectedly. What can we do next?](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GPUUAQJUSVGIDNJGDEQH3QQKDI.jpg?w=132)
Ask a real estate pro: Seller died days before closing. What can we do next?
A reader asks real estate lawyer Gary Singer: Shortly before the scheduled closing on our...
![Older homeowners who need access to cash may consider converting some of their home’s equity into a loan. Here’s what to know. Older homeowners who need access to cash may consider converting some of their home’s equity into a loan. Here’s what to know.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-905902238.jpg?w=132)
House-rich, cash-strapped: Advice for older homeowners
Older homeowners who need access to cash may consider converting some of their home’s equity...
![Corporate landlords wield outsize market power. Congressional bills would force them to sell. Corporate landlords wield outsize market power. Congressional bills would force them to sell.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1238068728.jpg?w=132)
Corporations want you to rent, not own. Can lawmakers stop them?
Corporate landlords wield outsize market power. Congressional bills would force them to sell.
![The appraisal gap matters because it creates a barrier for Black and Latino homeowners hoping to sell their property for a profit, and for buyers seeking financing for a purchase. The appraisal gap matters because it creates a barrier for Black and Latino homeowners hoping to sell their property for a profit, and for buyers seeking financing for a purchase.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BIZ-REAL-BANKRATE-APPRAISAL-DMT.jpg?w=122)
The Black neighborhood home appraisal gap is real. Can we close it?
The appraisal gap matters because it creates a barrier for Black and Latino homeowners hoping...