Rebuilding Post-Hurricane Coastal Communities

Rebuilding after extreme weather can be a long and expensive process due to updated building codes, threat exposures and community priorities.

Powell: Fed More Confident Inflation Slowing

Fed Chair Jerome Powell wouldn’t say when the first rate cut would occur, but economists say it could be September. A cut would impact mortgage rates. 

Lawsuit Over Massive Polluted Water Leak Settled

Experts say the Tampa-area phosphate plant leak poses an ongoing threat. There are about two dozen similar phosphate wastewater reservoirs statewide.

Buyers: Stop Waiting for Ultra-Low Rates to Return

Fed Chair Jerome Powell: Higher rates remain necessary now because bringing inflation down sustainably  is “the absolute best thing we can do for the housing market.”