June 2026

Hollywood, Florida invokes Live Local 4.0 to battle Broward County

Florida’s Live Local 4.0 isn’t law yet, but it passed the Legislature with near-unanimous margins. One Florida municipality, Hollywood, isn’t waiting for Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signature. Next month, Broward County commissioners may decide how many units Related Group can build on a city-owned beachfront site. If they do, they will also determine whether the project

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HELOCs to Installment Lending for Home Improvement Financing

American homeowners are sitting on $17 trillion in equity. The average mortgaged borrower holds $295,000. By any historical standard, these are people with options. And yet, when a $14,000 roof replacement or HVAC failure hits, a growing share of them won’t tap a single dollar of that equity. Borrowers who locked in rates below 4%

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