The Daily Hot Sheet of Palm Beach Real Estate & FL Realtor News
Friday, December 20, 2013 
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Mortgage tax forgiveness expires Jan. 1
But Congress could retroactively extend the tax break - a move NAR calls "likely" - for ex-homeowners who had part of their principal forgiven by a lender. Read more.
RealtyTrac: All-cash sales hit new high in Nov.
Fla. led the nation in Nov.: 62.7% of all sales were cash; nationally, it was 42%. Jacksonville and Cape Coral-Fort Myers hot for institutional investors.
Average rate on 30-year loan rises to 4.47%
Rates remain close to historic lows but could rise a bit as the market digests a slow end to the Fed program that helps keep rates low.
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Study: 60 percent of your web visitors are 'bots'
About 30% of website traffic is from "good bots" - search engines and cookies. About 38.5% of visitors are human. The rest are "bad bots" that scrape data, etc. Read more.
Make a note of it
Florida Realtors News on holiday hiatus
The annual holiday break starts Monday, with news returning to inboxes on Jan. 6, 2014. In the meantime, check our annual synopsis of top Fla. real estate news stories.
AROUND FLORIDA
Palm Coast: Lack of labor may affect rebuilding after tornado
West Palm Beach: Second vote for downtown project
Cape Coral: Lack of qualified labor for construction
Miami: Greystone enters multifamily market
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