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UF survey: Florida’s real estate report mixed

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dec. 7, 2007 – All is not gloom and doom with Florida real estate, according to the latest University of Florida study, which finds a positive outlook for commercial properties despite the bad news in the housing market.

“There is more than one world of real estate, and while you can paint a very grim picture of single-family housing and condos, rental and commercial property look on balance to be healthy and normal even though they are not as rosy as they were a year ago,” said Wayne Archer, director of UF’s Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies.



Crist joins with Trump to raise money for property tax amendment

NEW YORK (AP) – Dec. 7, 2007 – Donald Trump, who pays $1 million a year on a single Palm Beach County mansion, helped Gov. Charlie Crist raise money Thursday for a ballot question that could cap all property taxes while providing cuts for most homeowners.

“The press just told me I pay over $1 million a year on one house in real estate taxes in Florida. I didn’t even know. I said, ‘Really? I pay that much?’“ Trump told a crowd of about 40 while standing next to Crist in a Trump Tower office. “Hopefully that sucker will come down a little bit.”