Zillow-owned homes may be cheaper, but buyers should be wary: Working with Zillow has been difficult, Treasure Coast residents and real estate agents said, citing issues with communications, a lengthy contracting process and much-needed renovations not being addressed.
Are housing lotteries becoming normal way to buy?: A housing lottery held in Port St. Lucie’s new Valencia Walk at Riverland in Tradition forced potential buyers to front a $10,000 deposit only to be chosen at random to select a property lot.
‘It’s absolutely horrible’: Family lives in minivan, hotels as rents skyrocket: Roxanne Carmona, husband Ian and their four children — aged 8, 5, 3 and 1 — were left homeless amid the area’s drastic rise in housing costs. Ian works full-time as a mechanic and picks up extra work at Amazon Flex, while Roxanne is a stay-at-home mother caring the couple’s youngest child who has an extremely rare and potentially deadly medical condition.