Are interest rates or fees you're quoted on a mortgage affected by your race or ethnicity? Do mortgage brokers offer the same deals to African American and Hispanic applicants with identical incomes, credit scores and employment histories compared with white applicants?

You may try to sell a condominium on the bay and have just learned that homeowners insurance has increased from $48,000 to $170,000 for the 29 units. Plus, the deductible has gone from $50,000 to $750,000.

According to the latest report from the Federal Reserve Board's Beige Book, single-family home construction and sales slowed in Florida in April and May.

According to statistics provided by the Realtor Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale, South Florida's Broward County residential real estate sales continued to fall by double digits in May, as for-sale inventory soared from a year ago.

Sarasota County property valuations increased by 24 percent in the past year, fanned by a red-hot year in real estate sales.

This week, mortgage rates stayed relatively unchanged after contradictory economic data left the bond market unsure over the direction the economy.