Tousa bankruptcy grinds on with broad implications
The legal tussles surrounding the lengthy, messy bankruptcy of builder Tousa got a bit of clarity last week, when...
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Vero Beach a hub of discount luxury
In January, developer Clark French invited 300 investors from Europe, Asia and the Middle East to an open house in Vero Beach. He served Cartier’s private label champagne to sell a lavish estate he...
Holiday shopping list: discounted Palm Beach mansions
From left: 300 Regents Park, Cooley’s 8 Windsor Court Palm Beach political activist and nationally ranked croquet champ William...
Everglades on the Bay developer faces more legal wrangling
Enrique Arevalo bought what he was told would be a luxury two-bedroom apartment in one of Miami’s newest condominiums,...
Jordanian Princess’ Palm Beach home hits market for $17.5 million
1320 North Lake Way Jordanian Princess Alia bint Al-Hussein, half-sister of King Abdullah II, ruler of Jordan, is selling...
Consumer law won’t rescue condo owners
A federal appeals panel has overturned a decision by a lower federal court in Florida and has ruled that condominium owners cannot use a 1968 law designed to protect consumers from swampland scams to...
Cleaning up the mortgage mess
South Florida gave the country the setting for the fictional crime-fighting television series “CSI-Miami,” and now it’s giving the United States a real force for combating mortgage fraud. For more than a year, Stephen...
Mansion prices move to lower price bracket
Palm Beach’s shoreline is eroding in different areas, but not as fast as the top end of its luxury market. Last week, brokers said an elegant oceanfront estate on Palm Beach Island that languished...
Sonoma Bay suit claims fraud
When Pamela Hart, a county employee, slapped down $275,000 in December 2006 for a new townhouse in Riviera Beach’s Sonoma Bay, she expected a guarded community in which she and fellow homeowners had a...
Inside the deal: Palm Beach mansion swap
For a third time this year, the Palm Beach office of the Corcoran Group, looking for ways to move mansions in a slow market, brokered a deal so that two clients could swap mansions...