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• Deed Theft Scam? Some Counties Offer Text Alerts June 2, 2023
  If a Broward County homeowner signs up for “Owner Alert,” they’ll receive a text message any time a deed is filed on their property claiming ownership.
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• June Is National Homeownership Month June 2, 2023
  Help Florida Realtors recognize the impact homeownership has on people’s lives and local communities. Spread the word and celebrate the month.
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• Webinar: Changes to the Hometown Hero Program June 2, 2023
  Mark T. Pease with Florida Housing is hosting four webinars to help Realtors understand recent changes to a program that helps community-support workers buy a home.
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• Louisiana, Others Sue FEMA Over Flood Ins. Rates June 2, 2023
  What data does FEMA use to calculate flood insurance costs? La. wants to know if it considers flood-protection mitigation, such as a house raising or nearby levees.
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• Will Mortgage Rates Keep Rising? Probably Not June 2, 2023
  The 30-year mortgage rate moved closer to the 7% range, but most experts still predict wobbling rates in the upper-6% range.
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• 6 Fed Agencies Plan Automated Appraisal Changes June 2, 2023
  Home inspectors’ automated valuation models (AVMs) need quality-control to keep historic discrimination out, the agencies say. They’re currently accepting comments.
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• Mortgage Rates Hit 6.79% – Highest Since Nov. June 1, 2023
  Growing fears of another Fed interest rate hike and debt-ceiling talks pushed the average 30-year, fixed-rate loan closer to 7%. Last week it was 6.57%.
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• FHA Proposes New Way to Prevent Foreclosures June 1, 2023
  FHA’s foreclosure-prevention options don’t work as well thanks to higher interest rates, so it’s taking comments about a proposed “Payment Supplement Partial Claim.”
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• Hurricanes: 20% Don’t Prepare, 24% Don’t Evacuate June 1, 2023
  A survey by AAA asked Floridians how they prepare for the hurricane season, and one in five said they simply ignore evacuation warnings.
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• Fed Less Likely to Raise Rates this Month June 1, 2023
  More officials on the Federal Reserve are backing a decision not to raise rates in a few weeks, saying it will give them time to collect more data.
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• How Far Would You Go for a $14M Listing? June 1, 2023
  Some high-income sellers test agents to see if they’re worthy. In one of two “strangest request” stories, a Houston agent agreed to undergo acupuncture.
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• Gov. Signs 3 Property Insurance Bills into Law June 1, 2023
  HB 881 expands the My Safe Florida Home program to most areas and increases minimum home values. SB 7052 boosts consumer protections and insurer accountability. HB 799 changes Citizens' price increase “glide path” mainly for non-homesteaded properties.
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• RE Q&A: Should Upstairs Neighbor Pay Water Damage? June 1, 2023
  A leaky toilet damaged the condo below, in part because it took the upstairs neighbor a long time to fix. Now he refuses to reimburse about $1,000 in damages. What can the downstairs neighbor do?
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• Using AI in Your Business? Remember Copyrights June 1, 2023
  If artificial intelligence (AI) wrote your listing copy, who owns that copyright – you or some robot? And almost everything online has copyright protection, but If AI creates images from hundreds of online photos, do photographers still retain some rights?
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