Home prices statewide rose 5 percent in January, the Florida Realtors said Wednesday.

A free foreclosure prevention workshop will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the James L. Knight Center in Miami.

Been a miserable 14 months for Tony Sparano.

UPDATE: A house once belonging to Jackie Gleason was auctioned for $517,000 on Sunday. Edwin and Dana Cho were the winning bidders. They live in the same Country Club of Miami development in which the Gleason home is located.

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A Pembroke Pines man has filed a lawsuit against Citizens Property Insurance Corp., alleging the state-run insurer of last resort negated policies that entitled homeowners to discounts.

Kevin Roth got a letter in the mail fromCitizens Property Insurance Corp., saying the state-run insurer of last resort was reducing the coverage on his Oakland Park home.

Broward County homes in some stage of foreclosure increased 12 percent in January from a year ago, according to the RealtyTrac Inc. listing firm.

Summer Greene, regional manager of Better Homes and Gardens Florida 1st in Fort Lauderdale, says her real estate agents are routinely fielding multiple offers on homes. That?s due mostly to the steep decline in the number of properties for sale in Broward County -- now at about 6,000 from roughly 34,000 during the peak of the housing meltdown.

GL Homes says it had a big weekend at the opening of The Bridges, a 622-home luxury community near Delray Beach.