Gavel down: What Tallahassee did — and didn’t do — for real estate this session

Real estate played a central role in this year’s Florida Legislature, with about a dozen bills put forth at the start of the session in January.  They took aim at major industry issues, including homeowners and condo associations, Live Local Act affordability timelines, and controversial building rules favorable to developers. Also on their agenda was Florida’s most talked about proposal, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ drive to nix property taxes on homesteads.  But lawmakers closed their session on Friday, approving a fraction of the real estate proposals. Much of the stalled legislation was due to impasses between the Senate and House of […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.