Trevor Fraser

MV Realty starts canceling 40-year homeowner agreements in Florida

A Tampa Bay-area real estate brokerage is canceling 40-year contracts with homeowners that the state attorney general blasted as attempts at "swindling consumers out of their home equity."

June 18, 2025

Orlando home offers such a connection to nature that a duck laid eggs in the garage

Baldwin Park is a relatively recent creation in Orlando, built from scratch on the grounds of a shuttered Navy base in the mid-2000s. It was designed as a dense, urban neighborhood, but those probably aren’t adjectives one would use while walking its tree-shaded avenues and green spaces.

June 17, 2025

Hurricane season is here. How to give your homeowners insurance a checkup.

The Southeast is still cleaning up from last year's Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and the 2025 hurricane season is already underway.

June 16, 2025

The pros and cons of owning a floating home

The allure of a floating home can be summarized in a single image.

June 12, 2025

Condo in converted Winter Park hotel brings a bit of history and a lot of hidden doors

The Orlando suburb of Winter Park, Florida, works hard to maintain the luxury resort town feel it was founded with nearly 140 years ago, even as it has grown into a city. Walk through Central Park or visit the shops on Park Avenue and it's easy to imagine what made this an attractive playground for snow-weary Northerners.

June 11, 2025

Orange County, Florida, passes sweeping building code reforms. But standoff with the state looms.

Officials passed an overhaul of building codes that seeks to control sprawl and promote dense, urban development, even as the state government is poised to invalidate the changes.

June 6, 2025

Hooping at home: As NBA Finals begin, basketball lovers get personal with custom spaces

Hardwood floors gleam and reflect the hoops that hang overhead, and a massive scoreboard is mounted on the wall. But this basketball court’s blonde bleachers are small, enough for a handful of spectators, and its extra sideline space houses a kitchenette.

June 5, 2025

Brookfield Residential poised to add 900-plus starter homes in Polk County, Florida

A newly announced development in Central Florida is poised to add nearly 1,000 starter homes.

June 4, 2025

Exclusive: Lakeland, Florida — once named fastest-growing US metropolitan areas— sees major price dip

Tonya Lockamy, a broker with Swan City Realty in Lakeland, Florida, said it was as if she physically experienced the drop in home sales in her hometown.

June 3, 2025

From smart shutters to Kevlar-like screens to home design, the latest tech for braving hurricane season

The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an above-average number of named storms: as many as 10 hurricanes, including three to five major ones.

May 30, 2025