March 18, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 2/27/2017

Florida’s housing market off to a good start

Florida’s housing market opened this year with a bang, as new data from Florida Realtors reported more closed sales, higher median prices, increased pending sales and more new listings last month. Florida Realtors President Maria Wells said the state’s housing market has been continuously showing positive momentum. More from Mortgage Professional America.

Sales and Marketing Advice
How to create a marketing and selling message that will amaze prospects

Changes in your industry move fast and new competitors are popping up all the time. Buyers are becoming much more sophisticated and it’s harder than ever before to get in the door. The selling skills and marketing approaches you’ve been using are not enough. You need an edge. More from Ron Stein.

UNF President John Delaney announces he will retire in 2018

University of North Florida President John Delaney, the longest-serving president in school history, on Monday announced he will retire from that post in the spring of 2018. Full story from UNF, here. Also read more at the Florida Times-Union and the AP.

Westfield Sarasota Square aims for younger shoppers

Westfield Sarasota Square is bracing for the next generation of retail. So it's shifting its focus to the next generation of consumers. In the past two years Sarasota Square has brought on a lineup of fast-fashion, teen-friendly retailers More from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Small Business Advice
Seeing from the customer's perspective

Our viewpoints are clouded – or filtered – by our past experiences, so the way we see things is about much more than the events themselves. What I am trying to say is that when you are serving customers, you must see things the way they do. More from Jerry Osteryoung.

Florida Agriculture
Could Hops be Florida's Next Big Crop?

florida University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers are in the second year of a $158,000 grant from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumers Services to develop a viable hops crop that could work in the Sunshine State — and local craft beer brewers are taking notice.

» More from the Tampa Bay Times.

Q&A
Manuel Martín of TIAA

florida originals Manuel Martín moved to South Florida from Spain in January. So far, he likes what he sees. So does his employer, TH Real Estate, the real estate investment management division of financial giant TIAA.

» Read Q&A with Martin from the Miami Herald.

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