Florida’s total number of private island sales is tough to track because many happen off-market. But the state’s island market is booming alongside its population.

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Florida county budgets have ballooned since 2020, fueled partly by rising property tax collections that have pumped billions more dollars into municipal accounts.

It’s a cliffhanger from last year’s busy hurricane season: Would three hurricanes making Florida landfalls drive up windstorm rates for the homeowner insurance bills on the horizon?

With tariff talks top of mind, South Florida farmers say they’re in trouble. Crops are rotting on the vine and they’re blaming the ongoing trade wars and immigration changes.