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Oct 2024
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Why People Are Thinking Twice About Livi...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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Clouds are gathering over the Sunshine State’s housing market. Especially along the state’s Gulf Coast, housing inventory is up and buyer interest is slowing. WSJ’s Deborah Acosta talks through the cooling-off of one of America’s biggest housing booms and what it says about what it means to live in Florida now.


Further Listening:

- Is Asheville No Longer a 'Climate Haven? 

- Years After Surfside Collapse, Florida Condos Are In Crisis 


Further Reading:

- The Great Florida Migration Is Coming Undone 

- Why the Tampa Area Is So Vulnerable to a Hurricane 


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