The Veritas Real Estate Group, Inc.

The following charts depict the 2-year trend for single family housing in Ft. lauderdale.

The charts below show the 2 year data trend for condos and townhouses in Coral Springs, Florida.

The following charts present the 2 year statistics for single family homes in Coral Springs, Florida.

Below are the charts that depict the 2 year trend for condos and townhouses in Broward County, Florida

The charts below show the single family market data for the past two years for Broward County, Florida.

Charter schools are public schools of choice. They are very popular—and among the fastest growing school choice options in Florida. Charter schools are largely free to innovate, and often provide more effective programs and choice to diverse groups of students.

Since 1996, the number of charter schools in Florida has grown from 5 to 389 schools in 2008-2009. Charter school student enrollment for 2008-2009 was well over 100,000 students. Over 50 new charter schools have opened in the 2008-2009 school year.

Click on the link to see the list of Broward County charter schools

 http://www.browardschools.com/schools/charter_list.htm

Times are tough down here in Paradise. Our major industry is tourism and if people don't have money they don't take vacations. That means we have fewer people in the hotels and restaurants.

Our economy is also driven by the housing market and there are a whole bunch of people hurting because of the upset in the market: real estate agents, mortgage loan originators, property appraisers, title companies, home inspectors, banks and builders.

So some of these people might want to consider temp jobs to help bring in some money until things turn around.

Two sites here in South Florida that might be able to help are:

http://www.careerxchange.com/jobs.php and

http://justtempjobs.com/

Florida is getting ready for its annual sales tax relief period. Starting August 13th and going through August 15th there is no sales tax on books, clothing, footwear and certain accessories selling for less than $50 and on select school supplies selling for less than $10.

So if you can wait to make your purchases you can save quite a bit of money. Enjoy the rest of the summer and let's hope it cools off some.

Scuba divers get ready! Two days of lobster hunting is about to start. At 12:01 Wednesday morning through midnight Thursday, divers are allowed to bag 6 lobsters each per day in most areas.

The regular lobster season is August 6 - March 31 and the catch limit is half what it is during the miniseason. Lobsters must be at least 3 inches long and measured in the water and no egg-bearing females are allowed to be kept.

Divers must have a saltwater fishing license ($17 for residences) and a $5 lobster stamp.

Unfortunately, every year there are stories of drownings. Individuals who have not dived for years jump in unprepared and without a buddy and the results are deadly.

Always, always, always dive with a buddy. Do that and you can have a great time in our warm water with no free of being tainted by oil.

Stay safe.