In a message released on FHBA's website, Mr. Parrish noted that in Florida:
- 81,000 construction jobs have been lost since June of last year.
- Building permits are down 48 percent since this time last year.
- Florida has a 22 month inventory of housing on the market
Mr. Parrish described Florida's building industry as needing antibiotics not aspirin and encouraged Governor Crist to:
- Create a housing and construction task force.
- Make emergency funds available for down payment assistance programs.
- Stop the rampant increases in impact fees.
- Investigate the problems created in the market by appraisers including short sales and foreclosed homes in their comps for evaluating the market value of other homes.
The FHBA encourages all to investigate opportunities to publicize the new $7,500 tax credit for first-time home buyers.
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- Greg Staker - Watson Realty Corp. - 407-304-0255
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