Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025: South Florida real estate market articles

Fort Lauderdale ranked as the No. 1 U.S. City to Live in If You Own a Boat via HouseDigest 2025 ranking

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/best-cities-live-own-boat-133500484.html

Miami ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for outright owner-occupied homes at 44.8% via Realtor.com

Metros with the highest share of mortgaged homeowners may outperform in the near term – Scotsman Guide

Contract signings went up on lower mortgage rates nationwide. In the South, they rose 3.1% in August and were up 4.2% compared a year ago.

https://www.floridarealtors.org/news-media/news-articles/2025/09/nar-more-buyers-went-under-contract-august

Five Florida universities made the top 100 Best Colleges rankings nationally by U.S. News & World Report, including Florida International University, which cracked the list for the first time last year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/which-florida-universities-made-us-news-world-reports-best-colleges-rankings/ar-AA1NpdRl?ocid=BingNewsVerp

Push is on to cut Florida property taxes. Who’s helped and who’s hurt?

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/27/push-is-on-to-cut-florida-property-taxes-whos-helped-and-whos-hurt/