The Sun Sentinel reports from Florida. "School district figures show that 284 teachers stated in their May exit interviews they were moving out of Palm Beach County, up from 210 in 2005 and 140 in 2004. The information doesn't specify where the teachers moved or why. But district officials say they're hearing anecdotal evidence that many teachers find it's too expensive to live here."

"'My data processor said that's where she's sending all her records to. They're all fleeing to Georgia,' said Bill Fay, principal in Delray Beach."

The Orlando Sentinel. "Old-time swamp peddling has gone high-tech, thanks to Internet-auction sites such as eBay. The pitch, speculation on near-worthless Florida real estate, is decades old. But today, a new generation eyeing property for investment or retirement is buying land that's miles from civilization, has no roads or utilities and sometimes is underwater."

"'You cannot do anything with the land,' said Robert Derogene, a Coral Springs mortgage broker who paid $46,500 for three acre-and-a-quarter lots at a paper subdivision known as University Highlands in Volusia County. 'A whole bunch of people were misled, and I didn't like that.'"

"Not every buyer is unhappy, however. Even though hundreds have been offered state-mandated restitution, some want to hold on to their land. 'It's a gamble,' said Robert Thompson of Palm Beach, who is one of the 187 University Highlands buyers being offered a refund. 'I don't know if I ever will be able to build. I believe it's going to take off.'"

"South Florida's condo market might be taking a fall, but that's not stopping Hollywood officials from providing downtown developers with incentives to continue building. Just two years ago in July, potential condo buyers lined up around the block in hopes of snagging a unit at Young Circle's luxurious Radius, now under construction in downtown Hollywood."

"Today, it's the condo developers who are lining up before City Hall."

"Developers say the slowing condo market and rising construction costs are putting the project in peril. That is, unless the city's Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency cuts them what essentially would be a $6 million tax break."

"At a recent agency meeting, City Commissioner Sal Oliveri asked what would happen if there were no incentives. 'We can't build today,' answered co-developer Cliff Findeiss."

"Developers noted condo sales, largely fueled by investors, have dwindled. Throughout South Florida, as supply outpaces demand, prices are leveling off and could tumble by 30 percent or more by the time the market hits bottom, experts say."

"As of June 30, almost 52,000 condo units in South Florida were under construction or finished and still vacant, according to Metrostudy, a West Palm Beach-based consulting firm. About 104,000 units are planned, although analysts doubt most will be built."

The St Petersburg Times. "Frustrated by the failure of local developers to land financing for Trump Tower Tampa, the Trump Organization said it will take the lead in finding lenders for the proposed luxury condominium high- rise. 'Everything about the project has been a total success. It would be a shame not to get it built,' Donald Trump Jr. told the St. Petersburg Times."

"But lenders have remained skeptical. Roughly 10,000 unsold condos clog Tampa Bay area real estate listings. Many were scooped up by investors who are struggling to find buyers in the relatively tepid housing market. Few of those units, however, approach the price and luxury touted by Trump."

"Trump suggested his company, with its billions of dollars in assets, might have better luck approaching banks and lenders. But he made no promises of success. 'If it can be done, it will be done,' Trump Jr. said. At what point would the Trump Organization consider backing out of the project? 'We don't like to think that way,' he said."