One
Florida state senator says there needs to be more leadership in
understanding and regulating the issue of Chinese Drywall.  WGCU’s Luis
Hernandez reports.

More
than a thousand Lee County homeowners have been sent letters notifying
them whether they’ll get a 50-percent reduction in their home’s market
value because of Chinese Drywall.  WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Realtors
say the decline in property values in Lee County has about reached the
bottom. Luxury homes are still selling, but the prices have come way
down.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Florida
Attorney General Bill McCollum’s office announced four million dollars
in grant funding recently for organizations that provide legal
assistance to Floridians facing foreclosure.  WGCU’s John Davis has
more.

The
Lee County Foreclosure Task Force has about all the business it can
handle these days. More than forty people turned out for this
month’s workshop – which provides free one on one advice from attorneys
on how to best weather the foreclosure process. WGCU’s Valerie Alker
has this report.

Democratic
State Senator Dave Aronberg is calling for action from the state to
protect Floridians whose homes were built using defective Chinese
drywall.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

The
number of existing homes sold in Florida continued to rise during the
second quarter of 2009 compared to the year before…but once again the
price of those homes continued to decline.  WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Freelance writer Chuck Manson and his wife have been downsizing. During the course of their journey around the collapsing Southwest Florida real estate market they say they saw many things that left a lasting impression. He told us he was compelled to record these impressions. Here’s his essay:

Three
Florida Gulf Coast University students have designed, what many say is,
the first sustainable affordable housing community in Southwest
Florida. The eleven homes in the Renaissance Community of Bonita
Springs show that saving the environment and saving money go
hand-in-hand. WGCU’s Farah Dosani has more.

Lee had the highest f foreclosure rate per capita than any other county in the state in June. The devolving situation is keeping a group of housing counselors very busy. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.