It was a rollercoaster of a ride for the Florida economy in 2025. Home prices look to level off as the housing market entered a period of “course correction.” Meanwhile, Governor Ron DeSantis looked to improve homeowners’ pocketbooks by proposing to eliminate property taxes for primary residences.

Those are just some of the issues that caught WLRN’s Senior Economics Editor Tom Hudson’s attention. He spoke to us about how these issues from last year will roll over into 2026.

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