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Industry Update
Florida law protects roofs under 15 years old from roof age refusals and gives older roofs an inspection route. Here is what the rule says and how roof maintenance records fit in.
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Florida's SB 4-D milestone inspections and SIRS deadlines converge on December 31, 2026. Here's what routine maintenance can do before the inspector arrives.
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Columbia, Spartanburg, Fayetteville and Charleston all ranked in the top five for foreclosure rates in August 2026. As completed foreclosures jump, property maintenance demand across the Carolinas is climbing with them.
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Forecasters give a very strong El Niño better than 90% odds this winter, and the Southeast has the strongest wet signal in the outlook. Fall is the time to check roofs, gutters and drainage on vacant homes.
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Lenders repossessed 5,794 U.S. properties in August, up 42% from a year earlier. South Carolina and Florida are near the top of the foreclosure rankings, which means more vacant homes that need attention.
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Nevada, South Carolina, and Florida posted the country's worst foreclosure rates in July, and completed foreclosures jumped 23 percent annually. North Carolina wasn't far behind, posting the third highest REO count of any state.
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Columbia, South Carolina gives vacant buildings a 120 day window to register with the city, with its own paperwork and penalties separate from ordinary code enforcement. Here's what the ordinance actually requires from owners and servicers.
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Industry Update
Florida requires a wood destroying organism inspection before most home sales close, and a vacant or REO property carries more risk of a finding that stalls the deal. Here's what the law actually requires, and where routine maintenance fits in.
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A new South Carolina law lets property owners get an occupant removed within 24 hours of filing, joining expedited removal laws already in effect in North Carolina and Florida. For owners of vacant property across the Southeast, the legal process just got considerably faster.
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Citizens Property Insurance just cut rates statewide for the first time in over a decade, and private carriers are following. Vacant and REO property owners in Florida are underwritten in a separate category that isn't sharing in the relief.
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Florida recorded the highest state foreclosure rate in the country in the first half of 2026, while North Carolina posted one of the sharpest year over year increases nationwide. For REO and property maintenance operations across the Southeast, the numbers point to a busier back half of the year.
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New catastrophe modeling shows millions of Southeast homes exposed to hurricane wind and storm surge damage this season, with hundreds of billions of dollars in property value sitting outside mandatory flood insurance zones. For vacant and REO properties, that exposure carries added weight.
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Completed foreclosures rose 45 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2026, and timelines are compressing at the same time. Here's what a faster REO pipeline means for the states carrying the heaviest volume.
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