Florida News That Impacts You – September 25th, 2025
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- Pending home sales in Florida rose by nearly 10% in August, the largest year-over-year gain since last November, and the second largest monthly increase since 2021. All property types saw increased buying interest led by single family homes.
- A renewed proposal for redevelopment of Lake Worth Beach called H.O.R.I.Z.O.N. is in focus. The comprehensive development proposal, which revises and elaborates on a proposal first ignored by the city commission in January, would include a Jack Nicklaus designed golf course, a Hyatt hotel and community pool. The developers have created a website complete with plans and an FAQ.
- Brightline’s anticipated station in Stuart won’t be coming anytime soon. Martin County’s request for a $45 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration, which is central to the construction of the proposed station, was not issued as part of the federal government’s fiscal year which ends next week. Instead, the county will have to reapply for the grant with the earliest possible award schedule delaying construction of the station until at least 2028.
- Afternoon showers and thunderstorms are possible today with highs in the upper 80’s, a little warmer than usual for this date. A thin plume of Saharan dust is tracking through Hispaniola and the Caribbean with a more significant plume just behind it, approaching the Leeward Islands and extending across the central Atlantic acting as a headwind for tropical development. Related...
- The National Hurricane Center is tracking three systems in the Atlantic. Hurricane Gabrielle is tracking east across the northern-mid Atlantic prompting hurricane advisories in the Azores. Tropical Storm Humberto is northeast of the Leeward Islands and is expected to develop into a major hurricane as it approaches the eastern Atlantic, posing a potential threat to Bermuda. A tropical wave crossing Puerto Rico and Hispaniola today has an 80% chance of developing over as it passes over the Caribbean and is a system to watch for the Carolinas.
- Gas prices dropped another penny per gallon on Wednesday. The average price for regular unleaded in Florida is currently $3.02 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.15 per gallon, in Martin the average is $2.98, it’s $3.02 in St. Lucie, and in Indian River County the average is $3.03 per gallon.