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Report: Some Floridians, pointing to high rents, are moving to Georgia


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 9:30 a.m. February 28, 2024
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A new report from Florida TaxWatch found that rents have begun to stabilize after a huge influx of residents moving into the state drove housing costs up during and immediately after the pandemic.

Even with a small drop, the report states some residents, even as Florida remains a national leader in picking up people from other states, are leaving the Sunshine State and heading north to Georgia.

The nonprofit government watchdog group’s "2024 Update: Long-Term Rental Markets in Florida" found that rents in the state’s biggest cities, including Tampa, remain high but have been declining since November, a sign of a potential “slow down” throughout the year.

 


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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.

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