Central Florida's still-slow residential real estate market now is taking its toll on the Realtor association membership rolls statewide. On the local front, the Orlando Regional Realtor Association's just-released numbers show a 13.3 percent membership drop from 12,616 in 2007 to 10,940 through Feb. 26 this year -- a 19 percent drop from the association's all-time high of 13,500 in 2006 during the peak...

Thomas Allen is happy to live in a downtown Orlando condo, despite reports about the market crashing. In fact, he's working to recruit more people to the urban lifestyle. Allen and his mother, Dorothy Williams, this month are rolling out their new concept dubbed Urbanista. The new real estate brokerage company, which is affiliated with Olde Town Brokers, will focus on sales, resales and rentals of...