U.S. builders hoard mineral rights under new homes

NAPLES, FLA. – Robert and Julie Davidson fell hard for the gleaming new house at the Valencia Golf and Country Club in Naples, Florida. They loved the way the palm-fringed, Spanish-style home backed up to the fifth-hole fairway. And they were taken with the three-bedroom’s high ceilings and open plan. Plus the neighborhood – with its power-washed driveways, blooming hibiscus and guarded gatehouse – seemed all “dressed up.”

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