Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty has appointed Shelley Figueroa as sales director in its development division, where she will oversee sales for Anantara Miami Resort & Residences. Figueroa brings more than 15 years of experience in luxury residential real estate development. According to the broke

The new 2027 BMW X5. Photo courtesy of BMW Are you ready for a hydrogen-powered BMW X5? No, it’s not some George Jetson, pie-in-the-sky concept. BMW is planning to put its ground-breaking new iX5 Hydrogen into production some time in 2028. That’s just two years away. It was one of five brand new X5

TitleEase has launched a software integration with transaction management platform Contract2Close.com that allows real estate agents and mortgage loan officers to order title services from within the platform. The integration is designed to incorporate title ordering into the existing transaction ma

As part of its three year strategic plan, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) promised members the trade group would work to “elevate” the Realtor brand. For the first half of the year, NAR’s vision for exactly what this effort would look like remained a bit unclear but at the association’s l

"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Kyle Richards is preparing for an exciting new chapter in her family's life after her eldest daughter, real estate agent Farrah Aldjufrie, announced that she is expecting her first child. The 37-year-old property mogul shared the news on social media on July 3

A prospective buyer signed a contract for a condo at the Four Seasons Residences at the Surf Club, asking $31.5 million.  It’s one of nine luxury home contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between June 29 and July 5, according to the weekly report by Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes team. The previous

Summer travel should leave you with lifelong memories—not costly issues waiting at home.  Then again, a quick inspection as soon as you return home from your trip can help you identify major post-travel threats, including pest introductions and hidden maintenance problems. It will only take about 10

Actor Richard Gere and his wife, Alejandra Gere, have shed some light on the family's trans-Atlantic lifestyle, revealing the gratitude they feel at being able to split their time between "two countries, two cultures," two years after they announced that they were relocating to her native Spain. Ger

For Zane Burnett, technology isn’t about chasing the next shiny object — it’s about building a foundation first. As he oversees technology, digital strategy and innovation at The Agency, Burnett brings a career’s worth of perspective from leadership roles at proptech companies, luxury real estate br

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) is urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to overhaul several single-family property standards, arguing that current rules under the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s minimum property requirements are creating

A question is starting to circulate among brokerage leaders and at industry tables: Is it time to do away with IDX? On the surface it sounds like a housekeeping matter, a debate about website feeds and display rules. It is not. The IDX question is one of the most important structural questions our i

A trio of investors dropped $97.8 million for The Ponce office complex in Coral Gables in one of the city’s largest sales so far this year.  Intalex Capital, Itero Investments and Greenwall Capital acquired a 365,000-square-foot office portfolio with the 12-story Class A building 2525 Ponce de Leon

Negroni Bistro & Sushi Bar, the local restaurant chain founded by serial global restaurateur Pablo Sartori, filed for bankruptcy for its Brickell and Doral locations, facing over $330,000 in rent claims. Negroni Brickell LLC and Negroni Doral LLC each petitioned for Chapter 11 reorganization on July

Analysts from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) say that United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) may be better off after losing its bid for Two Harbors Investment Corp. They argue that the failed acquisition removes leverage risk and increases the likelihood of a dividend cut that could strengthen the company’s

South Florida real estate money runs through local politics like clockwork, with industry players fueling a share of candidates and political committees’ coffers whenever election season rolls around. On June 25, many Miamians received a mass text directing them to a website attacking Miami-Dade Cir

Prince Harry's trip to the U.K. has already been met with a frenzy of speculation and rumor over whether he will be joined on the visit by his wife, Meghan Markle, and their children—but now new questions are being raised about where he will stay while he's in his home country. The Duke of Sussex, 4

Airlines are extending flight schedules to maximize on lucrative international travel.

Bridgepoint Group is expanding its U.S. footprint with the acquisition of Boca Raton-based Kayne Anderson Real Estate.  In a deal valued at $1.4 billion, Kayne Anderson shareholders will receive $189 million in newly issued Bridgepoint shares and $759 million in cash, The Real Deal previously report

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records was in Pinecrest, where a home at 5865 Southwest 96th Street changed hands for $7.8 million. The sellers were Luis and Liz Messianu, who purchased the 7,800-square-foot property in 2024 for $7.3 million. The buyer was Bunny S Sunshine Haven LLC. The h

A proposal to put a McDonald's drive-through on a corner in Huntington, NY, drew such a large crowd to a recent zoning hearing that the board scrapped the rest of its agenda to deal with it. The plan would replace a long-vacant Citibank property in the Greenlawn hamlet at East Pulaski Road and Park