Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Today's luxury real estate is not defined by a single price tag but takes a variety of forms mostly dependent on location, stretching from spacious, stately estates nestled in the Deep South to ultraexclusive oceanfront compounds in California's priciest ZIP code. Inspired by a viral YouTube and Tik

Singer-songwriter Sarah Reeves finds she can feed her creativity in multiple ways while under the same roof: by making music and home-cooked meals inside her new house in Texas. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom, modern-style property located just outside of Fort Worth has become the perfect place for

As mortgage underwriting absorbs Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) activity, rent payment history and trended credit data, consumers face a new challenge: understanding how everyday financial behavior is being interpreted by increasingly sophisticated scoring systems. Credit modernization is not the problem

Modular construction, panelized building, and other techniques could shave major costs off the price of building a new home, a new study finds. Manufactured housing techniques could shave 20% to 30% off the cost of building some homes, according to a new analysis from the JPMorganChase PolicyCenter.

A new $55 million Fort Lauderdale waterfront estate dubbed Ember House is lighting up Broward County’s luxury market with a record-setting asking price. The 15,000-square-foot home at 513 Middle River Drive in the Sunrise Intracoastal neighborhood was designed, developed and listed by Prestige Homes

Chip and Joanna Gaines are ready to add yet another impressive real estate win to their awe-inspiring resume after snagging a buyer for one of the reality TV-approved renovation projects mere days after putting it on the market for $935,000. The property, which is located around 30 minutes from the

In the latest test of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political power, the Rent Guidelines Board will vote on Thursday on how much landlords can raise rents on the city’s more than 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. In May, the nine-member board put a 0% increase on the table, setting up Thu

A fiendishly brilliant advertising copywriter working for Benetton during the “hanging chads” Presidential election controversy in 1992 took a circa-1973 Yogi Berraism and transformed it for a New York City billboard on the heavily trafficked northbound West Side Highway. “It ain’t Oval ‘til it’s Ov

The deadly partial collapse of a condominium building in Surfside, FL, was rooted in severe design and construction flaws dating all the way back to 1981, a federal probe has revealed. A total of 98 people died when the Champlain Towers South condo collapsed on June 24, 2021, making the tragedy one

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has proposed replacing its existing Duty to Serve (DTS) regulation with an outcome-based framework that would change how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac support manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation and rural housing. The proposal, released in a n

Former reality TV star Yolanda Hadid is reportedly engaged to real estate developer Randall "Randy" Kendrick—just over a year after calling it quits with her ex-fiance, Joseph Jingoli. Sources told TMZ that Kendrick, who was born in Las Vegas and now appears to be based in Texas, popped the question

For a decade, the housing industry has waited for a “silver tsunami,” a wave of homes released as older owners downsize or pass away. The wave has not arrived on schedule, and recent data suggests it may never break the way it was predicted. But the homes that trickle on to the market have something

Northeast Ohio real estate agent Tracy Jones is setting a top-ranked transaction pace after overcoming some of life’s most difficult circumstances. Today, her Keller Williams-affiliated real estate team ranks No. 1 in Ohio among medium teams for transaction sides on RealTrends Verified’s rankings —

A four-building portfolio in Fort Myers sold for $48.4 million, the largest industrial sale in Southwest Florida this year, according to the seller’s broker. A joint venture between Ohio-based Geis Companies and Illinois-based Westminster Capital sold the newly constructed Meridian Business Campus a

"The Devil Wears Prada" star Anne Hathaway is focusing on her growing family alongside her husband, Adam Shulman, who has "stepped it up" as they prepare to welcome baby No. 3. Hathaway, 43, announced she is pregnant in an adorable Instagram video that saw her cradling her growing baby bump and smil

"Jackass" star Steve-O has opened up about the significant financial struggles he experienced even after securing his role in the hit reality series—revealing that he earned just $1,500 from his work on the first season of the MTV show. The 52-year-old comedian, whose real name is Stephen Glover, ex

An 18,000-square-foot food hall will take over the former Time Out Market space, as part of a recent leasing surge on and near Lincoln Road.  The deals give a boost to an investor group’s thesis that Miami Beach’s pedestrian promenade is in for a comeback after it lost its footing for the better par

Most people associate high tornado risk with states such as Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.  While Tornado Alley has always been in the Great Plains region—which stretches from Texas up to South Dakota—it’s been moving eastward into the Southeast and Midwest over the past few decades. Now, states such

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to require local governments to compensate homeowners based on the full market value of homes seized and sold over unpaid taxes, delivering a setback to the movement against home equity theft. But the justices also left open a consequential question that c

AARP, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to serving older Americans, on Wednesday announced more than $8 million in grants across the country. The funds aim to make communities more livable, with specific targets toward improving housing, public spaces, transportation and digital