Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

In a city known for its stately mansions and centuries-old government buildings, one dramatic glass residence offers another kind of architectural brilliance—one that puts a very "urban" spin on the acclaimed midcentury modern designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. The "masterfully designed" glass-and-brick

Luxury show garages have become a must-have among wealthy, high-profile car enthusiasts, including Sultan of Brunei, Ralph Lauren, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, and Adam Carolla. Even those who reside not in luxury mansions, but in high-rise buildings, have found a way to proudly display their auto coll

Perched on the edge of the Everglades, Naples has positioned itself as Florida's capital of quiet luxury, offering an alternative to Miami's flashier real estate scene—and increasingly drawing a younger cadre of executives alongside its traditional base of deep-pocketed Midwestern retirees. With a p

For renters these days, energy bills can add up quickly. A new analysis from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates that Americans will spend an average of nearly $800 on electricity from June to September, up 10.5% from the same period last year. This comes at a time when 1

Coastal and Western states trail the rest of the nation when it comes to homebuilding and housing affordability—with New York ranking dead last this year.   The Empire State fared worst among all 50 states and the District of Columbia, earning an F grade in the 2026 Realtor.com® Housing Report Card

Exactly 50 years ago this time of year, a 51-year-old man handwrote a four-page letter on a legal pad to his then 21-year-old son, one of seven children – six of them sons and one angel of a daughter – who was spending a semester studying in Dublin, Ireland. The letter’s narrative arc, now mostly a

Most Americans say they want to live within an easy walk of shops, parks, and other neighborhood amenities, yet some real estate agents fear that discussing an area's "walkability" may run afoul of the law. Their concern, in short, is that not everyone can walk. Touting a neighborhood as "walkable"

For the better part of a decade, the Texas growth playbook was remarkably simple. If you wanted scale, liquidity and appreciation, you went to the Texas Triangle: Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio and tried to be early to the next ring of rooftops. Those four metros captured the li

Mortgage rates saw a welcome pullback this week, with the average rate on 30-year fixed home loans falling to 6.47% for the week ending June 18, according to Freddie Mac. This 5 basis-point drop from last week’s 6.52% offers a brief breather for buyers navigating a highly competitive summer market.

At the start of June, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced it had joined Anthropic’s cybersecurity initiative, Project Glasswing. ICE will deploy Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview across its operations, including the New York Stock Exchange, to identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they

The promise of the American dream has always rested on a simple assumption: Each generation should be able to do a little better than the one before it. But lately, that promise seems to be under indictment. In the past week alone, I’ve read versions of the same grim story over and over: The dream i

ATTOM data shows that home flipping activity declined in early 2026 even as investor profits edged higher, signaling a modest rebound in returns after a prolonged downturn. A total of 64,348 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped in the first quarter of 2026, representing 8% of all home s

For decades, the American dream of aging gracefully at home has collided with a harsh reality — housing stock simply wasn’t built for it. Cameron Carter, founder and CEO of Rosarium Health, is out to change that. His health tech startup is reimagining the home as a core site of health care delivery,

The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago opened to the public on the Juneteenth holiday Friday, following plenty of controversy over its "audacious" brutalist design. The striking complex in the Jackson Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, which cost an estimated $850 million to build, documen

A palatial waterfront compound on the North Shore of Long Island, NY, has arrived on the market with a price tag just a hair under $10 million, offering the chance to own one of Belle Terre's largest and most dramatic estates. The property, which has previously appeared on the rental market, is repr

"Yellowstone" fans who have been hankering after their very own Dutton Ranch but are reluctant to get their hands dirty on the land would do well to turn their attention to Colorado, where a modern marvel that combines all the best parts of ranch life with all the luxuries of a megamansion has recen

For Marjan Rajabi, it started as a black cloud she could see from her backyard. Then it kept growing. Soon the evacuation order came. Five days later, she was standing on the burned-out remains of her Pacific Palisades home of 23 years. From her single bag of possessions recovered from the fire, she

David Martin’s Terra and BH Group are teaming up to build waterfront high-rise condos on a West Palm Beach site that they’re set to buy from billionaire Jeff Greene.  Greene is selling the property for about $100 million, a source told The Real Deal.  The developer duo have plans for a pair of 31-st

Retirement plan participation among eligible U.S. workers reached a record 86% last year, according to Vanguard‘s 2026 How America Saves report, which analyzed retirement savings behavior across nearly 5 million defined contribution plan participants. The annual report found that automatic enrollmen

Billionaire video game developer Gabe Newell paid $70.9 million for Cindy and Ron McMackin’s lake-to-ocean estate in Manalapan, just south of Palm Beach.  The McMackins, who own the engineering subcontracting firm Pan-Pacific Mechanical, sold their 22,900-square-foot, 2-acre mansion at 1660 South Oc