Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

In an era defined by deep political polarization, a major housing package cleared the House of Representatives with an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 396 votes. Yet despite its popularity, it remains stalled in Congress. The 21st Century Road to Housing Act is the biggest housing bill package i

A leaked report claims that the construction of the White House ballroom championed by President Donald Trump is expected to cost $600 million—$200 million over earlier estimates—with taxpayers footing more than half the bill. Trump initially estimated the cost of the ballroom project at $200 millio

Country singer Jelly Roll has filed for divorce from his wife, Bunnie XO, after 10 years of marriage—and less than three years after the duo moved into a new marital mansion in Tennessee, and just weeks before movers were seen outside the palatial property. The "Wild Ones" hitmaker, 41, whose real n

A one-bedroom apartment in an ultraluxury building, positioned on Manhattan's Upper West Side and bursting with top-notch amenities, normally starts at $3,465 a month but can now be snapped up by a select few for a ridiculously low $782. To score one of 55 spectacular rental deals in this building,

Happy Corner Hospitality, the group behind the Mediterranean-Israeli eatery Motek, will make its Broward County debut later this year, The Real Deal has learned. Motek signed a lease for 12,000 square feet at the oceanfront W Fort Lauderdale at 401 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard. The restaura

Celebrated American Chef Charlie Palmer to be Honored as Chef de Cuisine at the 27th Annual Naples Winter Wine Festival on January 29-31, 2027 The Naples Children Foundation (NCF), founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival (NWWF), today announced that celebrated American Chef Charlie Palmer, the n

Robert Rivani sold the Wynwood Jungle for $26 million, with plans to use the profits to fund the pending acquisition of a Miami Beach office property.  The nearly 39,000-square-foot retail plaza at 51 Northwest 23th Street sold for nearly double its previous sale price five years ago, Patrick Khoury

Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida Launches New Rhythm & Motion Class for People Living with Parkinson’s The Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida (PASWFL) is pleased to announce the launch of Rhythm & Motion for Parkinson’s (PD), an exciting new movement class designed specifically

Construction activity on new single-family homes retreated in May alongside permits and completions in the face of economic uncertainty, high borrowing costs, and material rates, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Tuesday. Single-family housing starts last month were a seasonally adjusted annual rat

A lawsuit accusing contractor giant Balfour Beatty and its subsidiaries of subjecting military families to unsafe housing conditions at the Naval Air Station Key West is advancing to federal court. The latest complaint, a mass action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida last month, alle

For decades, downsizing was both a practical and financial rite of passage for retirees and empty nesters. Sell the big family home, buy something smaller, pocket the difference, and simplify the next chapter. But in today’s housing market, that math is working against retirees and threatening the f

Federal Reserve policymakers began their two-day meeting to set interest rate policy on Tuesday, marking the first vote overseen by Kevin Warsh. Warsh, who called for "regime change" at the central bank, has already issued his first major shift by reverting his title to "Fed Chairman," rather than t

To the outside world, Las Vegas might be just a weekend getaway, but to locals, it's home—and right now, those residents are proving to be the nation's most loyal renters. The latest Realtor.com® rent report reveals that during the first three months of 2026, Vegas residents accounted for 70% of onl

I launched a condo conversion community recently. Units priced between $90,000 and $140,000. Sold six in the first week. Five of the six were seller-financed. Not because the buyers preferred it. Because conventional lenders couldn’t touch them. FHA couldn’t touch them. These were people with real i

As America’s population ages, a growing number of homeowners are entering retirement with substantial housing wealth and new questions about how to use it. For mortgage professionals, that shift is creating opportunities to have broader conversations about housing wealth, cash flow and long-term fin

A Kentucky couple, Lester and Helena Peters Hurst, recently returned from a work trip to find their custom-built 26-foot tiny home stolen from their 10-acre property in Burning Springs. Thieves meticulously cut hitch locks, moved the home off its blocks, and towed it away in the night, leaving behin

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records in South Florida was in Miami, where the 4,400-square-foot at 733 Belle Meade Boulevard changed hands for $9.2 million. The seller was an LLC tied to entrepreneur Andrew Sieja and his wife, philanthropist Jessica Sieja. The buyer was Joshua Keller. Th

Model Olivia Culpo is just five months away from becoming a mother of two—but she is determined to complete at least one major project before the arrival of her second baby with husband Christian McCaffrey: renovating the family's picturesque "forever home" in California. The former Miss USA, 34, to

For many real estate brokers, the daily barrage of agent questions — “Where’s the W-9?,” or, “What’s our commission split again?” — adds up to dozens of hours each month, often interrupting nights and weekends. BrokerBot, the artificial intelligence (AI) teammate platform built by Ribera AI, Inc. an

"Little People, Big World" star Matt Roloff is making yet another attempt to part ways with his family's longtime home, bringing it back to the market for the heavily discounted price of $2.6 million—having tried and failed to convince one of his children to take it over. The 5,800-square-foot Orego