Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

President Trump has said the government could buy Spirit.

President Trump has said the government could buy Spirit.

A controversial proposal for a residential development on a golf course finally scored approval more than five years after it first surfaced.  GL Homes wants to develop 524 single-family homes on the closed 168-acre Calusa golf course at 9400 Southwest 130th Avenue in unincorporated Miami-Dade Count

Confronting heavier incentives, price cuts, tepid demand and margin pressure, PulteGroup opened the year with a mix-shift pivot that leans more heavily on build-to-order and active adult sales. Pulte’s Q1 2026 earnings call, held on Thursday, indicates that the nation’s third-largest homebuilder by

While the median age of a first-time homebuyer has continued to climb as affordability has worsened, fewer people of all ages can afford to own a home, concludes a new report. With a national median home price of $415,450 in March, according to Realtor.com® data, it's no surprise that younger people

PMG is launching sales for its planned One Twenty Brickell Signature Residences, a mixed-use condo tower that includes deeded office suites with each unit.  The planned 40-story tower will have 467 furnished units, and follows the sellout of PMG’s first One Twenty Brickell Residences at 120 Southwes

The mid-spring earnings cycle has produced a common-language reality check for America’s public homebuilders: the operating backdrop worsened faster than many management teams expected. In such a context of nearly-universal challenge, doing less-worse may count as a win. Meritage Homes’ Q1 2026 numb

Developer Mosie Miller and his wife, Michelle, sold a renovated waterfront home in Palm Beach for $30.8 million. The Millers sold the home at 1246 North Lake Way after more than a year on the market, according to the Multiple Listing Service. The deed has yet to appear in public records, and the buy

The share of first-time homebuyers has fallen to 21% of all transactions — the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) began tracking the data in 1981. For real estate agents, the shift is not a temporary blip. It’s a structural change reshaping how agents build their businesse

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created the Office of Deed Theft Prevention, a new unit housed in the Department of Finance to coordinate citywide efforts to combat fraudulent property transfers, according to an announcement on Friday. “The theft of a home is the theft of a family’s future,”

SoFi Technologies this week unveiled a new fully digital home equity line of credit (HELOC) experience, expanding its push into mortgages as more homeowners choose to tap equity rather than move. The company said the new HELOC offering will allow members to access home equity through an end-to-end d

After an uncertain start to the spring housing season, conditions may be aligning in favor of buyers. According to the Realtor.com® economic research team's latest weekly market update, new listings are surging, total inventory is rising, and asking prices continue to retreat as mortgage rates ease.

Jerome Powell’s tenure as Federal Reserve chair is coming to an end as the Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended its investigation of alleged cost overruns on the Fed headquarters’ renovations. This paves the way for Kevin Warsh to head the Fed — maybe as soon as May. The timing couldn’t be more per

More than three years after mortgage rates began their climb from historic lows, a subtle but significant housing market shift is underway. Homeowners are finally letting go of sub-5% rates, “comeback buyers” are re-entering the search and regional markets are moving in opposite directions — all sha

Soccer star David Beckham has publicly called out his wife, Victoria Beckham, for constantly snapping photos of the couple in their home every time they get dressed up to head out for a night on the town. David, 50, took to Instagram to share a mirror selfie of himself and the 52-year-old former Spi

As outside temperatures climb, pests are no longer looking for warmth. Instead, they prefer the opposite: cool air, moisture, and shade. And your house provides all three of these. “Most pests like ants, mosquitoes, termites, and roaches are programmed to become active and start breeding when condit

A powerful tornado struck Oklahoma on April 23, causing significant damage. The storm reportedly destroyed 40 to 50 homes, ripped roofs off buildings, knocked down power, and even forced the closure of an Air Force base. The massive twister was caught on video by storm chasers and some of the 50,000

The Silver Court Mobile Home Park in Miami’s Little Havana is set to close later this year, marking the latest casualty of Miami-Dade County’s building boom that’s squeezing out older affordable housing. Residents of the 65-year-old complex at 3200 Southwest Eighth Street were notified last month th

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced an offensive to protect homeowners from the rising tide of fraud: the creation of the city’s first-ever Office of Deed Theft Prevention and an immediate six-month moratorium on tax lien sales. The move aims to halt the loss of generational wealt

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is already one of the area's wealthiest residents—thanks to his $450 million contract with the team. However, the NFL star and his wife, Brittany, are now set to get another very lucrative payday from a different local sports team: the Kansas City Curre