Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

We saw a softer-than-expected February jobs report, with unemployment rising and employers shedding more than 90,000 jobs.  One bright spot: Earnings growth continued, edging slightly higher. The softer report could mean more tension between the Fed’s two goals, especially if next week’s inflation r

Redwood Trust closed a $391 million securitization backed by nonqualified mortgages (non-QMs), marking the inaugural deal from its Aspire platform that was expanded in early 2025, the company announced Friday. The transaction (SPIRE 2026-1) establishes Redwood’s third securitization shelf, alongside

Inheriting a home can seem like a windfall—especially if it's a beach house, a mountain cabin, or a tourist destination retreat. For a growing number of heirs, the next thought is obvious: Why not put it on Airbnb? If you had this idea, you wouldn’t be alone. The U.S. short-term rental (STR) market

What realistic, visionary, and wise players in the U.S. housing sector believe is that some solutions are already here, hidden in plain sight. Part of the problem is that what often hides those solutions from view is a past history, baggage or a whiff of negative reputation. Manufactured housing is

Virginia-based Allied Title and Escrow has expanded its operations into Ohio and Michigan — bringing its total footprint to 14 states. The move marks another step in Allied’s national growth strategy and expands its presence in the Midwest as leaders cited increased demand from real estate agents, l

A sweeping new anti-money laundering rule from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), took effect this week, introducing new reporting obligations for certain residential real estate transactions. The regulation, effective March 1, expands federal oversight into parts of the real estate

Oil prices are surging and mortgage rates are roughly flat so far today. It has been a crazy day in the bond market: the 10-year yield first went lower after the jobs report, then Trump posted that the goal in Iran is “ultimate surrender,” which sent the 10-year yield higher with oil prices over $90

Now that it’s March, spring and summer are finally within reach and believe it or not, there’s no better time to get to work on your garden. By choosing the right, quick-blooming plants, you can achieve an Instagram-worthy front yard by Memorial Day weekend.  And if you plan to sell or refinance thi

No state in the union is coming close to building enough affordable housing to shelter all of those who need it, according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. The NLIHC's annual report on the state of affordable housing found a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and avail

The old adage "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is" doesn't apply to a stunningly cheap apartment in Midtown Manhattan. An $857-a-month one-bedroom apartment in a luxury building where similar units start at $4,725 will go to the lucky winner of a New York City affordable housing lottery

Supermodel Kendall Jenner has proudly unveiled the jaw-dropping results of a gut renovation on a bathroom inside her California home—just three months after she revealed that she had completed work on a custom-built dwelling in Wyoming. Jenner, 30, who owns two homes in the Golden State and another

On paper, Maile Aguila’s story reads like a fairy-tale version of the American dream: After 30 years of hard work, a daughter of 1960s Cuban exiles sells $1 billion worth of Miami condos in a single year for a multi-national developer. Then she partners with The Agency, one of the buzziest luxury re

Rishi Kapoor, the developer who previously settled a Securities and Exchange Commission civil case alleging he swindled investors, was arrested on Friday on fraud charges.  Kapoor, 42, ex-CEO of the once-promising development firm Location Ventures and its URBIN subsidiary, is facing charges tied to

When mortgage rates stayed higher for longer over the past few years, originators increasingly turned their attention to nonqualified mortgages (non-QMs). But that resurgence may not lose momentum even if rates decline in 2026. “We traditionally have seen nonagency volumes represent about 10% of the

Real estate agents and brokers are bombarded daily with headlines predicting the industry’s next upheaval. Let it go, says Larry Kendall, founder of Ninja Selling, because most of that noise sits firmly outside of your control. While it’s important you keep up with current headlines, Kendall believe

Actress Daryl Hannah has unwillingly found her name thrust into the spotlight again thanks to a new—and, in her own words, "untrue"—portrayal of her romance with John F. Kennedy Jr. in showrunner Ryan Murphy's new FX series, "Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette." The series, which sta

New York is one of the most densely populated cities in the United States. There’s a lot to love about it, but if you ask its residents, they'll likely say it can feel too crowded, too dirty, and too chaotic. So it helps to have a place to escape to, if you can afford it.  North of the city, the Hud

In a sign of a still-softening labor market, U.S. employers eliminated 92,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in February, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Economists say the report is unlikely to change the Federal Reserve’s stance on interest rates. Meanwhile, t

Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Sterling Shepard has snapped up a sprawling $3.14 million Florida mansion—amid rumors that the NFL team is looking to re-sign the veteran wide receiver, whose contract with the team came to an end this month, leaving him a free agent. Shepard, 33, who formerly played for th

As Miami struggles to shake off its notorious reputation as the nationwide epicenter of the affordability crisis, development has been primarily restricted to two options: single-family homes or towers.  But perhaps it’s small- to mid-sized projects designed to fit on castoff, difficult-to-develop l