Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight
Market data, mortgage rate movement, housing policy, and property news from across the country and here at home in Collier and Lee counties. Anything that affects what a home in Naples, Bonita Springs, or Estero is worth, and what it costs to own one, is worth understanding before it shows up in your closing statement or your tax bill.
The Real Reason Why Home Prices in The Villages Are Falling

Home prices in the largest master-planned community in the country, The Villages, have steadily declined over the past four years, despite the idyllic lifestyle it promises. Inside the Central Florida community, which is home to over 150,000 residents, median home prices peaked in 2022 in the wake o
Read MoreGalium Capital buys North Miami Beach apartments for $29M

Galium Capital picked up an apartment complex in North Miami Beach for $28.7 million, The Real Deal has learned, even as inflation and elevated interest rates stifle multifamily sales. Miami-based Galium, led by Jacques Bessoudo and Iser Rabinovitz, bought the 156-unit Arbors Aventura, according to
Read MoreInside the decade-long legal clash between owners, developer of a Singer Island hotel-condo

Unit owners at a Singer Island hotel-condo are tangled in a decade-long lawsuit in which they say the hotel’s owner charged them unfair and duplicative fees adding up to tens of millions of dollars. The condo association for the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island, in Riviera Beach, sued owner Urgo Ho
Read MoreZillow faces shareholder lawsuit over Redfin deal

Derivative suit cites $100 million deal, $81 million in insider sales claims, and a stock drop from $77.05 to $32.19
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A camera-ready Los Angeles home that has quietly generated more than $1.5 million by serving as the backdrop for major commercial productions has hit the market for $3.245 million—complete with the unusual business responsible for that revenue. Known as the Rum Punch House, the five-bedroom, four-ba
Read More Florida REIT founders charged with stealing from employee benefit plans

The two founders of a Port Richey-based real estate investment trust were indicted on federal theft and embezzlement charges, accused of stealing funds from their employee benefit plans, months after the duo was charged by the SEC in an alleged fraud scheme that raised $152 million from over 5,500 s
Read MoreSoaring Home Prices Leave 91% of Renters Unable To Buy in This Western State

Home prices in Utah continue to increase, putting 91% of renters out of the running to become homeowners, according to a new report. The median sale price across all housing types in Utah rose to $520,000 in the first quarter of 2026, an increase from the median price of $500,000 a year earlier, acc
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Reality TV superstar and fashion mogul Kylie Jenner has finally found a buyer for her longtime California mansion, offloading the home for $15.3 million. Kylie, 29, who is currently in a very high-profile relationship with actor Timothee Chalamet, purchased the sprawling 13,200-square-foot Hidden Hi
Read More 7 Ways To Refresh Your Home This Fall Without a Full-Blown Remodel

As summer winds down and fall approaches, you may be wondering how to give your home a little refresh. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars or live through months of construction dust to do so. “There are so many creative ways to breathe new life into a space that don’t cost a
Read MoreHGTV Star Erin Napier Fiercely Defends Decision To Homeschool Her 2 Daughters: ‘You Know Nothing’

"Home Town" star Erin Napier has fiercely defended her decision to homeschool her two young daughters after an online critic made assumptions about why she and husband Ben Napier chose to educate their children at home. The 40-year-old HGTV personality, who shares daughters Helen, 8, and Mae, 4, wit
Read MoreBookTok Is Inspiring a New Home Design Trend: The Cozy Reading Retreat

If you love to read, #BookTok’s latest trend—a personal reading retreat—might be right up your alley. And with highly anticipated releases like Audrey Niffenegger's Life Out of Order and Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Splintered Harmony arriving this fall, there's no better time to bring it to life. Com
Read MorePark Street Homes expands urban infill homebuilding model

Park Street blends standardized construction controls with reflective design for established neighborhoods and scattered lots
Read MoreBasketball Icon Steph Curry Sells $11 Million San Francisco Building to AI Company

Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry has offloaded his 10,000-square-foot San Francisco commercial building for $11 million, after headquarter plans for his business empire failed to manifest. The building has been sold to Dane Reinsurance Inc., a Utah-based company with ties to AI insuranc
Read MoreRedfearn drops $42M on Delray Beach retail properties in one of town’s biggest CRE deals ever

Redfearn Capital picked up two Delray Beach commercial properties for a combined $42.2 million, in one of the largest commercial deals in the town’s history. Alex Redfearn’s Delray Beach-based firm paid $38.2 million at auction for the office and retail property at 105-111 East Atlantic Avenue and $
Read MoreThe Agency hires Jim Lonergan to lead Midwest expansion

The longtime Anywhere Real Estate franchise growth executive will also oversee South Central U.S. sales and Canada
Read MoreModular Homes Could Help Solve the Housing Crisis—but They Need To Fix Their Image Problem First

The phrase "modular homes" may conjure up a boxy, barebones structure—or worse yet, a classic trailer park community filled with cookie-cutter mobile homes of dubious quality. But Scott Malouff, a longtime agent with Keller Williams in San Antonio and the head of KW's new Modular initiative, wants t
Read MoreMISMO board adds VantageScore, Guild and FICO leaders amid credit modernization push

Anthony Hutchinson of VantageScore, Gemma Currier of Guild Mortgage and Eric Lapin of FICO are the new board members
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner's widow has accused the late actor's mother of selling his $1.6 million Los Angeles home despite allegedly intending for the property to go to his wife and daughter. More than a year after the "Cosby Show" star's sudden death at age 54, his widow, Tenisha Warner, and his mother,
Read More IRES MLS names Julie Dahl CEO, succeeding Jeff Bosch

Dahl, a 23-year IRES veteran, succeeds Jeff Bosch as he departs for Arizona Regional MLS
Read MorePutting the ROAD Act into action faces a funding and HUD gauntlet

HUD must handle about 70% of 125 federal actions, rulemakings often take 18 to 24 months, and agency staffing is down more than 30%
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