Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Senate Democrats, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, last week unveiled legislation aimed at curbing corporate ownership of single-family homes and redirecting federal tax benefits toward affordable housing development. The bill, known as the American Homeownership

Related Group and BH Group secured $200 million in construction financing for their planned Ritz-Carlton Residences, West Palm Beach.  The developers received financing from Madison Realty Capital for the 27-story, 138-unit tower slated for 1717 North Flagler Drive, according to a news release.  The

Fair housing and immigrant advocacy groups are urging a federal court in Texas to reject a proposed settlement between Colony Ridge Development LLC and federal agencies over alleged predatory lending practices. The groups say that key provisions of the agreement are “unlawful, unnecessary and unrela

The House passed a bill to simplify the mortgage process on tribal lands, setting it up for President Donald Trump to sign into law. The House voted 384-40 to pass S. 728, which would create new, faster deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process residential and business mortgages on triba

PulteGroup this week agreed to join the ranks of homebuilding enterprises that have adopted SitecoreAI, integrating the omnichannel digital content marketing platform into its marketing, sales and CRM tech stack to improve homebuying digital user experience.  SitecoreAI – used by global consumer mar

President Donald Trump has officially nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve, but the widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is casting uncertainty over the swift interest rate cuts the president desires. Trump sent his nomination to the Senate on Wednesday, f

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King Charles' brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, is set to hand back another of his rented royal properties—mere weeks after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office over his ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew, who was taken into custody for 11 hours on Feb 19., th

As the stock markets appeared to stabilize as the Middle East conflict entered its fifth day, another bit of good news reached those invested in trading.  Analysis of nearly 25 million 401(k) accounts by Fidelity Investments shows the average balance rose a substantial 11% to $146,100, a significant

Moishe Mana, already downtown Miami’s biggest landlord, gobbled up another office tower for $110 million, solidifying his status as the neighborhood’s real estate king.  Mana bought the 31-story, 450,000-square-foot One Downtown at 1 Southeast Third Avenue, according to a news release from Mana’s fi

The winner of a $1.76 billion Powerball jackpot is seeing his former California home up for sale just three months after he gifted the property to a not-for-profit. Theodorus Struyck bought his Frazier Park home back in 2010. He owned the property until December 2025, when he gifted it to the Triump

Sen. Adam Schiff is putting forth a measure to ban investors from buying lots after natural disasters. Under a new bill the California Democrat introduced Monday, institutional investors would be barred from making an offer on lots, parcels, or homes in a federally declared disaster area for six mon

Pop star Pink has laid bare her 14-year-old daughter Willow's dreams of being a Broadway performer—revealing that she moved her entire family to New York so the teenager could be one step closer to that goal. The singer is currently guest-hosting fellow songstress Kelly Clarkson's talk show from its

A historic oceanfront home in Palm Beach sold at a discount for $28 million, The Real Deal has learned. The estate of Patricia Ann Kahn sold the house at 480 South Ocean Boulevard at a $10.7 million discount after a year on the market, a source confirmed. The deal has yet to appear in public records

The oceanfront Palm Beach estates of a telecommunications investor and a late German prince led pending deals in Palm Beach County last week. Buyers signed 35 contracts between Feb. 23 and Mar. 1 for luxury properties in Palm Beach County, according to Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes team. The homes

Volunteers have been seen scanning the area outside of Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home with metal detectors in a bid to find any items that may have been dropped when the 84-year-old was abducted from the property on Feb. 1. As the search for "Today" host Savannah Guthrie's mother stretched into its se

Mortgage applications increased for a third straight week—11% from the week prior, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending Feb. 27. New home loans and refinancing contributed to the increase. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increas

🏆 Residential: The priciest home sale recorded was in Coral Gables, where a home at 6960 Sunrise Drive changed hands for $8.8 million. The sellers were Luis and Elena Bermudez, and the buyer was an LLC managed by Sebnem Sarraf. The four-bedroom home has two and a half bathrooms and spans 2,700 squa

As home shoppers head into the spring buying season, where they live will dictate the median home prices they'll see. A recent report by real estate analytics firm Cotality identifies two opposite ends of the spectrum. “The current data reveals a 'two-speed' housing market,” Cotality chief economist

When billionaire Mark Zuckerberg bought a new $170 million megamansion on Miami's infamous Indian Creek Island earlier this month, the purchase was hailed as being the most expensive residential real estate transaction to ever take place in Miami-Dade County. However, while the 41-year-old Meta foun