Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

President Donald Trump reiterated his aim of making the housing market affordable without lowering home values during the State of the Union speech, his annual address to Congress. Trump's speech on Tuesday night, which lasted an hour and 47 minutes, took aim at economic issues as the president move

Those of us who are married or in long-term relationships may have forgotten this, but life is more expensive when you’re single.  Whether it’s paying the costs of housing, traveling on vacation, or going out to dinner, things cost more when you don’t have someone to divide the bill with. There are

A Savannah property that is packed to the gills with historic significance is attempting to catch itself a new buyer—more than 100 years after it was developed as a marsh front shrimp camp. Offering more than 11 acres just outside of the thriving Georgia city, the centerpiece of the property is a ch

The simmering frustration of 2024 and 2025 has boiled over into a full-scale property tax revolt in 2026, with no fewer than 13 states actively weighing proposals to eliminate property taxes in some form. The backlash is striking, but not without precedent. The inflation shock of the 1970s helped fu

A $13 million Upper East Side Manhattan townhome is at the center of a tug-of-war between a widow and her dead husband's housekeeper. The former housekeeper is accused of being a squatter and is now being sued for refusing to leave and denying his estranged wife access to the property, according to

We intended to dig into LGI Homes’ fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings last week. Then the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders’ Show happened in Orlando, and the days became a blur of conversations, walking meetings, and on-the-fly triangulation among builders, capit

“South Florida by the numbers” is a web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics.  Last month, we examined how a proposed tax initiative helped drive high-profile California billionaires from the Golden State to Miami. But the migration story is not just

Spirit Airlines has reached an agreement with lenders to emerge from bankruptcy by late spring or early summer.

The real estate listing portal space has generated its fair share of headlines over the last several months. While Zillow, Homes.com and Redfin have been stealing most of the spotlight, Realtor.com has also issued some announcements of its own. HousingWire recently caught up with Realtor.com CEO Dam

Of all the places to hunker down during a bitter winter storm, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' lavish $27 million townhouse would arguably be positioned among the most luxurious. Yet it was a luxury that the married TV hosts did not get to enjoy—revealing that they were forced to leave their New York

Cypress, California-based LenderMac Holdco LLC has agreed to acquire Direct Mortgage Corp. in a move aimed at expanding its geographic footprint and building a multichannel mortgage platform, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “This acquisition represent

President Donald Trump plans to highlight a sweeping economic agenda focused on the working class in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, with housing affordability likely to be in the spotlight. "The president will proudly tout his administration's many record-breaking accomplishments, and

AI-powered mortgage underwriting platform Friday Harbor announced Tuesday the launch of a new set of tools called Income and Asset Sandbox, which are designed to help loan officers structure income and asset decisions earlier in the origination process. The tools allow lending teams to test how diff

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) is seeing an “overwhelmingly positive” response from mortgage servicers in response to its newly updated MSP platform user interface, as servicers view the update as the first step in a broader push toward automation and AI-driven efficiencies. The update marks t

"Wonder Woman" star Gal Gadot is looking to make a superhero-sized profit on her picturesque Malibu, CA, home after listing the elegant property for $8.75 million—nearly $4 million more than she paid for the oceanfront pad just five years ago. Gadot, 40, and her husband, Jaron Varsano, purchased the

Billionaire Steve Ross is taking it back to his affordable housing roots as his firm launched a mixed-income multifamily division starting with a 164-unit project for downtown West Palm Beach. Related Ross is planning Sapodilla, a seven-story, 120,000-square-foot complex that will also feature a thr

The Campaign for Accountability (CfA), a nonpartisan watchdog group, has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The group alleges the FHFA failed to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that sought access to a report prepared by FHFA Director Bill Pulte about

Houlihan Lawrence is strengthening its presence in Yonkers, New York, with the addition of eight new agents, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Among these additions is the Vision Alliance Team, led by Rahhim and Tara Shillingford. Rahhim Shillingford is the former principal broker of Vision A

Georgia affordable housing developers revived an effort to amend the state constitution to shield their properties from steep property tax hikes. State Rep. Shaw Blackmon, chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, and State Rep. Rob Leverett officially introduced a constitutional amendment on Mo

Hollywood A-lister Chris Hemsworth may have built his career in the bright lights of Tinsel Town—but when it comes to his home life, the actor says living in Los Angeles was nothing like the glamorous illusion portrayed on the big screen. In fact, the 42-year-old actor says the "greatest decision" h