Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

"Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin has quietly sold his sprawling California estate for $14.25 million—one year after he opened up about his role as a "homebody dad" with longtime partner Brenda Song. Culkin, 45, and Song, 37, who have been in a relationship since 2017 and share two children together

American, Delta, JetBlue, United and others waived change and cancellation fees ahead of another massive winter storm.

Tens of millions of Americans woke up this morning to over a foot of snow along the East Coast.  Dubbed Winter Storm Hernando by The Weather Channel, the Northeast got its first glimpse of significant snowfall Monday, as much of the snow came down overnight in places from Boston to Pittsburgh. Some

Teresa King Kinney, the long-reigning CEO of the Miami Association of Realtors, plans to retire at the end of the year. Kinney led the association, the nation’s largest local realtor group with 60,000 members, for 33 years, according to a news release. At the end of the year, she will assume the rol

🏆 Residential: The top residential deal to be recorded was in Tequesta, where a single-family home at 19223 Riverside Drive changed hands for $11.2 million. The seller was the family of the late Harry Hersey Jr. and Martha Hersey. The buyer was a trust. The riverfront mansion spans more than 10,400

Four years after mortgage rates surged from their COVID-19 pandemic-era lows, the national housing market remains stuck. However, an "unlocking" is on the horizon for a select group of metros across the Midwest and South if borrowing costs continue to retreat. The average rate on 30-year fixed home

If you've been staring at your paycheck deposit trying to figure out why the amount seems lower, you're not imagining things. The take-home amount an employee receives is lower at the start of 2026 than it was at the end of 2025 "The primary driver is the Social Security tax reset," Chad Cummings, C

President Donald Trump will deliver the State of the Union address on Tuesday night, at a time when millions of Americans are grappling with affordability and housing—something he has centered his administration on. The annual speech before a joint session of Congress follows several months of ideas

American, Delta, JetBlue, United and others waived change and cancellation fees ahead of another massive winter storm.

The TSA said its PreCheck airport screening lanes are operational, hours after the DHS said the faster security checkpoint services would be paused.

As affordability challenges and demographic shifts impact what is desirable and attainable for homebuyers, builders are quietly reshaping what the "typical" home looks like in America. New data from the National Association of Home Builders reveals some clear patterns: Homes are getting smaller, flo

A stunning midcentury modern home in Seattle designed by architect Milton Stricker, apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright, has already found a buyer just days after it was listed for $1,990,000. Custom-built in 1967, the five-bedroom residence near Lake Washington is where Stricker and his family called

While Olympic athletes are not paid to compete in the Games, those who win gold, silver, and bronze medals may walk away with cash bonuses for their efforts.  "Olympians are compensated directly from their country's respective Olympic competition committee" if their home country agrees to the compen

Palantir Technologies took to X this week to announce its move to Miami.  The publicly traded AI software firm, led by CEO Alex Karp, is leasing space at Industrious, a co-working space in Aventura. Boosters of Miami real estate rejoiced, but will the move, and other recent HQ relocations to South F

Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, has long been synonymous with storybook cottages, artistic heritage, and cinematic coastal beauty, and a newly listed home captures every bit of that magic, with an elevated midcentury twist. Priced at $3.39 million and listed just under two weeks ago, the three-bedroom home o

A former country church in rural Iowa is offering buyers a rare chance to own a piece of small-town history, complete with a bell tower and pulpit—all for just $225,000. The 2,000-square-foot structure at 394 Prost Ave. in the small, unincorporated community of Rubio was built in 1906 as the Rubio F

Discovery Channel star Matt Paxton's well-developed knack for discerning treasure from trash has helped countless families cash in while clearing out messy houses on "Filthy Fortunes." Now, the decluttering expert is going on record about whether limited edition vinyl collections, like the ones Tayl

Teacher Justin Jones of Austin, TX, has come up with an interesting way to raise money for his family. He's using the U.K.-based platform Raffall to hold a sweepstakes for 100 acres of leased mineral rights in Frio County, TX. "These acres sit over the Eagle Ford Shale and Pearsall Shale formations—

American, Delta, JetBlue, United and others waived change and cancellation fees ahead of another massive winter storm.

Weekly pending home sales, which had shown year-over-year growth up until the late-January snowstorm, got back on track with year-over-year growth again last week. One thing to remember about our weekly pending sales data: it takes about 30-60 days to be reflected in the existing home sales data, so