Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Former Prince Andrew was arrested Feb. 19—his 66th birthday–at his Norfolk home amid the ongoing backlash over his relationship with alleged pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The former Duke of York, whose full name is Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and is the younger brother of King Charles III, was taken int

🏆 Residential: The top sale to hit records in South Florida was in Palm Beach, where trusts tied to Lili and Ambrose Monell, Maia Monell and Maurizio Morello sold a lakefront estate at 635 Crest Road for $57 million. The buyer was another trust, with Cameron Casey as trustee. The property has a doc

United Airlines is overhauling its MileagePlus loyalty program to reward customers who have the carrier's credit card over those without it.

Momentum is building in Amarillo, TX, and a big driver is a not-yet-built project slated to bring thousands of tech jobs. The city is seeing a surge in people moving to the metro. Right now, the domestic mobility rate in Amarillo climbed to roughly 17.9% in 2024, up from 16.5% a decade earlier, acco

“Owning Manhattan” star Peter Zaitzeff spends his days ushering clients through some of New York City’s most jaw-dropping properties and stepping in front of the camera for Netflix’s real estate drama. But when the deals are done and filming wraps, the 41-year-old broker retreats to a different kind

The deals include commitments from Vietnam Airlines, Sun PhuQuoc Airways and VietJet.

Lurking behind a for sale sign could be a home sitting empty. Not because the homeowners already moved out but because the property is vacant due to foreclosure. Nearly 1.4 million homes were vacant at the beginning of the year, according to ATTOM, a provider of property data and real estate analyti

Baby boomers, who make up the bulk of retirees, are sitting on a record $19 trillion in real estate wealth. For many, that home equity now dwarfs what they’ve been able to accumulate in traditional retirement accounts, turning their real estate portfolio into the single largest component of their ne

Texas is drawing an increasing number of high-income professionals—overtaking New York as the top employer of financial services workers, excluding insurance and real estate. At least 314 companies moved their headquarters to Texas between 2015 and 2024, according to new research from the Texas Econ

Tax season can be challenging and burdensome, and for homeowners, keeping up to date with housing tax rules can make it even more difficult. The Internal Revenue Service opened the tax filing season on Jan. 26, and the deadline for filing (without an extension) is April 15. Most people will wait as

The owner of Miami Beach’s Sixty Sixty Resort thwarted a foreclosure auction at the last minute by filing for bankruptcy.  Coconut Grove-based Bloom Hotels 6060 filed a chapter 11 petition in Miami federal court on Monday, a day before the 16-story waterfront building at 6060 Indian Creek Drive was

Savannah Chrisley is co-hosting "The View" this week, causing many fans to threaten to boycott the show over her appearance. The 28-year-old is the daughter of Todd and Julie Chrisley, who shot to fame in 2014 with their reality TV series "Chrisley Knows Best" and were found guilty in 2022 of conspi

Property taxes have become so burdensome that many states are working to lower or even abolish them. Then there's a state like Alabama. While the average U.S. household pays $3,119 per year in property taxes, in this Southern state, the average homeowner shells out a much lower $788, according to Wa

Federal Reserve officials are concerned that persistent inflation could stall economic recovery, which is why they paused rate cuts at their January meeting, minutes of the meeting show. The Federal Open Markets Committee, which oversees decisions on interest rates, said geopolitics and government p

More than a week after inaccurate reports surfaced that Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan were in contract on an off-market Indian Creek Island estate, it appears the couple is merely eyeing the island’s only on-market listing, a 2-acre spec estate asking $200 million. The Meta CEO and his wife are

Compass executive Jeff Polashuk is exiting the company after eight years with the brokerage, The Real Deal has learned.  Polashuk, regional vice president of Compass Florida, will step down from his role in March, he confirmed. Polashuk is joining Gideon Strategic Partners, where he’ll be a vice pre

Tennis star Tommy Paul and his fiancee, Paige Lorenze, have shown off the stunning overhaul of their "dream home"—just one month after they listed their respective homes. Paul and Lorenze, both 28, immersed themselves in the nearly married life last month when they listed their own properties to buy

New-home construction permits ticked up in December 2025, after November numbers declined, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau Monthly New Residential Construction report. "2025 was a challenging year for builders, one in which they had to offer lucrative incentives and slash prices for buyer

In the past, homeowners put all their time and money into the backyard. Today, that trend has shifted and many are bringing that same energy to the front yard. According to the 2026 Outdoor Living Report by Deckorators, outdoor living is shifting to the most visible part of the home. “Front yard upg

Retired baseball pro Derek Jeter knocked it out of the park with the sale of his Coral Gables home.  The former New York Yankees shortstop sold his seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom mansion at 7275 Old Cutler Road for $13.2 million, The Real Deal has learned. The 8,200-square-foot house sits on nearly a