Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Sunshine Ace Children’s Miracle Network donation. Photo courtesy of Sunshine Ace Hardware Sunshine Ace Hardware’s annual Holiday Round Up raised $56,489, pushing the Naples-based company’s cumulative fundraising total for Children’s Miracle Network above the $500,000 mark. From November 1 to Decembe

Last month, I found the perfect home. My eyes were wide as I wandered around the property, admiring the big backyard, cozy kitchen, and the massive primary closet. Learning that my favorite pizza place was just a short walk away was the cherry on top. I had to live there.  We made an offer the very

Fathom Realty, a subsidiary of Fathom Holdings, has appointed Stephanie Verderose as vice president of growth, a newly created role focused on agent production, attraction, retention and community development. Reporting directly to Lori Muller — who was appointed president of Fathom Realty last week

The Grace Place for Children and Families’ Board of Ambassadors will host Beers & Books at Kaleidoscope Beer Company in Naples February 27. The Grace Place for Children and Families’ Board of Ambassadors will host Beers & Books, an evening of craft beer and community impact at Kaleidoscope Beer Comp

Caloosa Sound Amphitheater will set the scene for four performances in March. Photo courtesy of Caloosa Sound Amphitheater Caloosa Sound Amphitheater, Fort Myers’ premier outdoor waterfront venue in the heart of the River District, will set the scene for four performances in March. Little River Band

Homebuilders are trying to lure homebuyers with incentives, despite builders facing higher costs to build a new home. Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes fell one point to 36 in February, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Hous

Multifamily and self-storage developer Jay Massirman found a buyer for his estate in Miami’s Ponce-Davis neighborhood, asking $14 million.  The pending deal is the second-most expensive of 23 contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between Feb. 9 and Feb. 15, according to the latest Eklund-Gomes repor

Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has died at his longtime Virginia estate at the age of 95. The famed Hollywood A-lister died at his Fauquier County, VA, property on Feb. 15, according to a statement made by his wife, Luciana Duvall. Luciana, who tied the knot to Duvall in 2005, revealed, "

Skinny Louie, Warby Parker, Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza | Dania Beach Kimco Realty landed several tenants at its Dania Pointe mixed-use complex in Dania Beach.  Already open is burger restaurant Skinny Louie, leasing 1,500 square feet, according to a Dania Pointe and Kimco news release. On tap in

To see our latest updates on the Nancy Guthrie case, please click here. Savannah Guthrie’s family has been officially cleared as suspects in the disappearance of their mother, Nancy, as the search enters its third week, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Authorities investigating the

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records in South Florida was in Bal Harbour, where a condo at 10201 Collins Avenue traded for $12.5 million, or just under $3,000 per square foot. The sellers were Phillipe and Josette Pommez, and the buyers were Robert and Sandra Bonfield. The oceanfront uni

America added millions of households over the past decade. But one metro is in a league of its own: Austin, TX, has added 51% more households in the same time. Nationally, households grew about 13% from 2014 to 2024, according to a new analysis by the National Association of Realtors®. "Growth surge

Renters in a growing number of major metros entered the new year enjoying improved leasing conditions as vacancies climbed, with Milwaukee seeing the biggest surge. Twenty-seven markets closed out 2025 with higher rental vacancy rates compared with a year before, with seven metros—from California to

America’s quilt work of states whose governors and lawmakers are bucking for housing policy change to break through supply constraints at the root of the nation’s affordability crisis now counts Massachusetts among them. With a focus on prohibitively constrictive building codes and zoning ordinances

The 75-year-old billionaire heir said he would not seek reelection to the board at the annual stockholder meeting.

Mike Fawaz said Monday that he’s departing Rocket Pro after roughly 15 years with the company and plans to announce his next steps in March. “After nearly 15 years, I have made the thoughtful decision to step away from Rocket,” Fawaz said in a statement given to HousingWire. “After significant refle

More than one-third of working-age Americans lack access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, and those who do have median balances of just $40,000, according to a new study from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS). The analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from December 2022 pai

The housing market has shown signs of slowing down, but even so, 73% of metros areas still saw positive price gains in the last quarter of 2025. Year-over-year prices grew the fastest in Cape Girardeau in southern Missouri (19.9%), where the median home price is $275,000, according to new data from

Tucked along a quiet street in northern Connecticut is an 1803 Eyebrow Colonial farmhouse that has been transformed into a richly layered storybook residence that is as much a living work of art as it is a picturesque family home. The historic Sherman, CT, property, known as Black Dog Farm, made an

Michelle Bowman, the Federal Reserve‘s vice chair for supervision, used a major industry forum to argue that Basel capital rules have helped to drive mortgage lending and servicing away from banks — and that it’s time to reconsider that approach. Addressing the American Bankers Association (ABA)’s 2