Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Oak Row Equities, L&L Holding Company and their partners scored a $335 million refinancing for their Wynwood Plaza office and multifamily complex in Miami.  The deal comes as financing flows in South Florida, despite higher interest rates and some lenders cutting down on providing new debt.  Oak Row

The nation's capital for young homebuyers is a thriving valley in central Utah, according to new data. The Provo-Orem metropolitan area—south of Salt Lake City along the Utah Lake, had the lowest median age for homebuyers in the country in 2024, at 27, according to the National Association of Realto

The number of homes for sale in the U.S. continued to inch upward in January, offering homebuyers more options and leverage—but the pace slowed as the recovery toward pre-pandemic inventory levels stumbled, erasing recent gains. Nationally, listings climbed 10% last month compared with a year earlie

As a star of MTV’s “Siesta Key” and descendant of one of America’s wealthiest families, Sam Logan has found himself and his homes repeatedly being targeted by brazen thieves. So he feels especially fortunate to have moved into a fortified luxury mansion on a private island in Miami, where he has fin

Cambodia's tourism recovery remains fragile amidst attempts to recover from border tensions with Thailand and ongoing scam cases.

Whether you’re a fan of the Seattle Seahawks, the New England Patriots, or just football in general, Sunday’s big game is the moment you’ve waited for all season.  Attending the Super Bowl is a bucket list experience for die-hard fans across the nation—an experience that is wildly out of reach for m

As homeownership slips further out of reach for young Americans, a new bill introduced by Virginia Congressman John McGuire takes aim at two ends of the housing market at once: first-time homebuyers struggling to afford a home, and senior homeowners reluctant to sell because of steep capital gains t

"Today" host Savannah Guthrie issued a desperate plea to the alleged kidnappers who have "abducted" her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, to let their family know that the matriarch "is alive." Savannah, 54, posted an Instagram video to her account late on Wednesday, which also featured her sister, Annie,

"Today" host Savannah Guthrie issued a desperate plea to the alleged kidnappers who have "abducted" her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, to let their family know that the matriarch "is alive." Savannah, 54, posted an Instagram video to her account late on Wednesday, which also featured her sister, Annie,

Florida's real estate market is not looking very sunny. Nine markets are seeing five-digit drops in home value, and the median loss is $10,157 from January 2025 to January 2026, according to Realtor.com® data. While ritzy towns like Manalapan and Palm Beach make headlines for their astronomical pric

Torose Equities and Sabal Investment Holdings flipped a formerly distressed office building in Coconut Grove for a $28 million gain.  The joint venture sold the five-story building at 3480 Main Highway for $61 million in an off-market transaction to Miami-based Azora Private Solutions, led by Juan J

A South Florida condo association serving a 55-and-older community has filed for bankruptcy. Palm Greens at Villa Del Ray Recreation Condominium Association, a Delray Beach-based association managing the recreational facilities and amenities for the community, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on

With the U.S. suffering a housing supply shortage estimated at some 4 million units, homebuilders are playing a critical role in closing the gap. A recent analysis from the National Association of Realtors® considered where new-home construction grew the most in 2025, with demand, land supply, and l

Maryland doesn't need to dig up its rural areas to solve its decade and a half of sluggish homebuilding, leaders say. Members of Maryland's Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment were briefed on the status of housing by state leaders in Annapolis on Wednesday. Legislators will co

A property manager for condo associations was hit with criminal charges, accused of misappropriating about $600,000 from a Pembroke Pines complex.  It was the third arrest on a theft charge against Michael Curtis, who also faces allegations in two cases filed last year of allegedly siphoning funds f

A property management company owner in Florida is facing charges of scamming people out of $1 million between 2021 and 2025, according to police. Michael Curtis, 38, has been accused of stealing at least $600,000 from homeowners at the Windmill Lakes Condominium Community in Pembroke Pines, FL. "We

A fight over ground-floor retail mandates could become one of the most consequential zoning debates of 2026, with Washington state lawmakers moving to curb mandatory storefronts in new residential buildings. A bill in the Washington state Senate would flip the script on commercial zoning, requiring

"Married to Real Estate" stars Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson have announced that they are expanding their real estate business to two new states following the cancelation of their HGTV series. The couple, who confirmed in June that their show had been axed from the home renovation network amid a wi

The past couple of years have been a whirlwind for industry veteran Lacey Conway. In the spring of 2024, her family firm Latter & Blum, of which she had been serving as CEO, was acquired by Compass, where she would later go on to serve as the executive vice president of mergers and acquisitions. Con

The data is in, and South Florida’s luxury real estate market is still working off its “Liberation Day” hangover.  Luxury sales stumbled in the face of global economic instability last year, according to a global report by Knight Frank on home sales of $10 million or more.  Palm Beach closed 127 suc