Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, have announced that they're expecting their fourth child. The couple made the announcement on Instagram on Tuesday, writing: "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. Usha and the baby are doing well, and we

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Mesocore Modular Homes is introducing an expandable modular housing model aimed at improving affordability and disaster relief, an important issue in a state prone to devastating hurricanes.  Positioned as an affordable housing solution for both homebuyers and city leader

Older Americans are leaving money on the table when they sell their homes, with losses widening sharply after age 70, according to new research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Using a newly built national dataset, researchers found that sellers in their 70s and beyond cons

GWealth Management expanded its Wynwood holdings recently, acquiring a three-property portfolio from Miami investor Steve Rhodes for $25 million. The Weston-based firm, led by Juan Arango Giraldo, bought a three-story office and retail building at 2121 Northwest Second Avenue, a one-story retail bui

Signature Homes founder and Chairman Dwight Sandlin’s line — “nimbleness without sacrificing time and resources” — may sound like a homebuilder’s pipedream. That’s, unless you take the time to sit with what’s underneath it. In this market, “nimble” isn’t an organizational personality trait. It’s not

Lily Allen and actor David Harbour have officially found a buyer for their sprawling martial townhouse—just over two months after the estranged couple put the property on the market amid their acrimonious divorce. Allen, 40, and Harbour, 50, initially listed the sprawling Carroll Gardens, NY, proper

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty has appointed Daniel de la Vega as chief executive officer, formalizing a leadership transition at the Florida-based luxury brokerage. De la Vega — who joined the firm in 2008 — has spent 17 years with the company and will continue to serve as president in addition

One of the nation’s most aggressive housing policy reform agendas of the post-pandemic era greets Florida lawmakers as they enter their 2026 legislative session bent on improving housing affordability.​ With a coordinated set of “fix” bills, Sunshine State lawmakers want to add more muscle to the st

There’s “no going back” on Greenland, according to President Donald Trump, who has called for the United States to take control of the world’s largest island. Just hours before joining world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump doubled down on Truth Social, declaring that

Gen Z Americans face a slew of financial difficulties. Inflation, student debt, and rising prices are all taking their toll, making saving for a home seem like a far-fetched dream. These challenges can have wide-ranging consequences. A new survey by Talker Research on behalf of DailyPay found that 7

Sinatra & Company put another project into Riviera Beach’s busy development pipeline with a proposed townhouse community across the street from the Estate Companies’ planned $60 million apartment complex. The Buffalo, New York-based developer proposed 36 residences on 2.42 acres at 4142 Leo Lane. Th

One Real Mortgage is undergoing a C-suite shuffle. On Tuesday afternoon, Kate Gurevich posted on social media that she’s starting a new position as CEO of the company. “I am thrilled to share that I am starting a new role as CEO of One Real Mortgage, a division of Real Broker LLC,” Gurevich wrote on

Restb.ai has released a new application programming interface called Feature UAD. The interface is aimed at helping mortgage and appraisal professionals comply with new appraisal data standards set to take effect later this year. The tool is designed to support the Uniform Appraisal Dataset 3.6 — a

In its push for increased transparency and accountability, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has released an Annual Report for 2025.  The report, which was released Tuesday, discusses the progress the trade group made in 2025 toward the 24 initiatives outlined in its 2026-2028 Strategic Pla

The second full week of 2026 proved notable for Manhattan’s luxury home market, with an eight-figure sale at the iconic Dakota leading the way. At least 22 residential contracts at $4 million and above were signed for the week of Jan. 12 to 18, according to the Olshan Luxury Market Report. That’s tw

"Sister Wives" star Meri Brown has confessed that she gave up "every penny" from the sale of her Las Vegas home to her ex-husband, Kody Brown, so that he could purchase an Arizona house with wife Robyn. In a recent episode of the TLC series, Meri lifted the lid on the details leading up to the purch

Daniel de la Vega was named CEO of One Sotheby’s International Realty, the Miami-based brokerage firm his mother Mayi founded in 2008.  Mayi de la Vega handed off the role as part of a succession plan that’s been a long time in the making, the de la Vegas told The Real Deal. The mother-and-son duo w

The Lexus RX 500h F Sport. Photo courtesy of Lexus If you think GoodRx is where you go for discount meds, think again. For me, a good RX, if not great RX, is Lexus’ fun-driving RX 500h F Sport hybrid SUV. With its tasty combo of zippy performance, nimble handling, luxury accommodations, and fuel-sip

The South Florida luxury real estate market had a banner year in 2025, posting the second-highest number of $10 million-plus home sales in the region's history, driven by an influx of wealthy buyers.  From January to December 2025, there were 361 closings in South Florida involving high-end properti

A report released Tuesday by the Consumer Policy Center (CPC) claims that Americans are overlooking thousands of dollars in savings on home sales, which they attribute to consumers “grossly overpaying” agents for their services.  According to Mark Nadel, the author of the report and a senior fellow