Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

"Selling the OC" star Tyler Stanaland has reportedly backed out of appearing on his ex-girlfriend Alex Hall's podcast at the last minute, just one week after tying the knot with his new wife, Hannah Morrissey. According to TMZ, Hall, 36, who had a fierce falling out with Stanaland after claims he ch

A new study found that Zillow’s automated home valuation tool, the Zestimate, improves pricing efficiency in residential real estate transactions and delivers measurable benefits to buyers and sellers like. The research, published in Marketing Science — a peer-reviewed journal of the Institute for O

One of the biggest property taxpayers in Central Florida is taking Orange County to court over 2025 assessments it calls “excessive,” seeking new bills and refunds. Walt Disney World has filed a wave of lawsuits challenging the county’s appraisal methods for marquee properties like Magic Kingdom, Ep

Luxury sales continue to climb in Manhattan, with 33 contracts for properties listed at $4 million and above signed in one week, according to the Olshan Luxury Market Report. The sales totaled a weekly asking price volume of $281,645,000 and mark an increase in signed contracts from the week prior.

Publix added another South Florida shopping center anchored by one of its stores to the grocer’s growing portfolio, dropping $83 million for a retail site in Palm Beach County. An affiliate of Lakeland-based Publix, led by CEO Kevin Murphy, acquired Polo Club Shops at 5050 Champion Boulevard, record

ALIRT Insurance Research released a report this week finding that Florida’s homeowners insurance market has stabilized after years of financial strain — following legislative reforms adopted in late 2022 and early 2023. The 2025 Florida Domestic Property Insurer Market Update concludes that the mark

Gold prices are on the rise again following the latest Fed rate cut. The price hit its peak Monday Dec. 15, as spot gold rose to $4,338.56 an ounce. That’s about 58% over last year. Since 2000, the price of gold has increased roughly 1,400%. In addition, platinum and silver prices (per troy ounce) h

The executive team switch-ups at iBuyer Opendoor are continuing. On Monday, the firm announced the appointments of Lucas Matheson as president and Christy Schwartz as chief financial officer.  Matheson most recently served as the CEO of Coinbase Canada. Prior to this, Matheson spent five years in a

Enjoy the sunset at rooftop Oshen. Photo courtesy of The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort Rising from 18 acres of Sarasota’s shoreline, the new St. Regis Longboat Key Resort feels less like a regional debut and more like a global statement: an escape firmly rooted in Florida sand but with the scope and

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Homebuilding executives remain downbeat, citing a range of current conditions marked by buyer hesitancy, economic uncertainty, shrinking profit margins, increased use of incentives, and high costs. However, homebuilders whose primary focus is the strained entry-level buyer segment face the biggest h

Photo courtesy of Youth Haven Youth Haven is calling on the community to help ensure that the children and teens that call Youth Haven home have the holiday season they deserve. Local businesses, organizations, and community members can offer support in a variety of ways, including: Make a year-end

Pennymac cut the ribbon on a new facility in Carrollton, Texas, on Friday, which will become the company’s largest corporate office, eventually housing more than 1,800 employees. The move consolidates two offices in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex while also giving the company room to grow. Pennymac

Royal Caribbean Group’s former longtime chairman and CEO Richard Fain signed a contract to sell his waterfront Coral Gables estate, asking $37 million.   The pending deal marks the most expensive of 20 contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between Dec. 8 and Dec. 14, according to the latest Eklund-G

The spat between Zillow and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) continues on. Over the weekend, the Chicago-based MLS sent an email, obtained by HousingWire, to members warning them that the listing portal’s industry relations team is contacting MRED subscribers and allegedly threatening to contact thei

Despite his bullish stance on improving housing affordability across the Golden State, Gov. Gavin Newsom has refused to back off from his controversial decision to block duplexes in the Pacific Palisades wildfire rebuild. And now, his former allies are taking him to court. YIMBY Law, a pro-housing o

Former "Today" show star Hoda Kotb has shown off how she and her children celebrated the first snow day of the year at their home in the suburbs—complete with a brilliant photobomb from their dog, Waffles. Kotb, 61, moved to the $2.9 million Bronxville, NY, abode in 2024, along with her adopted daug

The portal wars may have a new entrant — and it isn’t one to shake a stick at. Google has begun testing a new advertising format in select markets that embeds for-sale home listings directly into search results.  Listings are embedded only in mobile searches for listings in select markets, including

William Wrigley Jr., an heir to the Wrigley chewing gum fortune, sold a waterfront compound in North Palm Beach for $97.5 million. Wrigley sold the 2.5-acre assemblage at 11465 and 11472 Old Harbour Road to an undisclosed buyer, the Wall Street Journal reported. The off-market deal was the most-expe

HGTV stars Erin and Ben Napier have revealed that their highly anticipated "Home Town" spinoff series will still go ahead—despite the hotel property at the heart of the show being severely damaged in a "devastating" fire. "Home Town: Inn This Together," which was announced in August, was meant to do