Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Home insurance premiums in Florida appear to be stabilizing after years of painfully rapid increases, according to regulators in charge of overseeing the state's insurance industry. Although Florida remains one of the most expensive states for insuring homes and other properties due to the elevated

A Palm Beach mansion sold for $30 million and a third off the seller’s original asking price as home sales pick up. A trust sold 5 Via Sunny, which has eight bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms across a main house and a detached guest house, to 5 Via Sunny LLC. The trust and LLC are registered to

A growing trend for newly constructed homes reveals more single-family homes are being built within community or homeowners associations, according to recent findings. Among new single-family homes started in 2024, 65.7% were built within a community or HOA, according to National Association of Home

Foreclosure rates have continued their double-digit surge across the country, up 21% from last year. "November marks the ninth straight month of year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity, underscoring a trend that has steadily taken shape throughout 2025,” says Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM, a lea

Core Investment Properties Fund and a partner bought a Publix-anchored shopping center in Plantation for $53 million.  Grocery-anchored retail plazas are hot commodities in South Florida, as the asset class has proven resilient to e-commerce and other market headwinds.  Miami-based Core and Miami Be

Mr. Wonderful has some advice for prospective homebuyers looking to settle down in their next place.  Buying a home is arguably the biggest financial decision of a person’s life, and there are so many money matters to consider, even before making an offer on a place.  "Shark Tank" star and entrepren

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand property tax exemptions for seniors to up to 65% of their home’s assessed value, raising the ceiling for the first time in decades from the previous 50% cap.“No New York senior should lose their home because they can no longer afford their

BBB National Programs’ Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP) has worked with Zillow Group to bring several of the company’s major brands into compliance with industry rules governing interest-based advertising. DAAP said it initiated a routine review of Zillow.com and detected third-part

Actress Mila Kunis is used to her work being met with applause and even, on occasion, prestigious awards—but the only thing she's getting in her role as the head of her local homeowners association is complaints. The 42-year-old actress, who announced earlier this month that she was serving as the h

CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) filed a motion last week as it seeks to intervene in the criminal case against former loan officer Christopher Gallo, and to vacate a November court order that blocked the company’s arbitration claim against the former employee. National Mortgage News first reported the l

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has hinted at the end of teammate Travis Kelce's NFL career as retirement rumors continue to surround the tight end—speculation that only heightened after his fiancée, Taylor Swift, revealed to the world her dream of settling down with her beau. Followi

Excitement Builds for the 2026 Naples Winter Wine Festival Live Auction with Unveiling of Additional Wine, Culinary and Travel Experiences The list of world-class auction lots includes a 2026 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante convertible paired with a VIP driving experience in Miami; an eight-night luxu

Blue Owl Capital announced Tuesday that it’s making a $2.5 billion commitment in funds it manages to home equity investment (HEI) platform Point. The newss comes just one month after the companies issued the largest securitization ever completed in the HEI space. The new capital will allow Palo Alto

How can more young people afford to buy a home?  It’s been the quintessential, million-dollar question concerning the American dream for the past few years.  With millennials finally breaking into the market—the new average age of a first-time home buyer in 2024 was 40—the focus is turning to the ge

A week after settling a lawsuit with rental property management company Greystar, it appears the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) involvement in the rental property management space is not waning.  On Tuesday, the government regulator announced that it had sent letters to 13 property management soft

Luxury deal volume in Palm Beach County picked up after Thanksgiving, thanks in part to the pending sale of a $44 million mansion in Jupiter.  Buyers signed 16 contracts between Dec. 1 and Dec. 7 for luxury properties in Palm Beach County, according to Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes team. The homes

NBC host Sheinelle Jones has been named as the official co-host of the "Today" show's fourth hour alongside Jenna Bush Hager—nearly one year after former star Hoda Kotb ended her yearslong reign on the hit segment. Hager, 44, has spent close to 12 months rotating through a series of guest hosts, dur

Former "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and her estranged husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have sold a second home in as many months—offloading their picturesque estate in La Quinta, CA, for a tidy profit, exactly two months after announcing they have split. The former couple, who wed in 1997 and share tw

If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, your holiday wish might just come true!  The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released their official predictions for the weather forecast on December 25th and snow is headed toward many parts of the country for the holidays.  If you own a home in one of these r

One Sotheby’s International Realty took over sales and marketing of 9900 West, a waterfront condo project in Bay Harbor Islands.  The Brooklyn-based Horizon Group hired Miami-based One Sotheby’s to sell just over half the the 23-unit building at 9900 West Bay Harbor Drive, fronting the Indian Creek