Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Dara Invoice Dara Invoice streamlines invoice management between servicers and their default servicing partners. It automates the invoice-review process by applying investor guidelines and servicer-specific business rules, helping organizations improve efficiency, minimize errors, and accelerate pay

Intelligent Quality Control Blend’s AI-powered Intelligent Quality Control product enhances loan quality control, helping QC analysts detect issues more efficiently. It applies digitized underwriting guidelines to loan data and documents and provides step-by-step validation and reasoning, enabling t

DocMagic One DocMagic One is a unified mortgage production platform that streamlines document preparation, automated compliance, and eSignature management in one place. Powered by AI and machine learning, it enhances seamless collaboration between lenders, notaries, settlement providers, and borrowe

Ohio-based Century 21 Excellence Realty — a regional brokerage with offices in Columbus, Cleveland and Akron — has merged with Realty Exchange, which operates four offices serving communities across Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The combined firm will operate under the Century 21 Excellence Real

A last-minute blockbuster trade is sending cornerback Sauce Gardner from the New York Jets to the Indianapolis Colts. In a stunning move, the Colts traded two first-round picks and wide receiver Adonai Mitchell to the Jets for Gardner. Gardner, 25, a two-time, first-team All-Pro, just signed a four-

NEXA Lending announced another change to its C-suite on Tuesday, promoting Rana Mortensen to chief administrative officer. In her new role, Mortensen will oversee the company’s administrative operations across multiple departments — including facilities, human resources, people operations, corporate

This month, India Hicks comes to Home and Salvage—a North Naples home design boutique—to share entertaining tips. Photo by Lexi Lambros Who better to consult about holiday entertaining in Southwest Florida than a world-renowned designer and author who calls the tropical haven of Harbour Island home?

Photo by Ray Vazquez and Leslie Estrada For 15 years after graduating from the University of Maryland, where she was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I swimmer, Regan Billingsley did not set foot in a pool. The boat shuttle carries the weft thread through the wrap threads t

Opteon has acquired Equity Valuation Partners (EVP) as part of its efforts to expand operations and strengthen technology-driven property valuation services. The acquisition adds to Opteon’s growing U.S. presence — combining the company’s appraisal management platform with Equity Valuation Partners’

13th Floor and Key International are launching a Nobu-branded condo tower in Miami’s Brickell, the brand’s first residential project in the city. The announcement follows a controversial fight over the development site, which is on the longtime grounds of the historic First Miami Presbyterian Church

See Lisette Morales’ “Aztec Dancers: A Living Tradition” at the Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch to January 31. Photo by Lisette Morales When photojournalist Lisette Morales first witnessed a vibrant cultural performance by the Danza Azteca Guadalupana, she thought it was beautiful, calling

In Manhattan's eclectic West Village neighborhood, notable property listings are a regular occurrence—but few dwellings sport such a rare blend of architectural acclaim and celebrity heritage as the city's most narrow townhouse, which has just returned to the market for $4.19 million. Cemented in th

Zoning changes, new developments, and infrastructure projects are constantly reshaping communities. If you’re buying in an up-and-coming area, expect to see plans for new highways, shopping centers, and mixed-use developments on the horizon. When done well, these projects can boost property values a

Knock, a real estate technology company that helps homeowners buy before they sell, is launching a new loan product. On Tuesday, the company announced the debut of Knock Bridge Loan Plus.  The new offering provides the same benefits as the company’s original bridge loan product. This includes its gu

Comedian Amy Schumer has listed her "dream, dramatic" New Orleans home after she and her husband Chris Fischer transformed it into the perfect hideaway—as her Brooklyn townhouse remains on the market. The actress, 43, listed the two-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom property, which sprawls across 1,967 square f

The Eichner family’s Continuum Company completed its bulk purchase of a waterfront condo building in North Miami where the firm plans a luxury condo tower.  The New York and North Bay Village-based development firm, led by Ian Bruce Eichner, paid $48.5 million for the four-story, 46-unit condo build

The internal watchdog at the Federal Housing Finance Agency has reportedly been fired, after layoffs at the FHFA-controlled mortgage giant Fannie Mae hit staff on the ethics and internal investigations unit. The shakeups come after FHFA Director Bill Pulte publicized his criminal referrals over alle

Rapper Kanye West's once-plentiful real estate portfolio has been left in a state of despair, with the latest casualty of the A-lister's so-called dwelling curse being his childhood home, which he has reportedly failed to pay taxes on for the past several months. The "Gold Digger" hitmaker, 48, has

Four years after scoring approval for a 354-unit luxury apartment tower in North Miami Beach, developer Celal Ozkan lost the site to the lender in bankruptcy court.  An affiliate of CEO Contract, led by Ozkan, will turn over the nearly 1-acre site at 16300 Northeast 19th Avenue to Miami Beach-based

It’s no secret that the American dream of homeownership continues to be challenging for many. Rising home prices, inflation, and high mortgage rates are just some of the roadblocks buyers are facing today. In fact, the new Raisin 2025 State of Homebuying Report found that a whopping 96% of Americans