Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

The legal teams at multiple listing services (MLS) have been getting quite the workout over the past few years, first with the commission lawsuits and more recently with lawsuits related to Realtor association membership and MLS access. Given these circumstances MLSs are naturally looking for ways t

Rapper A$AP Rocky and his longtime partner, Rihanna, may well have concealed the news of their third pregnancy until May—but it appears the expectant father was busy making preparations for the baby girl's arrival long before they went public with the news. Days before Rihanna debuted her baby bump

U.S. startup airline Breeze is planning to expand internationally next year to try to win over more customers in underserved markets.

As we creep closer to the new year, a plethora of choices have debuted as trendy paint colors for 2026. Homeowners can choose to be bold while refreshing a kitchen or elegant while repainting a bedroom. But for those who are interested in bringing some warmth and sophistication to their homes, Ace H

Hilton Hilton co-founders and co-CEOs Barron N. Hilton and Tessa Hilton have abruptly headed for the exit as they set up shop under the Compass banner in Beverly Hills and Palm Beach. News of the husband-and-wife team’s new move came today, fresh off Monday’s announcement that Compass is in a deal t

Mortgage rates rose Thursday for the first time in over a month, as markets reacted to the Federal Reserve's cautious outlook for the near future following last week's quarter-point cut to its benchmark interest rate. The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans increased to 6.3% for the week ending

Pop sensation Rihanna has become a proud mother of three after welcoming a baby girl with her partner, A$AP Rocky—revealing in a touching Instagram post that they have named the newborn Rocki Irish Mayers. Rihanna gave birth to her first daughter A$AP, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, on Sept. 13; h

Blue Road and Ilia Development Group launched sales of The William, a planned 26-story condo project along Northeast 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, The Real Deal has learned.  The 374-unit condo tower will be built on the 1.1-acre property at 2040 Northeast 163rd Street, currently home to a medi

Rapper Kanye West is making quite the impact on the California housing market—where three of his former residences are currently on the market, with one very notable Hidden Hills property recently listing for $3.99 million. Days after one of West's most infamous properties—his gutted beach house in

Sales of previously owned homes declined slightly in August as the resale market capped off a summer of weak activity. Existing-homes sales, which account for the vast majority of residential real estate transactions, fell 0.2% last month from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 million,

The Pérez family’s Related Group landed $100.3 million in construction financing for its planned Residences at Marina Village, a workforce housing project in Riviera Beach.  Records show the developer secured $54 million from the Florida Finance Housing Corporation  and the Bank of New York Mellon,

The housing market experienced a "cruel summer," but now sales of newly built homes have surged to shrug off that slump. And adding to that momentum are falling house prices, particularly in five popular counties. Several of the largest counties are seeing the biggest annual drops in median home pri

Mortgage interest rates have been steadily decreasing for the last month and are expected to remain in the low 6% range through the end of 2025, raising the prospect of finally drawing jittery buyers off the sidelines.   However, the impact of declining mortgage rates will vary across markets, depen

Fashion designer Dalia MacPhee has dressed countless celebrities in gowns from her eponymous clothing line, including Scarlett Johansson, Serena Williams, and Hilary Duff, seen on red carpets and magazine covers. So when it came time to outfit the Los Angeles home where she dreams up new styles and

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae has issued new projections forecasting that mortgage rates will finally fall below 6% by the end of 2026, a level that has not been reached in three years. Fannie Mae's latest monthly economic and housing outlook for September predicts mortgage rates will average 6.4% at th

Baby boomers hold more than $19 trillion in real estate wealth, much of which is expected to pass to their children and grandchildren over the coming decades in what some economists are calling a “silver tsunami.” A home is often a family’s greatest asset, and while inheriting one can seem like a wi

An "absolutely stunning" abode on the idyllic beach retreat of Bald Head Island has secured itself a buyer within days of hitting the market in the North Carolina enclave—where cars are banned and a "carefree" lifestyle is actively encouraged. And nowhere is that ethos better embraced than at this p

Today’s report on new home sales printed one of the most surprising results I’ve seen in a while, showcasing significant growth. Now, we should have expected some growth in new home sales, given that mortgage rates have declined recently. In fact, each time mortgage rates have approached 6% since la

For many in the multiple listing services (MLS) industry, Monday’s announcement that Compass was acquiring Anywhere served as a wake-up call of sorts.  Over the past year, Compass has worked to grow its stockpile of exclusive listings, but many did not consider the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm a serio

A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for fraudulently trying to sell off Elvis Presley's Graceland. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 54, was sentenced in federal court in Memphis, TN to four years and nine months behind bars for trying to use a fake company and forged documents to sell of