Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

This fall, Florida voters will have a chance to weigh in on an amendment to the state constitution that significantly reduces property taxes. The “Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes" amendment expands homestead exemptions and lowers assessment caps for non-homestead properties.  The propos

A historic Ohio property that once housed criminals behind bars is now offering buyers the chance to lock down a very unusual home of their own. The former Old Wood County Jail in Perrysburg, OH, has hit the market for $400,000, nearly 180 years after the brick building was constructed in 1847. Loca

HGTV star Joanna Gaines knows a thing or two about pulling off a successful home renovation, but recently, the mother of five dropped some helpful knowledge about another topic she’s become well-acquainted with—college move-in day. In an Aug. 16 Instagram post, the “Fixer Upper” co-host opened up ab

A Miami Beach estate linked to Playboy Mansion owner Daren Metropoulos found a buyer last week, landing a contract for $25 million.  The contract was one of 14 signed between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, according to the weekly report by Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes team. The report tracks all listings in

The fate of the historic Miami Marine Stadium’s future manager will be in the hands of voters at Tuesday’s election.  If approved by Miami residents, Miami Referendum 2 will grant a management contract of up to 40 years with Global Spectrum, a subsidiary of Oak View Group, one of the country’s large

Berkshire Hathaway has signaled its long-term confidence in the residential real estate market by increasing its stake in prominent homebuilder Lennar and acquiring new shares of home developer DR Horton this past quarter. Berkshire Hathaway boosted is stake in Lennar by around 30% to $1.157 billion

Renting has become a way of life for many over the past decade. According to the Realtor.com® experts and economists, renting a home is still cheaper than buying one in all of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. But that's not to say that renters hold all the cards right now. Even if you hav

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders star Reece Weaver is taking fans along for her move to the Big Apple, offering a first look inside her new New York City apartment—just months after putting down roots in Alabama. Weaver, 24, who hails from Florida, shot to fame while appearing in Netflix's hit series "Am

Homebuilders are feeling just a tad more confident as the summer housing market draws to an end. Homebuilder confidence in current sales conditions bumped up one point, raising the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index to 35 on Monday. Anything under 50 reflects that

Lowell Dunn II, a developer who recently sold 146 acres in Medley for nearly $380 million, is locked in an ugly sibling squabble with his sister Lizbeth Arencibia and her husband, Rene Arencibia, that has spawned accusations of bribery, slander and tens of millions in missing revenues from trash dis

Long before the Dunn siblings’ war spilled into court, the family’s name was synonymous with the vast, still-industrial reaches of northwest Miami-Dade. Composed of siblings Lowell Dunn II, Loretta Dunn and Lizbeth Arencibia, the Dunn family has for decades ranked among the area’s most consequential

Actress Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36 after being found unresponsive at an apartment in South Carolina. The "Ice Princess" star died at Judson Mill Lofts in Greenville, SC, on Aug. 16, just five days before what would have been her 37th birthday. Her father, Alan Lee "Skip" Panettiere,

🏆 Residential: The top recorded home sale was in Golden Beach, where an oceanfront lot at 625 Ocean Boulevard sold for $24 million. The seller was the estate of Sydell Herrick, and the buyer was a company managed by spec developer David Rodriguez, who intends to build a home on the 0.6-acre site. ?

Leading this week’s hiring news is the addition of Micah Conn as managing director of Wood Partners’ South Florida office. Conn brings more than 20 years of experience in multifamily and mixed-use development, delivering projects across South Florida, according to a news release. Conn will oversee a

American Housing Corp. is a vertically integrated real estate developer and manufacturing company that aims to construct pre-built “townhomes” in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. The factory-made components—such as pre-wired insulated wall panels, floors, stairs, roofing—are d

Being house-rich, cash-poor is the new reality for a majority of Americans, regardless of age.  So is racking up debt.  With gas and food prices remaining high alongside surging property taxes and home insurance, homeowners face financial pressure from every angle. A common course of action is reach

Renting a starter home is still cheaper than buying one in all of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas—but that advantage is beginning to shrink. In July, buying a starter home cost $858 more per month than renting one, according to the July 2026 Rental Report from Realtor.com®. But in Orlando

Get ready for a busy week in real estate. The Realtor.com® Economics team is tracking a packed calendar of reports and key economic indicators that will shed light on where the housing market is heading next. Realtor.com proprietary releases kick off on Monday with senior economist Jiayi Xu’s July r

Every conference I go to right now has the same conversation happening in every room. AI is going to transform the mortgage industry. AI is going to eliminate jobs. AI is going to make everything faster, cheaper, smarter. And maybe all of that is true, eventually. But I keep sitting in those session

Mortgage lenders and brokers are navigating an affordability-constrained market in which a borrower’s qualifying score can determine not only eligibility but also pricing, cash-to-close and purchasing power. UWM moved quickly to introduce VantageScore 4.0 through a new pilot, giving independent mort