Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Rising rates are weighing on the housing market, and the uncomfortable levels above 6% might be here for the medium term, capital markets firm Optimal Blue estimated in its latest report. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has been on a steady upward march for six weeks—hitting 6.69% last week, up from

Mortgage lenders that adopt artificial intelligence should focus first on the business problems they’re trying to solve rather than chasing the latest technology, according to panelists who spoke Tuesday at HousingWire’s AI Summit. Amanda Tucker, chief risk and compliance officer at Atlantic Bay Mor

The traditional path to homeownership — from portal search to real estate agent to loan officer — is being rapidly rewired by artificial intelligence (AI), and the industry’s biggest players want to be first through the new front door. That was the central theme of a packed session Tuesday at Housin

Now that Dream Finders and Beazer have reached an agreement, Dream Finders can now look further ahead. Soon after the closing, Dream Finders will find itself nearing a position as one of the five largest builders. Also, it will have restructured Beazer’s land holdings, utilizing Dream Finders’ asset

HGTV's hit show "Extreme Buyers Club" has showcased all kinds of bizarre requests from house hunters—but on the latest episode of the show, host Noel Collier's skills were pushed to the ultimate test when she was joined by two paranormal investigators seeking a "haunted" home in Texas. Collier, a re

Chef-owner Kayla Pfeiffer plating at Heyday Cookshop. Photo by Carlos Gonzalez Heyday Cookshop in Naples will set the scene for two chef-forward events this month. Heyday x Unidos On August 13, Heyday chef-owner Kayla Pfeiffer and Unidos Executive Chef Alex Malinowski will cook side-by-side for a on

Working well past traditional retirement age has become increasingly common these days. In fact, the U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that of the 62 million people in the U.S. aged 65 and over—about 12 million—are still in the workforce.  And according to a recent AARP survey, 41% of re

On the afternoon of April 12, 2025, a crew of tree service workers entered the backyard of Stefan Pizzi’s duplex in Miami’s Buena Vista West neighborhood. Within minutes, they chopped down a 100-year-old oak straddling the property line with an adjacent vacant lot, home surveillance video shows. The

Farmland values continue to rise, with agricultural real estate values surging nearly 6% in one state last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Across the country, median farmland prices hit $6,020 per acre this year, a 3.4% increase from 2025, according to the Ju

President Donald Trump has joined the chorus of voices decrying the rollout of New York City’s controversial pied-à-terre tax. “This doesn’t work in America, and must be stopped, NOW!” he wrote in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning. His comments came a day after a judge temporarily halted key parts

"Jurassic World" star Chris Pratt and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, have returned their troubled Los Angeles mansion to the market for $19.99 million—marking the fifth time in three years that the custom property has been listed. Pratt, 47, and Schwarzenegger, 36, initially listed the sprawlin

Home sales dipped modestly in July, a month defined by steadily increasing mortgage rates, the National Association of Realtors reported Tuesday. Existing-home sales dropped to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate 4.06 million in July. That's 1.7% below where they were in June but up 0.7% from a ye

The Powerball jackpot shot up to $975 million Tuesday, after no big winner was crowned on Monday, Aug. 10.  The winning numbers for Monday night's drawing were: 6, 54, 64, 55, 37 and the Powerball was 10. The Power Play was 3x. In the last year, the Powerball has made history time and again. Last Se

A developer scored an $84.5 million construction loan for the first portion of its planned roughly 1,000-unit development along Bird Road in west Miami-Dade County.  Miami-based Coastland Residential plans the eight-story Vybe 75 with 366 units at 4383 Southwest 75th Avenue, according to the develop

Kendra and Joseph Duggar have withdrawn their not guilty plea after being charged with four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment following a search of their Arkansas home. In March, the reality TV star, 31, who is the younger

🏆 Residential: The top recorded home sale was in Surfside, where a condo at the Four Seasons Residences at the Surf Club at 9001 Collins Avenue traded for $19 million. A trust tied to Richard Gold sold unit 307 in the south tower to an LLC managed by William Papariella, a private aviation executive

IHG reported higher first-half profit as U.S. demand accelerated and Middle East disruption weighed on travel.

Data centers are increasingly popping up next to American homes, and they're changing neighborhoods in the process. The number of large data centers over 50 megawatts has increased sevenfold from 2018, and now U.S. communities host over 350 of them. Not surprisingly, the share of home sales near the

Rachael Piltch-Loeb was just 29 when she suddenly found herself pulled between two generations. Six months after the birth of her first child, her father was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Until then, most of the demands on her time had pointed forward: a new baby, a promising career in aca

Seventy percent of general contractors and subcontractors consistently face late payments, costing the construction industry nearly 300 billion dollars last year. In today’s economy, GCs and subcontractors are already working on incredibly thin margins. Without cash coming in when planned, there is