Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

A Davie woman pleaded guilty for her role in a $6.6 million insurance fraud con and will serve nearly four years in prison, ending the unraveling of a massive scheme that spanned South Florida and the rest of the state.  Lisette Patricio, 64, was sentenced to three years and nine months followed by

🏆 Residential: Fort Lauderdale had the priciest home sale recorded in South Florida. A company managed by Michael D. Snyder, founder and CEO of MDS Energy Development, parted with the home at 340 San Marco Drive for $9.5 million. The buyer was a company tied to Margaret Yu and Thomas Lee. The prope

More than 1,000 public schools across 700 communities closed last year, according to new data—shuttering a prized neighborhood amenity and potentially putting nearby home values at risk. Just ask Virginia Morris. She and her family moved to their neighborhood in Oro Valley, AZ, because they saw the

The AI boom over the last few years has created a new class of exceedingly wealthy technology innovators, investors and employees. Compounded with a bullish stock market and IPOs like SpaceX sending employees into affluence within days, it comes as no surprise there’s increasing demand for complex,

In real estate, title insurance and mortgage lending, technology keeps transactions moving. Production platforms, email, cloud applications and networks must operate reliably and securely, often under significant time pressure. For many small and mid-sized organizations, managing that environment en

For decades, the mortgage industry has focused on helping consumers buy and refinance homes. It’s where lenders have built their businesses, where technology has evolved and where most originators have spent their careers. But that’s only half the market. Every day, homeowners move into a new phase

Recently, a woman contacted me after her daughter encouraged her to get a second opinion before closing on a reverse mortgage. She had already chosen a lender, attended reverse mortgage counseling, completed her application and was ready to move forward. She simply wanted someone to review the numbe

“The word I hear most often about the Haitian community right now is 'panicked,'” Michael E. McClelland, a longtime Springfield resident, tells Realtor.com®. In recent years, the Ohio city had begun gaining what it had lacked for decades: people. Thousands of Haitian immigrants made homes there, too

For much of the past decade, Meritage Homes has stood as one of public homebuilding’s clearest business use cases that thoughtfully designed, efficiently built entry-level homes could unlock homeownership for thousands of households who otherwise might have remained renters. The company’s strategy w

Madison Realty Capital is being accused of financial mismanagement, negligence and more over its handling of a downtown Miami condo-hotel tower, according to a lawsuit.  The situation is so dire that the Marquis Miami Condominium Association is asking a judge to appoint a receiver to take over contr

The Federal Reserve of Minneapolis has proposed a new way of measuring homeownership that would change the current view of the housing landscape. In a paper released earlier this month, researchers suggested that homeownership in America should be measured not by the share of homes where the owner i

The rapper whose hit single “Hustlin’” debuted two decades ago is bringing his hustle to real estate development. Rick Ross joined the development team of EnSima, an eight-story 670-unit residential project in Miami Gardens, Bisnow reported. The Grammy-nominated artist is partnering with EnSima Miam

FirstTeam Real Estate, a California powerhouse that reported $6.12 billion in 2025 volume across 5,978 transactions — good enough for national ranks of No. 34 and No. 67, respectively — has partnered with Purlin to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered operating system across the brokerage.

A Port Richey-based real estate investment trust and its founders are under fire for allegedly swindling $5 million from a $152 million real estate fund and spending it on expenses like jets, jewelry, gun ranges and adult nightclubs. The SEC filed charges on July 29 in the U.S. District Court for th

Forget mortgage rates and property taxes—today’s home shoppers on Realtor.com® are sussing out the real dealbreakers. From suspected haunted listings to backyard chicken logistics, some buyers are ditching standard search terms and taking a delightfully quirky approach to house hunting. Home shopper

As older Americans continue to grapple with escalating housing expenses, a higher overall cost of living and growing health care costs, new Medicare Part D figures for 2027 could further influence household budgets. Adding to that financial picture, the Trump administration announced it will end a t

Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' planned release date from prison has been moved up by 12 weeks—just two weeks after the disgraced music mogul sold the Miami mansion he once put up for collateral in his failed bid for bail in his sex-trafficking case. Combs, 56, was found guilty on two counts of transport

LPT Aperture Holdings, the parent company of LPT Realty and Aperture Global Real Estate, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock, the company announced on Thursday. Th

Christopher Gallo, once one of the nation’s top mortgage loan officers, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in a federal court in New Jersey, according to court filings reviewed by HousingWire. Gallo entered the guilty plea to count one of the indictment — conspiracy to commit bank

🏆 Alteration: The largest permit issued was for a $45 million interior alteration permit at 8900 North Kendall Drive in Kendall, where Baptist Health South Florida is undertaking the expansion of its main campus, Baptist Hospital Miami, spanning 111,500 square feet. Job Filing Number: 2026060461 📊