Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Data center developers could be vexing the housing market by outbidding homebuilders, at least in one fast-growing area. In a research piece published on its website, the National Association of Home Builders looked at a few examples of data center developers outbidding other prospective users of th

Dream Finders Homes’ 2026 quest to acquire Beazer Homes has focused mostly on the target’s financial and operational underperformance. Dream Finders has publicly argued that Beazer shareholders deserve the certainty of a cash exit and that a new owner can produce better results from the company’s as

Airlines can finally start flying passengers soon after planes are certified, but it can take them months to work them into schedules.

A sweeping Social Security reform bill reintroduced in the House of Representatives would boost benefits for millions of Americans, change how cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are calculated and impose new taxes on high earners to shore up program finances. The Social Security 2100 Act, H.R. 9519,

Potential homebuyers seeking their next place to live are no strangers to competition, especially in a market where rates feel stuck above 6%, prices hit record highs, and housing supply is hard to come by.  But according to experts, a new type of competition may soon emerge at the bottom of the mar

Chicago-based mortgage lender OriginPoint has hired top-producing loan officers Erin Halliday and Jon Levin from New American Funding, where they operated as a high-volume production team. Halliday and Levin officially joined OriginPoint — a joint venture of Rate and Compass — on July 27 as the Erin

Former Miami Heat player Hassan Whiteside has once again found a buyer for his Miami Beach mansion, asking $14.8 million.  The pending sale marks the third time the house has gone under contract since May. It’s the second-priciest of the 13 luxury contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between July 2

If you’re a real estate investor—or hope to become one—the 21st Century Road to Housing Act could make investment properties more accessible. And you may be able to purchase them through a tax-advantaged retirement account, such as a self-directed IRA.  Starting Jan. 7, 2027, the law prohibits large

Affiliates of Jeff Greene are accusing a contractor of shoddy work at a West Palm Beach apartment project, more than a year after the contractor sued the developer over what it says are unpaid construction costs. Greene’s entity filed a lawsuit on July 21 against AG Contractors FL in Palm Beach Coun

A trio of massive wildfires that ignited in Spokane County, WA, over the weekend destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and triggered the mass evacuation of nearly 65,000 people. The Autumn Lane Fire, Fairview Fire, and Old Trails Fire together have consumed roughly 8,000 acres of land and were

“The Real Housewives of Miami” star Stephanie Shojaee has claimed that the villa she rented for her summer vacation in France was robbed. Shojaee, 41, claimed in a post on her Instagram account that the South of France villa she had been renting was broken into. In the first Instagram story Shojaee

Phillip Procacci sold a development site near the Galleria Mall that he long planned to develop, most recently proposing a 259-unit multifamily project.  Boca Raton-based Procacci Development, through an affiliate, sold the 2.4-acre vacant lot in Fort Lauderdale to an entity tied to Dallas-based mul

In South Florida’s latest hiring news, commercial real estate veteran Arnold “Arnie” Sevell has joined LQ Commercial after 35 years with Sevell Realty Partners. Sevell will extend the firm’s reach along Florida’s east coast, bringing experience in retail, office, industrial, land and healthcare real

🏆 Residential: The most expensive home sale to hit records in South Florida was in Boca Raton. A trust purchased the newly built home at 1642 Sabal Palm Drive for $21.5 million from John and Mary Hargrove, who purchased it for $6 million last year. The home, in the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club

In the thick of more than 15 lawsuits involving him and his companies, including a foreclosure over his most high-profile condo project at the moment, developer Michael Stern says that he’s pretty “unflappable.”  Two years ago, the developer of Brooklyn Tower, the tallest building in the borough, ga

Wearing a hard hat, the sleeves of his crisp button-down shirt rolled up in South Florida’s May heat, Andy Ansin arrived late.  The owner of FOX affiliate WSVN-Channel 7 was supposed to attend the on-site tour of the TV news station’s studio that’s under construction in the west Broward County city

After a strong spring and promising early summer, July saw homebuying stagnate as a result of rising borrowing costs, forcing sellers to slash prices to revive demand. The share of listings with a price cut reached 20% in July, nearly even with last year's levels, after running close to 2 percentage

Ted Benna, widely hailed as the father of the 401(k) retirement plan, wants to shake up the system he helped to create, to help those who are benefiting from it least.  “We've reached a point now where many middle- and low-income employees can't afford to have money taken out of their paycheck,” Ben

Today, the Realtor.com® economics team releases its July Monthly Housing Trends Report—showing a market that isn't coming apart, but is cooling as is typical for late summer. Senior economist Jake Krimmel's full analysis, along with metro- and county-level data for markets beyond the top 50, is avai

For years, housing affordability was a problem hiding in plain sight. Rents were climbing faster than wages. First-time buyers locked out of markets their parents once could afford. Families doubling up, moving away or simply giving up on the idea of owning a home. The numbers were damning. The caus