Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Social media influencer and livesteamer IShowSpeed bought a warehouse for a content creation studio near West Little River for nearly $11 million, The Real Deal has learned.   IShowSpeed, whose real name is Darren Jason Watkins Jr., bought the 26,600-square-foot industrial building on a 1.8-acre lot

🏆 Residential: David Goulden and his wife, Andrea Helen McDonough, bought a sponsor unit in the new Alba Palm Beach building at 4714 North Flagler Drive, developed by BGI Capital and Blue Road for $10.4 million, representing the most expensive home sale to hit records in South Florida. This five-be

The housing market's gradual thaw slowed at the start of the year, as nearly half of all outstanding mortgages remained locked in at rates of 4% or lower.  In the first quarter of 2026, the share of mortgages with ultralow COVID-19 pandemic-era rates of 3% and below registered at 19.5%, barely budgi

Tucked away on a verdant parcel in a New Jersey woodland sits an unexpected midcentury modern gem so rich in architectural pedigree that its design origins are actually tied to the White House. The glass-walled home in Stockton, NJ, which has just been brought to the market for $2.1 million, looks a

Forest Development and Kast Construction are going head-to-head in a legal battle over Nautilus 220 condominiums in Lake Park.  The condo’s developer and builder are suing each other for alleged contract breach, incomplete work and failure to pay millions of dollars owed, The Palm Beach Post reporte

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are eyeing a change that could mean the end of single-family zoning in the state. Lawmakers inserted a provision into a major economic development bill, S.3178, that would allow two-family and residential duplexes in all residential districts that now allow single-family h

A tiny-home maker once touted by Elon Musk as a "cool product" has taken a heavy hit in its first week as a publicly traded company. Boxabl, a modular housing company based in Las Vegas, was listed on the Nasdaq exchange on Monday through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, a method

The Las Vegas Raiders' newest quarterback recruit Fernando Mendoza is itching to kick off his tenure with the team—but first, he's giving himself some time to get to grips with his new hometown in Nevada, specifically the dry desert heat. Indiana Hoosiers alum Mendoza, 22, was selected by the Raider

Southwest hired a ship this spring to send fuel from Houston to Los Angeles in case of supply shortages.

American Airlines further cut its 2026 earnings outlook, citing higher fuel costs.

Music legend Joni Mitchell's former Malibu beach house has been put on the market for $26.99 million—listing for the first time in nearly 40 years. The property was custom-designed for the "Big Yellow Taxi" singer, who purchased beachfront land in the early 1980s, then commissioned acclaimed archite

A spectacular legacy ranch spanning 88,000 acres over two states has sold for near its eye-popping asking price of $127.5 million. The Freeman Ranches, which had been in the Freeman ranching family for four generations, is one of the largest land offerings in the Panhandle region in several years. T

"Ransom Canyon" star Josh Duhamel has officially closed on the sale of his Los Angeles home, offloading the picturesque property for $3.4 million—more than $400,000 over his asking price. Duhamel, 53, listed his longtime residence for $2.99 million on June 25. Within days, the listing was updated to

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" star Anson Mount has enjoyed the kind of prolonged Hollywood success that few actors manage to achieve—and he's done it despite turning his back on the L.A. lifestyle entirely. Mount, 53, began his acting career in the late 1990s, but shot to global fame in 2002, when

Mortgage rates continued their ascent this week, climbing to a new 11-month high as the escalating conflict with Iran puts upward pressure on oil prices. The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans reached 6.58% for the week ending July 23, up 3 basis points from 6.55% the previous week and the hig

A stunning Los Angeles home that Diane Keaton spent years carefully transforming has come under offer—nine months after the beloved "Annie Hall" star passed away. Keaton, who died in October 2025 at the age of 79, purchased the property for $4.7 million in 2011 and spent years building her dream abo

The typical California homeowner with a mortgage now has $626,900 in home equity, according to new data. That's roughly twice the national average of $310,500—and enough to purchase the median-priced home outright in 48 states. There’s just one catch: That wealth goes further almost anywhere but Cal

NFL legend Myles Garrett has put his Ohio home on the market for $2.1 million, just a few weeks after it was revealed that he had been traded from the Cleveland Browns to the Los Angeles Rams in what was described as a "landscape-altering" move. The 30-year-old purchased his Cleveland-area home for

The 2026 FIFA World Cup attracted new fans to the sport and generated more than a billion dollars in revenue for vacation rental hosts in host cities, though some cities saw greater windfalls than others. Short-term rentals on Airbnb and other platforms in host cities generated $1.33 billion in reve

Nearly 1 in 4 homes in America faces climate risk as wind, floods, and wildfires take their toll, according to new Realtor.com® analysis. In total, $11.2 trillion in residential real estate is exposed to at least one type of severe or extreme weather disaster risk, including storms and wildfires. An