Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight
Market data, mortgage rate movement, housing policy, and property news from across the country and here at home in Collier and Lee counties. Anything that affects what a home in Naples, Bonita Springs, or Estero is worth, and what it costs to own one, is worth understanding before it shows up in your closing statement or your tax bill.
White House Promises ‘Trump Boom’ of New Housing by Cutting Red Tape

The White House says it is moving forward with policies that cut the "bureaucrat tax" on building new homes, arguing red tape has led to a slowdown that kept 10 million homes from being completed. In an economic report released late Monday, the Trump administration blamed the housing shortage on a v
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Real estate tycoon Ryan Serhant is making his biggest move yet—expanding his eponymous brokerage into California, where he believes his business will find its greatest opportunities for success, even amid a time of great volatility in the wake of the 2025 wildfires and fallout from a proposed billio
Read More A 'systemic' jet fuel shortage is brewing in Europe — and flights could be hit hard

'We've seen constraints in countries like Vietnam and Thailand on air travel, but this is also spilling over to Europe,' an ING analyst told CNBC.
Read MoreBroward sues developer, GC and crane companies over 2024 Fort Lauderdale collapse

Broward County is suing the construction team behind the Fort Lauderdale project where a crane collapsed in 2024, killing one worker. Broward sued Kast Construction, Maxim Crane Works, Phoenix Rigging & Erecting, Gables Residential Services and CG Riverwalk over the deadly accident on the Gables Ri
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Acrimonious exes Lily Allen and David Harbour have moved one step closer to severing their remaining ties after selling their marital townhouse in Brooklyn for $7 million—just under $1 million less than their original $7.99 million asking price. Allen, 40, and Harbour, 51, originally listed the quir
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The 90-year-old estate where famed fitness guru Richard Simmons lived for four decades before his death is returning to the market with a new asking price—and a "highly strategic" sales strategy that sees the property touted as a "development opportunity" and a chance to "create a world-class" dwell
Read More South Florida’s top deals: Dream Motor Group drops $50M on Doral dealerships

🏆 Commercial: Doral had the top commercial real estate transaction recorded in South Florida, where two car dealerships traded for $50 million. The seller was Bill Seidle’s Automotive Group, and the buyer was Dream Motor Group. One property was a Nissan car dealership spanning roughly 48,000 square
Read MoreHome Equity Is the Key To Unlocking Millionaire Status—but the Dream Is Getting Further Out of Reach

America is minting millionaires at a remarkable pace—but for many households, that wealth exists more on paper than in the bank. As home prices surged, many homeowners were pushed closer to seven-figure net worth through rising equity. But the same market that helped create those millionaire balance
Read MoreMost Home Sellers Still Expect Asking Price or Better—but a Growing Share Brace for Concessions

Despite the economic headwinds whipped up by the ongoing Iran conflict and cooling consumer sentiment, most home sellers are brimming with optimism this spring and expect their properties to fetch top dollar. Yet reality is starting to creep in. A new survey of home sellers conducted by Realtor.com®
Read MoreConnecticut Town Hopes To Convert Historic Textile Mills to New Housing After 15-Year Wait

The historic textile hub of Vernon, CT, is mired in a decade-long slog to convert a massive complex of vacant, crumbling mills into 200-plus new apartments—a difficult and costly process that underscores the difficulty of adaptive reuse as Connecticut faces the nation's worst housing shortage. The m
Read MoreWilson & Johnson Private Foundation Commits $500,000

Wilson & Johnson Private Foundation Commits $500,000 to Better Together to Help Southwest Florida Families Grow and Find Long-Term Stability The Wilson & Johnson Private Foundation is pleased to announce that it has committed $500,000 to Better Together to help the non-profit organization establish
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March was a whirlwind of celebrity news—particularly when it came to real estate. Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the month in extravagant style when it was revealed that he had dropped a staggering $170 million on a brand-new megamansion on Florida's famed "Billionaire Bunker," setting a new Miami-Dade
Read More Mystery buyer drops $35M on second oceanfront Manalapan estate

Rebecca and Tonio Arcaini sold their oceanfront Manalapan estate for $35.1 million. Records show the couple sold the mansion at 1280 South Ocean Boulevard to the same Delaware entity, Pitchoune Life, that bought the lot next door for $27.5 million in January. It brings the mystery buyer’s total spen
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The latest round of HGTV's hit series "Rock the Block" will offer the most "insane" action yet, according to host Ty Pennington, who has urged viewers to prepare for some never-before-seen antics as his crew—and a star-studded cast of would-be renovators—heads to Las Vegas. With Pennington, 61, at t
Read More Iran War Dents Hopes for 2026 Housing Market as Top Economist Sharply Lowers Forecast

Rising mortgage rates are resetting expectations for home sales in 2026, in an early sign that the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is taking a toll on the housing market. National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun on Monday revised his 2026 forecast to project that existing-home sales
Read MoreFlorida named worst state for apartment renters, despite oversupply

Florida took the crown in a nationwide multifamily market study –– but for the wrong reason. The Sunshine State ranked as the worst state to rent an apartment due to factors including a lack of affordability and zero protections for tenants, according to a study by ConsumerAffairs, a Tulsa, Oklahom
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Lauren Sanchez Bezos has admitted that she would gladly welcome the opportunity to have a child with her husband, Jeff Bezos, confessing that her desire to expand their family is so great, she would get pregnant as soon as "tomorrow." The 56-year-old former on-air correspondent, who tied the knot wi
Read More GOP megadonor, WeatherTech founder sells mansion for $34M after massive price drop

David MacNeil, a Republican megadonor and the billionaire founder of WeatherTech, sold a waterfront mansion in Fort Lauderdale for $34 million. The price marks a 32 percent price cut from the property’s 2024 listing price of $50 million. The deal for the mansion at 84 Isla Bahia Drive was first repo
Read MoreWorld Cup’s Smallest Host City Is Spending Big on Tournament Prep

Kansas City is ready for its close-up. Although it's the smallest of the 16 cities hosting the World Cup in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, it has allocated a $165 million budget for the tournament. That's in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars it's already spent to establish itself as the
Read MoreWhy Lenders Could Be Tightening HELOC Requirements in 2026

A home equity line of credit—better known as a HELOC—is prized mainly for its flexibility. Draw what you need, when you need it, pay interest only on what you use. It's a simple, powerful concept, which is why HELOC originations jumped nearly 16% between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025, according to TransUnion.
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