Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

The year was 1760. Abraham Choate was just 30 when he built a dream home for his family of nine in Ipswich, MA. The two-story timber-frame house was humble by many standards, but it was big enough to make the neighbors talk. “[My neighbor] Exclaims against my New House and thinks that it is too big,

Master-planned communities are gaining renewed relevance as buyers seek a sense of predictability in an uncertain housing market. Even as the broader housing market continues to wrestle with affordability pressure, interest rate sensitivity and uneven buyer demand, many master-planned communities ha

The housing industry has spent the last several years trying to understand what artificial intelligence means for builders. Most of the conversation has focused on generative AI and large language models, but a new category of AI is emerging for homebuilding operations: spatial AI. Unlike traditiona

Congress appears poised to give a final nod to a comprehensive housing reform package after months of stalled progress, setting the stage for President Donald Trump to sign it. The Senate voted 87-8 on Tuesday night to consider the House's amended version of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act. The

Broward County has abandoned its effort to bid on part of Spirit Airlines’ former Dania Beach headquarters, which is headed to auction next month. County Commissioner Michael Udine withdrew a motion in a Tuesday meeting to allow the county administrator to make a bid for part of the 8.5-acre campus

The Miami-Dade County Commission voted to pursue acquiring the Fisher Island fuel terminal property via eminent domain, escalating the battle over the nearly 10-acre site. Commissioner Raquel Regalado was the sole “no” vote at the Tuesday meeting, to amend the property description as the county move

A Los Angeles "power couple" who are known for hosting some of the city's most impressive political events and high-profile fundraisers are ready for the hallowed halls of their stunning Hancock Park estate to play host to a new group of glitterati—after listing the elegant property for $16.5 millio

Taylor Morrison, the sixth-largest builder in the HousingWire Homebuilder Rankings, has appointed Mike Carlo as president of its Sarasota division. Carlo brings more than 25 years of homebuilding experience to the role. “Mike is a proven leader with an impressive track record of operational excellen

For many viewers, competing on an HGTV reality show might seem like a dream opportunity, but for one Connecticut couple, that experience unfolded amid a much darker reality that they kept hidden from the cameras. Steven and Angelina Jacobs, who competed on Season 5 of HGTV's "Battle on the Beach," h

Today, as I write this article, oil prices are at $75.80, which is a big deal because tomorrow the Federal Reserve will announce its monetary policy under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. For many months, Federal Reserve hawks have said that the Iran conflict was a major reason they’ve been more hawkish,

The real story in today’s Monthly New Residential Construction release from the Census Bureau isn’t a collapse in construction. It’s a production strategy that took shape months ago. Headlines – and their sibling, “headline risk” –don’t enjoy a particularly good reputation among most homebuilding bu

Former Florida politician Carlos M. Lopez-Cantera is accused of conspiring with his father to cheat partners out of millions of dollars in a Miami-Dade County real estate deal, a suit says. The pair face a lawsuit that claims they misled investment partners about the value of an 8.3-acre vacant trac

Picture it: Miami, 1985. In the 1980s, the idea of four women in their retirement years living together as roommates was a novel concept. Forty years later, and living with several roommates under one roof is as commonplace for seniors as it is for college freshmen. America has a housing problem, no

With a baby on the way, “Castle Impossible” stars Daphne and Ian Fig have a bundle of new upgrades to complete at the crumbling 500-year-old French fixer-upper they have been carefully renovating for more than a year now. Having focused much of their efforts on lovingly restoring the 1508 chateau to

A newly built waterfront mansion on Bay Harbor Islands sold for $21.8 million and over $2,700 per square foot, the latter of which is a record price in the town. Property records show 9525 BH 2 LLC, led by Menachem Kranz, sold the 8,000-square-foot home at 9640 West Broadview Drive. Kranz declined t

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Director Bill Pulte are asking Congress for the power to bring civil lawsuits against individuals suspected of mortgage fraud. In its newest Annual Report to Congress, released Monday, the FHFA recommended new authority to directly sue for mortgage marke

Legacy Real Estate Development and Urban American are seeking a density boost for their multifamily plans on a city-owned property in Miami Beach’s Collins Park neighborhood. The developers’ business entity requested a zoning change to build 105 residential units while preserving portions of the his

CoStar’s attempt to enter the ongoing legal battle among Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass International Holdings has been denied. In a ruling on Tuesday, Illinois-based federal judge John Tharp denied CoStar’s motion to file an amicus curiae brief. No reason for the judge’s denial

A quaint—and very quirky—California property that once served as music legend Dolly Parton's private hideaway has returned to the market for just a hair under $2 million, just four years after it last changed hands. Located "in the heart of" the Danish-inspired town of Solvang, the adorable mini com

Social Security’s long-term financial outlook deteriorated significantly in the latest annual report from the program’s trustees, with officials projecting a larger funding shortfall and an earlier depletion date for the retirement trust fund. The 2026 Trustees Report estimates Social Security‘s 75-