Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

As America’s population ages, a growing number of homeowners are entering retirement with substantial housing wealth and new questions about how to use it. For mortgage professionals, that shift is creating opportunities to have broader conversations about housing wealth, cash flow and long-term fin

A Kentucky couple, Lester and Helena Peters Hurst, recently returned from a work trip to find their custom-built 26-foot tiny home stolen from their 10-acre property in Burning Springs. Thieves meticulously cut hitch locks, moved the home off its blocks, and towed it away in the night, leaving behin

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records in South Florida was in Miami, where the 4,400-square-foot at 733 Belle Meade Boulevard changed hands for $9.2 million. The seller was an LLC tied to entrepreneur Andrew Sieja and his wife, philanthropist Jessica Sieja. The buyer was Joshua Keller. Th

Model Olivia Culpo is just five months away from becoming a mother of two—but she is determined to complete at least one major project before the arrival of her second baby with husband Christian McCaffrey: renovating the family's picturesque "forever home" in California. The former Miss USA, 34, to

For many real estate brokers, the daily barrage of agent questions — “Where’s the W-9?,” or, “What’s our commission split again?” — adds up to dozens of hours each month, often interrupting nights and weekends. BrokerBot, the artificial intelligence (AI) teammate platform built by Ribera AI, Inc. an

"Little People, Big World" star Matt Roloff is making yet another attempt to part ways with his family's longtime home, bringing it back to the market for the heavily discounted price of $2.6 million—having tried and failed to convince one of his children to take it over. The 5,800-square-foot Orego

Landlords, hoteliers and developers across South Florida are betting on the FIFA World Cup to help them score a much-needed boost during what is typically the region’s slowest season. Seven matches are scheduled at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, and developers, retail and hospitality businesses

A newly built Florida megamansion has set itself apart from the signature flash of the Sunshine State with a unique feature that adds a feeling of old-world serenity to its glittering design: a 125-year-old olive tree that was imported from California and now sits at the center of the dwelling. The

A succession challenge homebuilding can no longer ignore A second U.S. President in a row to serve past the age of 80 is in the Oval Office. Whether spoken or not, succession, or rather a sound strategic, operational and organizational cultural plan for it, is on the minds of many. It’s the same in

AC Milan star and U.S. Men's National Team captain Christian Pulisic may have quit his home nation to pursue his soccer career in Europe, but he settled right back into life stateside when he led his team to its first victory in the FIFA World Cup. Pulisic, 27, has become the face of American soccer

It’s all anyone can talk about: Social Security and its crash course toward insolvency. Social Security’s reserves for retirement benefits are just over six years away from depletion, according to the latest annual trustees report. Most agree the time is now to act. The solution? On that point no on

Zillow is facing yet another lawsuit related to its multifamily rental syndication deal with Redfin, first announced in February 2025. The listing portal giant is already facing a legal challenge from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and attorneys general in five states, who are claiming that the

Alternative investment firm Saluda Grade doesn’t see the interest rate environment or the current signals of consumer financial stress taking the shine off home equity assets anytime soon. “What we’re focused on is 75% of homeowners today with a mortgage have a rate that is still out of the money —

The U.S. needs a new strategy to address the significant recovery costs following large-scale disasters Disasters such as fires, floods and tornadoes are striking a widening geographic area across our country, and their frequency appears to be rising. The cobbled-together framework of consumers’ haz

Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) have long been the gold standard product set for reverse mortgage originators, but they became a minority share of the market earlier this year as proprietary loan volume exceeded HECM volume in the first quarter of 2026. While private-label reverse mortgages

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has called for broader authority to prosecute suspected mortgage fraud—even as Director Bill Pulte's actions have landed scrutiny from the Government Accountability Office. The FHFA has asked Congress for statutory authority to bring enforcement actions for mortgag

A controversial mixed-use water park project near Zoo Miami that’s been in the works for over a decade has collapsed, after a judge voided the development site lease. The developers –– Paul M. Lambert, Bernard Zyscovich and Michael Diaz Jr. –– working through the entity Miami Wilds LLC planned a wat

Jessica Edgerton is taking the reins of the Council of MLSs (CMLS) at a time when the industry is grappling with countless questions regarding its purpose, identity and future utility. And while this may cause some to high tail it in the opposite direction, Edgerton said this is exactly why she deci

Spirit Airlines is auctioning off its Dania Beach headquarters next month as part of a large-scale liquidation effort following the carrier’s shutdown. The 8.5-acre complex at 1731 Radiant Drive will be auctioned July 22 in New York, the South Florida Business Journal reported. Non-binding indicatio

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index released on Monday found that homebuilder confidence remained low, falling two points to 35 in June. This marked the 14th straight month that confidence was below 40, the longest streak NAHB has recorded since 2011 to