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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.
Ascentris JV sells slice of office complex, plans Live Local project on rest

A trio of investors sold a piece of a Doral office complex for $63.3 million, but kept one building and teamed up with Zom on a Live Local Act redevelopment. Denver-based Ascentris, as well as Highline Real Estate Capital and Square2 Capital, both based in Miami, sold the Westside Plaza I at 8400 N
Read MoreLennar land bank exposure under the microscope

All eyes are on Lennar’s forthcoming 10-K filing, maybe as soon as Thursday, as a wave of investor questions converges around one central issue: How much financial risk – recognized or not – sits inside the company’s land-light strategy? In recent days, that question has pitched from a routine analy
Read MoreAcadia doubles Palm Beach County retail holdings with $43M purchase

Acadia Realty Trust is expanding in Palm Beach County, picking up a prime retail property on Worth Avenue, the island’s storied shopping corridor where billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben also recently made a splashy investment. White Plains, New York-based Acadia, led by Kenneth Bernstein,
Read MoreLabor department rule would ease path for riskier 401(k) investments

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would make it easier for retirement plan sponsors to include alternative investments — such as private equity, private credit, real estate and cryptocurrency — in workers’ 401(k) plans while reducing regulatory burdens and the threat of lawsuits.
Read MoreJudge Stops Trump’s $400 Million Ballroom Construction Until Congress ‘Blesses This Project’

A federal judge has hit pause on President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom project. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon granted the National Trust for Historic Preservation's request for a preliminary injunction, temporarily stopping the ballroom project. According to The Hill, Leon wrote in his r
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Police in a tony Boston suburb are on the hunt for an armed intruder who broke into an investment banker's $18 million historic waterfront mansion, violently attacked the property's caretaker, and fled in the owner’s Porsche. The brazen home invasion took place early Saturday morning at the palatial
Read More HousingWire Mortgage Rankings: The playbook for the top-producing LOs of 2025
Jarret Coleman is not on social media posting about interest rate moves or explaining mortgage concepts to the public — a model successfully adopted by some of his peers. Instead, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based loan officer for US Bank takes a more traditional approach to his business. “I started
Read MoreHOA Fees Surpass $6K a Year for Millions of Homeowners

While homeowners know to budget in mortgage payments, there's a not-so-hidden monthly cost that millions are paying, and that cost is increasing—often significantly—each year. One in three current homeowners—or 17.5 million people—across the 100 largest metros pays monthly homeowners association (HO
Read MoreImmigration policy, economic uncertainty reshaping housing market

The U.S. housing market is facing unprecedented shifts as immigration enforcement tightens, domestic migration patterns evolve and consumer confidence sours, according to a Tuesday webinar hosted by John Burns Research & Consulting (JBRC). The presentation, “The State of US Demographics and Consumer
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Keller Williams names Jason Abrams chief industry and strategy officer

Jason Abrams moves to new Keller Williams role as chief industry and strategy officer. Keller Williams Realty has named Abrams, a longtime executive and educator, as chief industry and strategy officer, charged with the company’s global learning platform and enterprise-wide initiatives, the company
Read MoreSun Life acquires remaining BGO stake for over $1B

Sun Life Financial Services has taken whole ownership of Miami Beach-based BGO for $1.2 billion. The acquisition is the first step in Sun Life’s plan to merge BGO with Bell Partners, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based real estate investment firm with $10 billion in assets under management, the South
Read MoreHedge funder’s Palm Beach house asking $20M tops luxury contracts as deals slow

A hedge funder’s Palm Beach house asking nearly $20 million went into contract last week after a year on the market, topping the list of luxury deals in the county last week. Buyers signed 24 contracts between March 23 and March 29 for luxury properties in Palm Beach County, according to Douglas El
Read MoreInside Trump’s Future High-Rise Presidential Library in Miami

President Donald Trump and his son, Eric, separately shared the first look at the future presidential library on social media. Eric posted on X a video with renderings of the towering glass skyscraper to be built in Miami. "Over the past six months, I have poured my heart and soul into this project
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A source close to the ongoing Nancy Guthrie investigation has claimed that the missing 84-year-old's Arizona home showed "no signs of an assault" in the wake of her disappearance—alleging that some of the rooms inside the property were in "immaculate" condition after she went missing. Days after Nan
Read More Mortgage rates move higher as inflation fears grow
Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, placing more strain on a 2026 spring housing market that was expected to be robust but is now fighting an uphill battle against a slowing economy. Mortgage News Daily reported Monday that 30-year fixed rates averaged 6.55%. That was up 6 basis points from
Read MoreERA President Alex Vidal doubles down on M&A as core growth engine

ERA Real Estate has quietly transformed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) from a tactical growth tool into a pillar of franchise recruitment strategy — closing 24 deals worth more than $1.5 billion in sales volume across 2024 and 2025. Many of these deals were initiated not by legacy franchisees but by
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Many Americans are struggling to make ends meet these days. While buying a home continues to seem out of reach, affording the home you already own is also becoming an increasing burden. For example, 57% of homeowners have made financial sacrifices to pay for homeowners insurance, according to new
Read More Growing micro markets were a single-family outlier in late 2025

Single-family home construction declined across every major geography in the second half of 2025 except for sparsely populated micro counties, according to the latest Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) from the National Association of Home Builders. The HBGI, released March 30 and delayed by last
Read MoreIt’s huge: Trump presidential library to soar above Miami skyline

The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library project is slated to reach for the heavens. The Trump Library Foundation released a teaser video on social media Monday showing a massive skyscraper dominating the city’s skyline, dwarfing surrounding towers along Biscayne Boulevard, the Miami Herald report
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