Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Wilderness Country Club is pleased to announce its resident members have given the green light to proceed with plans for an extensive renovation of the club’s 18-hole, championship golf course. Originally designed by the late Arthur Hills, the par 72 golf course opened more than 50 years ago and was

Mayi de la Vega and Daniel de la Vega, the leaders behind luxury brokerage ONE Sotheby’s International Realty, have announced the company’s expansion into New Jersey through the acquisition of the 80-year-old Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty. The move connects two longtime family-le

If you’re ready to sell your house for top dollar this summer, curb appeal is likely top of mind. Most real estate agents will agree that giving your landscape a face-lift will pay a homeowner back in spades—and it doesn't even need to cost that much. That’s where annuals come in. Annuals are plants

Homebuilders maintained a subdued outlook in May, pressured by higher mortgage rates, rising inflation and affordability constraints. Ongoing conflict in Iran raises the risk of increased building material prices, further complicating an already uncertain environment. However, according to the Natio

"Call Her Daddy" host Alex Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan have announced they are expecting their first child together—less than a year after the podcasting star revealed the couple was carrying out renovations to their Los Angeles home in order to prepare for parenthood. Cooper, 31, shared the news

If your pool is no longer as "cool" as it used to be, you can just go ahead and fill it, right? Not so fast. With the drought that has plagued most of the country this spring, tigheter water restrictions means that some homeowners are thinking for getting rid of their backyard pools all together. Wh

Billionaire Russell Savage (Weiner) is back under contract to sell his waterfront home on North Bay Road that Keith Menin gut-renovated. The pending deal leads the 22 luxury home contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between May 11 and May 17, according to the weekly report by Douglas Elliman’s Eklu

When the pandemic-era influx of new-to-market tenants began, news spread that office rents reached and surpassed $100 per square foot in Miami-Dade County, a record at the time. What was a record is now more the norm for prime buildings –– and new benchmarks are being set: Landlords are signing deal

Homebuilder sentiment perked up in May as the market for new single-family homes improved and a bill aimed at boosting housing supply gained traction in Congress. Confidence in sales conditions, expectations for the next three months, and buyer traffic all increased this month, according to the Nati

Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel and his wife, Audra Mari, have welcomed their second baby together, a baby girl named Rocca de Leon Duhamel—and the proud father wasted no time in settling into life caring for two young children at his remote cabin in Minnesota. The 53-year-old "Ransom Canyon" star—who

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the oldest living member of the Kennedy dynasty, has already secured an offer for her quaint Cape Cod home—just days after listing the property for $1.59 million. Kennedy Townsend, 74, who is the daughter of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, Ethe

Real estate has always been a family business, with fortunes built by generations of investments, developments and dealmaking. Earlier this year, The Real Deal highlighted its Top 100 South Florida real estate players, many of whom hail from multi-generational dynastic businesses with a lock on thei

🏆 Residential: The top home sale recorded in South Florida was in Pinecrest, where Ernesto and Magaly Santana parted with a 11,500-square-foot mansion at 10101 Southwest 60th Court for $13.4 million. Magaly Santana is an heiress to the Sedano’s Supermarkets fortune. The buyer was a trust tied to Al

Special pilots have been moving Spirit's fleet of yellow jets to the desert.

In the Lake Tahoe-adjacent town of Truckee, CA, where the median home listing is $627,450, there's currently a three-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom 2,470-square-foot house listed for $1,000—and that's not a typo. But there is a catch. It's fractional ownership—meaning you own a "fraction" of it, and get to u

"I think people will increasingly decide, let's book Portugal, Spain, Italy... let's avoid the Middle East or going long haul," Ryanair's CEO told CNBC.

Americans are living longer, and while a longer life may seem ideal, the reality is that careful financial planning is required to sustain a lifestyle for 30 years past retirement. Many adults, however, aren’t sure they are financially prepared to go the distance. The Western & Southern Financial Gr

Separated by 2,300 miles, Providence, RI, and Salt Lake City were both founded as religious sanctuaries, but today, their luxury housing markets are worlds apart—with East Coast buyers paying a steep premium for one-of-a-kind Colonial or Gilded Age mansions, and Mountain West shoppers choosing moder

As many in the title industry already understand, the conversation around technology selection has become fairly sophisticated. Agents and owners are asking sharper questions before signing contracts, doing more due diligence on vendors and thinking more carefully about implementation timelines and

TV host Stephen Colbert is preparing to hang up his hat as one of the reigning kings of the late night talk show, when his eponymous series comes to an end on May 21, bringing CBS' aptly named "Late Night" franchise to a close, after more than 30 years on the air. For the last 11 years of those thre