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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.
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The sprawling South Carolina estate where Alex Murdaugh brutally murdered his wife and son has been taken off the market, just five months after it was relisted for $2.2 million—and mere days after the disgraced lawyer's legal team launched an appeal with the Supreme Court to have his murder convict
Read More Airlines cancel thousands of flights as blizzard cripples East Coast airports

American, Delta, JetBlue, United and others waived change and cancellation fees ahead of another massive winter storm.
Read MoreUber acquiring parking app SpotHero as it moves beyond ride-hailing and food delivery

Uber said it plans to offer a parking reservation experience powered by SpotHero for events and at venues and airports.
Read MoreUHG goes private: Daiwa House’s Stanley Martin strikes $221M deal

In the two-thousand-mid-teens, you would not have needed a crystal ball to predict that three Japan-based vertically integrated real estate powerhouses would each rank among the nation’s top 15 enterprises. That’s because each of those three organizations – Daiwa House, Sekisui House and Sumitomo Fo
Read MoreThis Desert Metro Has One of the Largest Drops in Household Size

Household sizes are shrinking across the country, and a popular spot for vacationers and spring breakers stands out. It's the Lake Havasu City–Kingman, AZ, metro where the median listing price is $400,000. The National Association of Realtors® released new research identifying the metro as the spot
Read MoreC2 Financial pushes for nationwide growth, top broker ranking

Leadership at C2 Financial is looking to reclaim a top wholesale ranking by strengthening its infrastructure, leveraging artificial intelligence, recruiting and mentoring the next generation of loan officers, and expanding from 42 states to nationwide coverage. In 2021, C2 was ranked No. 1 on Inman’
Read MoreThe hidden housing cost Washington can’t ignore: real estate fraud

Housing affordability is usually framed through numbers: mortgage rates, housing supply, construction costs and zoning restrictions. Washington debates the numbers, and families feel the squeeze. But there is another housing cost hiding in plain sight—real estate fraud. With Congress working on bipa
Read MoreMarlon Gomez’s Miami River site heads to foreclosure auction

Two years ago, a 1.8-acre development site on the Miami River entitled for 40 luxury townhomes hit the market for $25 million. Next week, the same property is scheduled to be sold at a courthouse auction to satisfy a $12.8 million foreclosure judgment. It’s the latest setback for Miami-based develo
Read MoreU.S. Expats Say There’s No Way To ‘Plan for This’ as Mexico Erupts Over Cartel Leader’s Killing

With approximately 1.6 million U.S. citizens calling Mexico home, many expats are currently sheltering in place as widespread unrest grips parts of the country. Jalisco State—which includes expat havens Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, and Guadalajara—is currently experiencing waves of violence in the afte
Read MoreClara Homes locks down $80M to build third upscale rental project in waterfront town

Clara Homes scored an $80 million construction loan for its third luxury apartment building in Bay Harbor Islands. New York-based Madison Realty Capital provided the financing for a 77-unit building at 10200-10290 East Bay Harbor Drive, CEO and Founder James Curnin said. Construction is slated to s
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Authorities have said that a backpack that was recovered near the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie is unlikely to have any connection to the 84-year-old's disappearance. Volunteers who are helping in the search for the missing grandmother found a backpack near her Arizona home on Sunday—as the hunt for
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Former U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson was arrested Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office as part of an ongoing probe by British police into his ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, 72, a former Labor party politician who served as the ambassador to the U.S. fo
Read More Fix-and-flip investor sentiment climbs even as 2025 activity declines

Investor sentiment in the fix-and-flip housing market improved at the end of 2025, even as overall transaction volume fell to its lowest level in a decade. That’s according to a recent survey conducted by Kiavi and John Burns Research & Consulting. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Burns + Kiavi Fi
Read MoreAirlines halt Puerto Vallarta flights after violence following Mexican cartel leader's killing

U.S. and Canadian airlines halted flights to Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara in Mexico.
Read MoreTariffs Axed by Supreme Court: Will Your Kitchen Remodel Get Cheaper—or More Expensive?

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Friday, in a 6-3 vote, stating that “IEEPA [ International Emergency Economic Powers Act]does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.” “The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of un
Read MoreSpreads play the superhero as mortgage rates move below 6% again
After a weekend of crazy headlines and a stock sell-off on Monday morning, bond yields are close to hitting 4% again, but mortgage rates are back under 6% once again, which is the multiyear low in recent history. The biggest reason rates are under 6% isn’t just that the 2025 labor market produced th
Read MoreVoicePilot lets CAR members draft forms by voice

The California Association of Realtors (CAR) is teaming up with Ethica AI to provide members with access to VoicePilot through CAR’s subsidiary Real Estate Business Services (REBS), according to an announcement on Monday. Ethica AI describes VoicePilot as an AI driven voice and workflow platform th
Read MoreWhere does HUD’s potential reverse mortgage revamp stand?

Nearly two months after three federal housing agencies wrapped up an extended public comment period about the future of two federal reverse mortgage programs, industry stakeholders are waiting to learn what they’ll do next. In October, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the
Read MoreTwo waterfront homes asking $39M top signed contracts in Miami-Dade

The sellers of two waterfront homes in Miami Beach and Golden Beach, each asking $39 million, found buyers last week. The pending deals are tied for the priciest of 27 contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between Feb. 16 and Feb. 22, according to the latest Eklund-Gomes report. It tracks listings
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Johnny Depp reportedly allowed fellow actor and close friend Eric Dane to reside in one of his California homes "basically rent-free," so the father of two would not have to worry about the financial burden of his brutal battle with ALS. The "Grey's Anatomy" actor, who was diagnosed with the degener
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