Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

A spectacular eight-bedroom coastal retreat with every over-the-top amenity imaginable, including a rotating bed and stargazing roof, has just sold in Laguna Beach for a record-breaking $82,569,990. After hitting the market for an astonishing $112 million in July 2026, the 14,434-square-foot waterfr

Billionaire venture capitalist Hemant Taneja is linked to the $48.5 million purchase of a waterfront mansion in Miami Beach, The Real Deal has learned.  Taneja, worth an estimated $3.6 billion, is CEO of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based General Catalyst Partners. Sources told TRD he is the buyer of th

Refinance activity takes the brunt of the revision

California's wildfire challenges have quickly risen in recent years, and could grow yet more if the state doesn't prepare, according to a report. A report from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, estimates that wildfire could cause $5 billion a year in

The company promoted three executives into CTO, CFO, legal roles

Gothic Revival Victorian homes have remained a popular style choice for buyers since the style took hold in the United States in the mid-1800s. Known for their striking facades with pitched roofs and for timeless interiors with stained glass, arched windows, and soaring towers, these dwellings conti

Candidates pair pro-supply policies with populist proposals like investor limits, LIHTC expansion and down payment help

CINC’s Jeff Walker says the priority is recognizing lead intent during a 12-month sales cycle and acting at the right moment

Miami Beach is beefing up its fight against the Live Local Act, making it the latest South Florida municipality to take aim at the polarizing state law.  The City Commission on Thursday approved at least eight measures aimed at Live Local, including an item that lays the groundwork for Miami Beach t

Zelman data shows housing M&A deal value up 56% through Aug. 2026 while investment grade issuance fell 71%

Letter cites lead gen referrals, mortgage steering, and office exclusive listings as affordability pressures

Six months ago, Andrew and Kendall Crosby "overturned the bucket" on their comfortable, well-settled life in Bend, OR, packed up their belongings, and traveled 7,000 miles across the globe to start a brand-new chapter in Auckland, New Zealand. Both in their early 60s and semiretired, the Crosbys gre

A diversified benchmark approach could reduce balance sheet shocks that precede credit deterioration

The all-cash deal is now expected to close on October 20

The city of Miami’s court fight to keep Brickell residents from weighing in on a condo tower planned behind a historic church appears damned. An appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that said city officials should have allowed residents in the IconBrickell II condo to intervene in the city’s de

A Colorado estate with a car gallery built into the mountainside has hit the market for $12.5 million. Set on nearly 7 acres along the eighth fairway of Castle Pines Golf Club, 3 Elk Pointe Lane in The Village at Castle Pines spans about 13,800 square feet. The property is poised to become the highe

Comras Company, led by Michael Comras, cleared the last hurdle for its NoLi District, its massive Lincoln Road retail and office project. Miami Beach gave the greenlight to the 150,000-square-foot project Thursday. Construction is underway on the next phase of the project, which includes partially d

D.R. Horton, the country's largest homebuilder, announced this week that it signed a multiyear deal with Canadian robotics firm Promise Robotics to build more than 1,250 homes using its AI-powered "factory as a service" platform. The partnership is the first of its kind for D.R. Horton, which built

Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic organization is bringing funding to 30 cities in hopes of speeding homebuilding reforms. Bloomberg Philanthropies and nonprofit think tank Accelerator for America will lead a project to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to help cities improve their permitting an

"Sin City Rehab" star Alison Victoria is betting on a bold modern approach to her timeless designs to elevate the “boring” look of Las Vegas homes. The 44-year-old HGTV star has long showcased a signature old-meets-new decorating style on network shows, including "Windy City Rehab," "Windy City Reha