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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.
The bank of mom and dad can strain retirement

The failure-to-launch trend that started with millennials is continuing with Gen Z, and many are turning to parents for assistance, according to a new column by Bloomberg.According to a 2024 Bank of America study, over half of adult Gen Zers reported that they don’t pay for their own housing. A sepa
Read MoreStacy Robins seeks removal of curator overseeing late father’s estate

Stacy Robins is seeking to oust the curator overseeing her late father Gerald Robins’ estate. It’s the latest legal salvo against her mother and her three siblings whom she alleges have misrepresented how much wealth their family patriarch left behind when he died nearly three years ago. In petitio
Read MoreReal estate agents return to Windermere from Compass

Five real estate agents with a combined 70 years of industry experience have returned to Windermere Real Estate after stints at Compass. The group — Meg Barlament, Kevin Cunningham, Ingrid Haugaard, Darcy LaBelle and Beathe C. Smith — each previously worked for Windermere before joining Compass at v
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Twenty-one years ago, Libby Sosinski was on the brink of leaving real estate for good. Today, the Pittsburgh-based Keller Williams agent consistently closes more than 200 deals a year and recently posted $26 million-plus in 2024 in sales volume, earning a spot on RealTrends Verified’s rankings. But
Read More MG Developer scores $39M loan to build Coral Gables townhome project

MG Developer’s pipeline keeps pumping along after Alirio Torrealba’s firm landed a $39 million construction loan for a Coral Gables townhome project. Miami-based Pine Bay Capital provided the financing for The George, a planned development of 13 two-story townhouses at 717 Valencia Avenue that repre
Read MoreAfter the Bayview deal, what’s the refi strategy for Guild Mortgage?

Bayview Asset Management’s $1.3 billion deal to acquire Guild Holding Co., the parent of Guild Mortgage, has left loan officers wondering how the traditionally purchase-focused lender would integrate refinance capabilities to leverage the $770 billion servicing portfolio of soon-to-be sister company
Read MoreLender Toolkit launches IT services for ICE Encompass users

Lender Toolkit announced Monday the official launch of its IT services offering, designed specifically for lenders that use ICE Mortgage Technology‘s Encompass platform.Lender Toolkit is a mortgage automation technology company and the creator of the industry’s only fully integrated Mortgage Efficie
Read MoreInternational homebuyers returned to the US in droves
International homebuyers purchased $56 billion worth of U.S. existing homes between April 2024 and March 2025 — a 33.2% increase from the previous year, according to a report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors.The number of properties bought by foreign buyers rose to 78,100 duri
Read MoreBarton G. under contract to sell $35M waterfront Miami Beach mansion

Buyers signed 10 contracts for luxury properties in Miami-Dade County between July 7 and July 13, according to the latest Eklund-Gomes report, which tracks listings of homes and condos asking $4 million and up in Miami-Dade County that are included in the Multiple Listing Service. The properties spe
Read MoreRealtor.com parent Move acquires Zenlist

Move Inc., the parent company of Realtor.com, has acquired Zenlist, a real estate technology company known for its collaborative search tools for agents and homebuyers.The acquisition was announced Monday and aims to enhance Realtor.com’s offerings for real estate professionals by integrating Zenlis
Read MoreOCC drops disparate impact enforcement

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Monday that it will no longer enforce disparate impact analysis in fair lending risk assessments, following a directive from the White House issued three months ago.“Consistent with EO 14281, the OCC supervisory process for fair lending c
Read MoreInformative Research adds Halcyon integration to verification platform

Informative Research, a provider of credit and verification solutions to the mortgage lending community, announced on Monday the availability of Halcyon’s IRS tax transcript service within Informative Research‘s verification platform.The enhancement expands Informative Research’s suite of income ver
Read MoreWomen’s soccer scores big for Swiss tourism as spending surges 27%

Card spending jumped 27% year-on-year in the first week of the Euro 2025 tournament in Switzerland, according to Visa.
Read MoreCourt’s decision in Two Roads’ buyout case won’t kill all condo deals, experts say

Developers were on edge Thursday after a Florida appeals court issued its long-awaited opinion in a lawsuit over a complicated condo buyout in Miami’s Edgewater. Yet, a consensus of attorneys contacted by The Real Deal agreed that the controversial ruling won’t kill all potential buyout deals, but
Read MoreLease roundup: EV showroom, Japanese eatery Uchibā opening at Mary Brickell Village in Miami

Rivian, Uchibā, more | Brickell Kimco Realty scored four new tenants at its Mary Brickell Village retail center in Miami. In the biggest lease, Irvine, California-based electric vehicle company Rivian will open a 4,000-square-foot showroom this summer, according to a news release from Mary Brickel
Read MoreMovers & Shakers: Moss names chief legal officer

In the latest South Florida real estate hiring news, firms are bulking up their legal leadership. Fort Lauderdale-based construction firm Moss named Kim Henderson as its chief legal officer, according to a press release. Henderson joined the firm in 2017 as vice president and deputy general counsel
Read MoreThe battle over rates: Trump vs. Fed Chair Jerome Powell

HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami has been tracking the battle between President Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over interest rates since the election. Below is an updated list of articles and podcasts on the topic. July What’s Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s next move on rate cu
Read MoreThe Weekly Dirt: State dropping case against Ohad Fisherman a win for Alexanders’ defense

State prosecutors dropped a sexual battery charge against Oren and Alon Alexander’s alleged accomplice. State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement that her office determined it could not prove the case against Ohad Fisherman because of drone video that could place him on a boat a
Read MoreHousing inventory actually fell last week. What is going on?
Housing inventory decreased last week, while purchase application data grew 25% year-over-year! What is happening in the housing market? In the two weeks leading up to the July 4th holiday week, our weekly Housing Market Tracker showed that housing data was stabilizing as mortgage rates approached t
Read MoreIn Northern Virginia, senior housing has a supply-and-demand ‘disconnect’

It’s no secret that low-income housing options are in short supply across much the country. And a report this week out of Fairfax County, Virginia, illustrates the challenges that seniors can face when trying to find subsidized housing.Fairfax County, which borders the District of Columbia and is ho
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