Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Ed Brady, CEO of the Home Builders Institute, says the home construction industry faces a coming crisis because of a shortage of workers. The home construction business has had a severe shortage of workers for years. The Home Builders Institute estimates the industry needs 700,000 additional workers

Filet medallions with lobster tail, Oscar style. Photo courtesy of Eddie V’s Prime Seafood A new actor has emerged on the Naples culinary stage in the form of Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, which specializes in seafood, steaks, and flamboyant cocktails. This expansive newcomer, like The Capital Grille, is

Photo by Erica Dunhill One hundred years after Beatrice “Bice” Ruggeri opened her neighborhood trattoria in Milan, Italy, BiCE Restaurant Group is marking the iconic brand’s centennial with 100 days of celebrations and surprises. From October 1 through January 8, BiCE Naples (and BiCE Palm Beach) wi

Chef Kayla Pfeiffer will host the two-night Friends of James Beard Benefit, blending vinyl, Florida flavors, and an Everglades adventure. Photo by Carlos Gonzalez Chef Kayla Pfeiffer, Food Network’s Chopped champ, James Beard Emerging Chef semifinalist, and the mind behind both the Michelin-recommen

Real estate mogul Mauricio Umansky, the estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Kyle Richards, is seriously considering swapping luxury listings for Los Angeles City Hall. The 56-year-old founder and CEO of The Agency revealed that a future run for mayor of Los Angeles is on the

Perhaps the best new home gives you something wonderfully different from your existing one. More Florida residents are discovering that difference in Middle Tennessee, where Fairington, a new master-planned community just south of Nashville, offers four beautiful seasons, rolling countryside, club l

A framework for disclosure, authentication and ongoing fitness in a world where the caller might not be a person at all

One of the pilots on a FlyDubai flight headed for Israel stabbed the second pilot, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The Big Sick” star Zoe Kazan has ties to Hollywood that go back generations, and the multihyphenate recently shared some insight on the homes she's lived in throughout her life—from her formative childhood years to her time now as a mom. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal ahead of the pre

New York City is moving ahead with a plan to replace an aging government office building in Lower Manhattan with nearly 4,000 apartments—a project that could nearly double the number of permanently affordable homes built in the neighborhood over the past decade. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Sep

For homeowners, fall is about more than changing leaves and pumpkin decor.  It’s the perfect time to tackle seasonal maintenance tasks before winter hits. And some are getting a head start while others are putting them off.  According to new data from Angi, those in Washington, DC, are most prepared

The Senate sank a bill aimed at shielding homeowners from data center energy cost after Democrats argued it didn't do enough. Senators blocked the Ratepayer Protection Act on Wednesday. The bill's quick passage in the House followed widespread backlash against data center buildouts, which has emerge

Taylor Swift is known for the extreme attention to detail she brings to her work, so it’s no surprise that the swanky brutalist mansion she filmed her latest music video in was used as a symbol to convey the song’s meaning. The “Patient Zero” video—which stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell—premie

Caroline Weiss, CEO of Weiss Group of Companies, died Friday at Doctors Hospital in Miami after a three-day hospitalization. She was 88.  The Miami developer was born in Palestine and moved to Jamaica in 1950. In 1963, she married her late husband, Jack Weiss, also a developer, and relocated to Miam

Falling pending sales are revealing a more uneven housing market

California and the Gulf Coast are projected to be the main, but not only, impact areas

Billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison quietly bought eight homes for members of his staff in a Boynton Beach neighborhood that’s about a 30-minute drive from his sprawling Manalapan compound. The transactions totaled nearly $10 million, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The deals closed wit

If you own an abundance of appliances and tech gadgets, chances are you can't live without power strips and extension cords. They allow you to power multiple electrical devices at once and can be neatly tucked out of sight. But magical as they are, power strips and extension cords can hold only so m

Millions of American children could be automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts beginning as early as Oct. 1, under new rules announced by the Treasury Department on Tuesday. The president's eponymous tax-advantaged investment accounts, which officially launched on July 4, are designed to give child

Letter to FHFA says the added data could improve MBS transparency and reduce recurring credit score cost increases