Southwest Florida Real Estate News and Market Insight

Anywhere Real Estate has made an offer to acquire luxury brokerage firm Douglas Elliman. The offer was first reported by Bloomberg.According to Bloomberg’s sources, the bid would value Douglas Elliman at more than $4 a share. The firm’s stock ended Thursday at $2.14 a share, giving the firm a market

New-home sales continue to be a bright spot in a housing market that’s struggling with high mortgage rates and other economic headwinds.According to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), new homes in April sold at seasonally adjusted annual r

Residential sales and dollar volume dropped across South Florida last month, as the slowdown continues in the tri-country region.  Combined dollar volume in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties fell 6 percent year-over-year to about $5.6 billion, according to reports from the Miami Associatio

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Only one of three all-star development teams is bidding on the opportunity to build a $10 billion mixed-use complex in partnership with Miami-Dade County, The Real Deal has learned. This month, a joint venture between Related Urban, 13th Floor Investments and Merrimac Ventures submitted its proposal

Developers Mariano Karner and Esteban Koffsmon propose a 206-unit apartment project in Goulds, amid a continuing development flurry in south Miami-Dade County.  Karner and Koffsmon, through their K2 Capital Group, want to build an eight-story building with a two-level parking deck with 243 spaces at

🏆Residential: In South Florida, the top residential deal recorded Thursday was in Boca Raton. A trust tied to Gary Kain, executive chair of AGNC Investment Corp.’s board of directors parted with 499 South Maya Palm Drive for $14.2 million; the seller put it up for sale in January for just under $15

Empira Group scored a $111.3 million construction loan for a 310-unit apartment tower in Miami’s Brickell, The Real Deal has learned.  The financing comes as construction loans and refinancings continue to flow in South Florida, despite higher interest rates and other economic headwinds.  Empira, a

Developer Mark Bellissimo won approval for zoning changes that will allow him and his partners to build a boutique hotel, offices, condos, retail and restaurant space just across the street from his planned gated community, the Wellington. The mixed-use project, dubbed “the Marketplace” is said to b

Billionaire Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, whose great-grandfather Ole Kirk Kristiansen founded the toymaker Lego, bought an equestrian estate in Wellington for $25.5 million. It marks the most expensive sale in the horse-centric enclave so far this year.  Records show Thomas Kirk Kristiansen bought the 1

Mast Capital and BH Group are teaming up to take over an older condominium building in Coconut Grove. An affiliate of Coconut Grove-based Mast, led by Camilo Miguel Jr., is under contract to purchase roughly a dozen units at Bayshore Park, a three-story condominium at 2545 South Bayshore Drive, sour

American Airlines CFO says some travelers have avoided Newark in favor of other area airports, but cautioned the impact was modest.

A developer scored approval for a 328-unit Live Local Act project in Miami’s Edgewater, amid a flurry of proposals under the state’s affordable and workforce housing law.  Gonzalo Espinosa, through an affiliate, plans the 36-story Sense 22 apartment tower on a 0.7-acre assemblage at 114, 124, 128 an

A developer proposes 57 townhouses in West Kendall, amid a flurry of applications for projects on sites in suburban Miami-Dade County.  The West Kendall Townhomes project is proposed for the 4.6-acre site on the northeast corner of Southwest 88th Street and Southwest 167th Avenue in unincorporated M

A persistent global jet shortage means airlines are bracing for an uphill battle over what is typically the peak travel season.

Broward County’s condo sales and dollar volume rose last week, led by a Hallandale Beach closing. Brokers closed 131 condo sales totaling $41.4 million from May 11 to May 18. The previous week, brokers closed 115 condo sales totaling $37.5 million.  Last week’s units sold for an average of $316,079,

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The Appraisal Institute (AI) executive facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct is no longer serving in his position.AI president Paula Konikoff announced on the trade group’s LinkedIn page Wednesday evening that Craig Steinley has been removed as AI’s vice president, stating that its board

Two days after Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte said any decision over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exiting government conservatorship would be up to President Trump and Trump alone, the president has weighed in. In a message posted on Truth Social Wednesday night, Trump said

President Donald Trump has made deregulation a policy pillar for his second term — and housing regulations are up for review.Homebuilders say that federal rules have driven up the cost of building a home. Many mortgage professionals want to release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship. An