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Heather Hook
26 Jun 2026

Most buyers start their Florida Keys home search online. They browse listings, fall in love with the water, and contact an agent ready to buy somewhere in the Keys. The problem, according to Sandy Tuttle, is that “somewhere in the Keys” is not actually a useful starting point. Tuttle is the founder/owner of Island Welcome ...

Steve Marcinuk
26 May 2026

After roughly two years of sluggish activity driven by elevated interest rates and inflated asking prices, South Florida’s real estate market is showing early signs of recovery. Showing requests are climbing, contracts are being signed at a pace not seen in some time, and both buyers and sellers appear ready to move. For agents working ...

Steve Marcinuk
23 Jan 2026

The Florida Keys luxury real estate market is entering a period of moderation as the post-pandemic surge fades. Still, the region’s unique constraints and international appeal continue to support steady demand. Despite national trends of slowing sales and price corrections at the high end, Key West remains a resilient outlier, shaped by limited inventory and ...

Key West’s real estate market is entering its peak spring season with a more measured pace than in recent years. Buyers have more options than during the post-pandemic surge, but listings are not moving at the same pace, creating a clear divide between homes that sell quickly and those that linger. According to local agents, ...

Walk into a Sunday open house in Key West’s historic Old Town, and you’ll see a different scene than just two years ago. Instead of buyers lining up outside Victorian cottages and bidding over the asking price, most listings now see just a few showings each weekend. Homes that once sold in under a week ...

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Janine Rodrigues
22 Oct 2026

Reliable broadband is now reaching the rural areas around Ocala, and that shift is opening one of Florida’s most affordable and spacious housing markets to remote workers. The change is beginning to reshape which buyers seriously consider rural acreage and horse farm properties. A New Possibility for Remote Workers Remote workers relocating to Central Florida ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
22 Oct 2026

Buyers considering waterfront property anywhere in Florida tend to treat insurance as a dealbreaker before they have priced it. Along the Gulf Coast’s barrier islands, agents say the difference between an alarming quote and a manageable one often comes down to something surprisingly simple: whether the buyer contacts a national carrier or a local insurer ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
21 Oct 2026

Buyers assume a barrier island in hurricane-prone Southwest Florida must be one of the most expensive places to insure a home. On at least one island near Placida, Florida, the opposite may be closer to the truth – and the reason comes down to elevation and flood zone classification, not marketing. Robin Madden, owner of ...

Heather Hook
21 Oct 2026

The pandemic-era self-storage construction boom created a distinctive opportunity in secondary and tertiary markets: a fresh supply of newer facilities whose performance depends closely on how well their scale aligns with the local population. According to Tom de Jong, Executive Vice President at Colliers, a pattern he has encountered repeatedly involves 100,000 square feet of ...

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Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The gap between Houston’s residential market and its coastal neighbor shows what happens when short-term rental speculation meets a correction. Harris County, Texas, currently has roughly six months of housing inventory – enough to classify it as a balanced-to-soft market where sellers need to price carefully and present homes in strong condition. But the sharper ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The U.S. rental market built aggressively during the pandemic era, particularly in Sunbelt cities like Nashville, Austin, and Dallas. Now much of that new inventory, especially high-end apartments, is sitting partially empty, competing for renters whose budgets have tightened considerably since construction began. The disconnect is straightforward: developers built expensive Class A apartments in markets ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
09 Sep 2026

In most American markets, holding a property for ten or twelve years builds a cushion of equity. In Manhattan, that assumption no longer holds across large segments of the market, according to Nikolay Afanasyev, Founder & CEO of CITY SPHERE Property Group, a boutique brokerage covering Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Rising building carrying costs, ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2026

For buyers waiting on the largest purchase of their lives, the appraisal process is one of the last black boxes in a home purchase. Turnaround time isn’t a single number; it’s the sum of scheduling, inspection, report production, quality review, and any revision cycles that follow, and thin appraiser panels and uncontrolled revision cycles are ...

Steve Marcinuk
28 Jul 2026

The company has already published over 5,000 articles in collaboration with over 1,800 market experts across all 50 states, powered by a tech-forward approach to research and reporting. MIAMI, FL – July 28, 2026: KeyCrew Media, the expert-sourced real estate news network, today unveiled KeyCrew Local, a network of local real estate news sites and ...

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