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Dominican Republic Real Estate in 2026: The Punta Cana and Las Terrenas Investment Case

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Dominican Republic Real Estate in 2026: The Punta Cana and Las Terrenas Investment Case Dominican Republic real estate investment works in 2026 for one unglamorous reason: airline seats. Punta Cana International moved more than 11 million passengers in 2025, up 9.9% year over year, across 35,092 aircraft operations — and in December alone it processed 1,087,621 travelers. Price is the second reason. A one-bedroom condo in the Punta Cana corridor still starts around $95,000 to $135,000, and the country charges a 3% transfer tax that many tourism-zone buyers legally avoid entirely. Then there is the part the brochures skip. The average Punta Cana short-term rental earned roughly $12,500 last year at about 33% occupancy, non-resident landlords face a 27% withholding on gross rental income, and the region just recorded its second-largest sargassum bloom on record. This is the full case: the airlift and tourism data that set rental demand, real entry pricing across Punta Cana, Las Terrenas,...
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Florida Keys Cost of Ownership in 2026: The Full Carrying-Cost Stack

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Florida Keys Cost of Ownership in 2026: The Full Carrying-Cost Stack A $1.1 million house in the Florida Keys does not cost $1.1 million. Before the first mortgage payment clears, the annual carrying cost stack — wind, flood, the ex-wind companion policy, property taxes, non-ad valorem assessments, association dues, and a maintenance reserve that salt air makes non-optional — routinely runs $30,000 to $55,000 a year on a mid-market single-family home, and considerably more on the water. The Florida Keys cost of ownership is not one number. It is six or seven line items stacked on top of each other, several of which changed materially in 2026. The headline this year is that Citizens Property Insurance cut rates. Monroe County homeowners on multiperil policies are seeing an average reduction of about 11.3 percent, and more than 8,000 wind-only policies in the county got a reduction or held flat. That is real money. It is also the smallest moving part in the stack. Here is the whole thing...
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Naples Luxury Waterfront Holds Firm Despite Regional Correction

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Naples Luxury Waterfront Holds Firm Despite Regional Correction Southwest Florida is in the middle of a real housing correction. Punta Gorda is down double digits from its 2022 peak. Cape Coral and Fort Myers have been shedding value for two straight years. But sail past the causeway into Naples and out to Marco Island, and the story changes fast — especially on the water. Waterfront estates in Port Royal, Aqualane Shores, and the Estates on Marco are still trading at record prices, still moving largely in cash, and still holding a floor that the rest of the region simply doesn't have. Key takeaways - Naples-Marco Island's overall price correction has been mild (roughly 6% from January 2025 to January 2026 ) compared to double-digit drops in Cape Coral, Fort Myers, and Punta Gorda. - Marco Island's luxury segment (homes above $2 million ) sits near a $3.45 million median , up about 7% year-over-year , even as the island's broader single-family and condo markets have...
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Tampa Home Insurance in 2026: Why Rates Are Finally Falling

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Tampa Home Insurance in 2026: Why Rates Are Finally Falling For the first time in years, Tampa homeowners are opening their insurance renewal notices and finding a lower number than the year before. Citizens Property Insurance is cutting rates an average of 8.7% statewide starting with Spring 2026 renewals — its first personal-lines decrease since 2015 — and major private carriers like State Farm have filed cuts near 10%. After a half-decade of double-digit hikes, dropped policies, and carriers fleeing the state, Florida’s property insurance market has quietly flipped from crisis to relief. This guide breaks down what changed, exactly what Tampa owners should expect at renewal, why the savings are uneven, and how a lower premium is reshaping the affordability math on a median Tampa home. The short version: the relief is real, it’s measurable, and it’s driven by hard structural changes — not a gimmick. But it’s not evenly distributed, and it may not last forever. Here’s the full pictu...
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New Construction Deals Narrow the Price Gap in Lee County

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New Construction Deals Narrow the Price Gap in Lee County New homes are supposed to cost more than existing ones. That's been true for as long as most buyers can remember — new construction carries a built-in premium for fresh materials, modern layouts, and a builder's profit margin baked into the price. Nationally, that premium hit a record low in 2025, and in a handful of markets, it's disappeared entirely. Cape Coral is one of them. According to a national analysis of Zillow sales data, Cape Coral is one of just four major U.S. metro areas — alongside San Francisco, Austin, and Honolulu — where the median newly built home now sells for less than the median existing home. The gap runs about $20,000 in Cape Coral's favor for new construction. Nationally, new homes still carry a roughly $52,565 premium over existing homes. Lee County is running in the opposite direction from almost everywhere else in the country, and that reversal has real consequences for anyone shopp...
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