Florida has been the site of many recent climate disasters, including red tides and hurricanes. A new green-certified inland community hopes to be a model for the Sunshine State's housing future.

Wine mogul David Phinney recently sold his wine label for millions, and is now eyeing the Mare Island peninsula in California, 23 miles north of San Francisco, for a new real estate venture.

Home building hit a new high in Orlando, Fla. last year: almost 29,000 single-family homes, townhomes, and apartments were started, according to new Census data.

In January, Bellevue, Wash. home prices cooled 6.2 percent annually. But new expansion plans from Amazon could reignite the suburb's market.

Situated thirty minutes outside of Denver, Cyclocroft, Colo. is a "property experiment," bike-friendly planned community by Netherlands-based urban design firm B4place and money blogger Pete Adeney.