According to statistics released by Realtor.com, the official website of the National Association of Realtors, real estate web searches in the greater Fort Myers area increased by 57% in October 2008 vs. October of last year. We are seeing similar trends on our www.greaterftmyers.com site. Searches with significant consumer interest are for short sale and [...]
[more] →Here is a riveting video from KCET, Community Television of Southern California about the challenges of the foreclosure crisis. There are many, many parallels between the west coast and the west coast of Florida.
[more] →Palo Alto, Cambridge, Ann Arbor, Austin and Reston come to mind when you think of high-tech wired cities, but Cape Coral? Yes, the Cape was recently recognized by the Center For Digital Government as the 8th most wired city in the country for its population category. 125,000-249,999 population category:1st City of Lincoln, Neb.2nd City of [...]
[more] →Question: Where can you buy a condo in a gated community for $50,000 that is within walking distance of the Coconut Point Mall? Answer: Fountain Lakes Yes, right now there is a bank-owned 1BR condo at 3140 Seasons Way in Fountain Lakes available for $50K. This condo is 790 SF and was built in 1988. [...]
[more] →Cape Coral’s first tourist attraction was the Rose Garden, located in Southwest Cape Coral on the site that is now Tarpon Point. Cape Coral’s developers, Leonard and Julius Rosen, developed the Rose Garden as a tourist destination to entertain visitors who came to look at buying property in Cape Coral. In its mid-1960s hey day, [...]
[more] →According to a recent study, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) contributed $389M to the Southwest Florida economy last year. With over 10,000 students and growing, FGCU is one of the true cogs of our economy. One of the questions I get asked quite frequently is what neighborhoods are convenient to FGCU? Certainly San Carlos Park [...]
[more] →Interesting article in the Seattle PI about the feasibility of doing flips in today’s real estate market. If “flipping” a house in today’s real estate market seems riskier than trekking with a ragtag band of hobbits to Mordor, take heart: Home flippers can still find plenty of opportunities, though they’re not entirely without risk. We [...]
[more] →Fun article in the News-Press about the benefits of living on the water here in Southwest Florida. Nothing beats the convenience of having a boat behind your house on lift, that is ready to go at a moments notice. No fighting traffic to the marina, rowing to the mooring or waiting in line to lanch [...]
[more] →Outstanding column in Naples Daily News offering buyer advice for navigating through today’s market conditions. The column is authored by Tom Selck, a semi-retired architect and owner of Design Outside the Box. Buyers rule again after a decade. There aren’t many, but they will be happy. This may be the best time we will ever [...]
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