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SouthWest Florida Real Estate - The Market, The Lifestyle

Waiting for the Bottom?
4/10/2008 11:59 AM
Fort Myers, FL April 8, 2008 The REALTOR® Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach, Inc. reports that a total of 437 existing single family houses were sold in March 2008. The percent of sold to active listings has nearly doubled in the past 12 weeks. In addition, 1096 single family homes are pending, reflecting a [.........

Sellers are Pricing Right
3/27/2008 10:53 AM
Last year, the battle cry was for sellers to be realistic about home values. And now we are happy to see that properties in our area are priced right. Looking at single family pool homes that sold in the last 30 days in zip code 33914, the average purchase price was 94% of list price. A [.........

Existing Home Sales Stabilize
3/26/2008 3:16 PM
Existing Home Sales Stabilize for February in Fort Myers-Cape Coral Fort Myers, FL –The REALTOR® Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach, Inc, dba CORE, reports that existing single family home sales for February 2008 are even with last year, with 445 units sold in both February 2008 and February 2007. This is in comparison [.........

Cape Coral Project Updates
3/21/2008 12:01 PM
From the News Press, March 2008 As the economy hobbles along, developers are eyeing the hiatus in housing development as a window for commercial growth in the Cape. Plans for mixed use and massive commercial projects dominated discussions Tuesday during Futurescape 2008. The event, sponsored by the Women’s Council of Realtors, attracted hund......

What is a Short Sale?
3/20/2008 10:54 AM
A short sale means the owner owes more than the house can sell for in the current market or it is nearing foreclosure, and so the lender is agreeing to sell “short” of what is owed… these transactions take longer because of bank involvement… sometimes up to 6 months from the time the offer is [.........

More Florida Property Tax Cuts on the Way?
3/18/2008 12:34 PM
Under a plan approved by the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission Monday, voters will have a chance in November to approve an across-the-board property tax cut averaging 25 percent. The measure also includes a provision giving businesses, second homes and other properties that do not qualify for a homestead exemption a 5 percent cap [.........

Tarpon Estates in Cape Coral - $5M-$20M
3/18/2008 12:27 PM
An enclave for the super-rich is getting under way in Cape Coral. Two Lee County developers are rolling out 42 custom estate homes with prices ranging from $5 million to $20 million. On top of that, a $500,000 nonrefundable deposit is required to purchase one of the homes. Welcome to Tarpon Estates, the new community under construction [.........

Lee County Pending Home Sales Up in February
3/11/2008 9:55 AM
Reported by the News-Press, March 8 2008 Pending sales in the region jumped dramatically in the last month, according to the Florida Gulfcoast Multiple Listing System Common Database used by Realtors to track sales in Lee County and small parts of Charlotte, Collier and Hendry counties. In January, 159 single-family homes in those counties had sale......

83 New Businesses, and More On the Way to Cape Coral
2/17/2008 4:28 PM
From the News-Press, Originally posted on February 16, 2008 Economy gripes are common these days. But in the last three months of 2007, there were 83 new businesses that moved to Cape Coral. That doesn’t even account for the home-based businesses, which make up 65 percent of the total operations here. Still, the city wants more. Mike Jackson,......

Insurance Rate Update - Rates Dropping in ‘08
11/25/2007 9:17 AM
From the Cape Coral Daily Breeze, Nov 2007 Controversial property insurance reform passed in January should start to make an impact at the start of the coming year, according to a pair of local legislators. State Sen. Burt Saunders, R-37, said Friday that Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation informed members of the state’s legislature that res......