Archive for August 21, 2009

Lee County home resales rise 104 percent in July

By Naples Daily News staff report
Single-family home resales in Lee County increased more than 100 percent in July.
There were 1,570 sales, up from 768 in the same month a year ago, according to a report by the Florida Association of Realtors.
Of all the metro areas tracked in the report, Fort Myers-Cape Coral saw the biggest percentage [...]

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Business digest: FPL rates set to fall further in 2010

The lowest rates since 2005 may be on tap in 2010 for the typical Florida Power & Light Co. customer. FPL announced Thursday that it expects the typical 1,000-kilowatt-hour residential-customer bill to drop next year by about $9 a month, from about $109 to $100. The decrease is subject to approval by Florida’s Public [...]

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