Courtesy of Herald Tribune
At least the market for new homes is not getting worse, and that is the first step to getting better.
In fact, the overall economy is actually getting a small boost as more buyers walk into model houses ready to sign contracts and builders hire workers to pour foundations.
Construction of single-family homes rose [...]
By Harold Bubil Herald Tribune
The dramatic decline in housing values, as well as the value of other investments, has made meeting household budgets particularly vexing for retiree homeowners.
For those who are cash-poor but still house rich — that is, they owe little or nothing on mortgages — reverse mortgages can be the answer. Instead of paying [...]
BY TINA GIUFRE News Press
Realtors have been saying it for a long time: Now is the time to buy. Buyers looking for Gulf-access properties are finding them these days at bargain-basement prices.
Paula Kiker, broker of Lahaina Realty in Fort Myers Beach, recently sold a beachfront, two-bedroom, two-bath unit with under-building parking at Seaside condominium for [...]
By I.M. STACKEL Naples News
With an economy that is moving the right direction, there are going to be some celebratory brunches.
Naples Area Board of Realtors released its numbers Friday, and the statistics have many smiling: overall home sales increased by 67 percent in July, compared with the same period one year ago.
Comparing July 2009 to the [...]
By KAYDEE TUFF, JEFF WEINER Naples News
In the always-fiery tax debate, who’d have thought local fire and rescue districts would be the latest to fan the flames?
On Wednesday night, with a 2-1 vote, Golden Gate fire commissioners gave the nod to a resolution to support Collier County’s effort to establish a discretionary sales surtax. North Naples fire [...]
By CHARLIE WHITEHEAD Naples Daily News
Lee County commissioners Tuesday took a step back from a recommendation to put a two-year moratorium on new roadway landscaping. They’ll have a tough call to make, however, when they have to choose between the landscaping and specific road projects.
“We have to take it in context with what else we’ve had [...]
By JENNIFER LARINO
Posted August 10, 2009 Naples News
ESTERO — Take all the good and bad from a down economy, bundle it up, put it on 500 acres in Estero and you’ve got Coconut Point shopping center in a recession.
In the past few months, the center — a Lee County hub of business and consumer activity since [...]
The market Continued to gain momentum in the second quarter, posting a 27% increase in closed units over second quarter 2008.
CLOSINGS & INVENTORY
Closed sales reached their highest quarterly level since 2005, with a 48% increase over first quarter 2009, and a 27% increase over second quarter 2008. The increase over first quarter is the highest [...]
Contributed by Angie’s List
Staging a home for sale used to be considered a luxury. Now, many real estate agents consider it a necessity. The continuing slump in housing has given buyers plenty of options — making it increasingly important to have your house looking its most dapper.
Follow these tips:
1. Screen appeal trumps curb appeal. Nearly [...]
The Aurora Awards are presented each year to builders, developers, architects, planners, interior merchandisers, landscape architects and other disciplines actively involved in projects in a 12-state southeastern region plus the Caribbean who have demonstrated building and design excellence.
This year’s winners were selected from among 80 categories by a panel of industry experts and were honored [...]
