Answers remain elusive for homeowners struggling with Chinese-manufactured drywall.
A multi-agency task force could not definitively link the problems homeowners have been reporting to the specific characteristics of Chinese-made drywall, according to results of a 10-home study released Thursday.
The task force is hopeful results from a larger 50-home sampling, whose results will be released next month, [...]

If timing is everything, then completion of the Beach Clubhouse at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club held particular significance to the Fredericks. Miromar Lakes resident Connie Frederick says “it seemed like the Beach Clubhouse was being built just for my daughter’s wedding.”
The Frederick family watched construction progress and a few months after completion, their [...]

Lee County property tax bills for 2009 are being mailed out; the county tax collector said all should be in the mail no later than Sunday.  he county offers discounts for early payment: 4 percent in November, 3 percent in December, 2 percent in January and 1 percent in February.   Penalties will be added if [...]

Experts navigating through Collier County’s foreclosure crisis painted a picture Wednesday of a long road ahead with a few signs of relief.
“We’re looking at record foreclosures,” said Jeffrey Ahren, one of the founders of Collier County Foreclosure Task Force. “I don’t know that the number is going to decrease any time soon. We’re maybe not [...]

New home construction is picking up in Southwest Florida while demand is down.
A report by Metrostudy, a national housing research firm, shows the pace of move-ins has slowed, while the inventory of homes is growing.
Finished vacant inventory rose from 703 units in the second quarter to 728 in the third quarter of this year in [...]

Pelican Landing / The Pointe
$255,000    3 bedrooms 2 full baths
Light, bright & airy end unit condo with great landscaped view from lanai offered turnkey furnished. Split bedroom floor plan offers privacy for guests. Large open kitchen with breakfast bar. Lots of windows in the family room and kitchen offering all day sunshine. Tiled lanai [...]

Home prices rose for the third straight month in August, data Tuesday showed, a key sign for a broad and sustained housing recovery.
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities climbed 1 percent from July to a seasonally adjusted reading of 144.5. While prices are down 11.4 percent from August a year [...]

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Wiggins Bay / Bermuda Cove
$238,000  3 bedroom 2 full baths
Beautiful turnkey furnished, 3 bedroom 2 bath condo only 5 minutes to the beach. Beautiful tropical colors, wood floor in great room, new carpet in bedrooms. Kitchen has 2 pantrys, tile floor on screened lanai with extra storage. Club membership to Tarpon Cove Yacht & Racquet [...]