A cheese shop once called the building home.
So did a movie theater, a library and some even say it’s the original home of Naples City Hall.
Now the historic building, 1148 Third St. S., sits empty, filled with dust, dirt and memories of years gone by.
That could change soon, as contractors begin work on renovating the [...]

Home resales rose in September to the highest level in more than two years, beating expectations, as buyers scrambled to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires.
The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales rose 9.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million in September, from a [...]

By LAURA LAYDEN  Naples News
NAPLES — Local Realtors are questioning a national report that predicts home prices will drop nearly 27 percent in the Naples-Marco Island market by June.
A forecast by Fiserv, a financial information firm, shows home values dropping in 342 out of 381 markets around the country, according to a story posted on CNNMoney.com.
The story [...]

The median price of a single-family-home resale in September in Lee County was $89,700 in Lee County — 37 percent off $141,400 a year earlier, according to statistics released today by the Florida Association of Realtors.  Meanwhile, the number of homes sold increased 77 percent in the same period from 746 to 1,321.
In Charlotte County, [...]