Archive for October 29, 2009

Collier foreclosures still a concern, some say

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 [...]

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New home starts are up, but demand is down in Naples-Fort Myers

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 [...]

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