Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2½ years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of what they thought was an expiring tax credit.
Sales nationwide rose nearly 36 percent from their bottom in January, data Monday showed, though they are still 16 percent [...]

The federal agency overseeing the investigation into Chinese drywall has approved a screening test for homes with potentially tainted drywall, says U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.
Shortly after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released a report Monday detailing its investigation, the Florida Democrat said that he had spoken with the agency’s chair, Inez Tenenbaum.
Some Southwest Florida [...]

A private buyer has paid $3.2 million in cash for 72 Naples condominium units that had once been apartments, which some real estate agents believe is a bottoming out of prices in a slow market.
The 72 units in The Reserve at Naples, a 300-unit development near Pine Ridge Road and Interstate 75, went for about [...]

Your real estate agent isn’t returning your calls, your bank wants your income tax returns for the last 15 years, and you’re getting some weird vibes from the people who live next door to the house you’re trying to buy.
These home-buying potholes won’t prevent you from taking advantage of the $8,000 first-time homebuyer’s credit, so [...]

Home resales rose more than 60 percent in October in Lee County.
Members of the Realtor Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach Inc. closed 63.6 percent more single-family homes last month than they did in October 2008. Nearly 70 percent of those transactions involved foreclosures or short sales – sales made for less than [...]

Leaves may be falling, but home resales are rising.
In what has traditionally been a slow time for sales, local Realtors say they are writing more contracts and showings are up.
“We are seeing year-round residents purchasing, perhaps those who have not been able to purchase a home before, and we are also seeing seasonal buyers starting [...]

Bonita Bay’s top executive said the company will re-evaluate a decision to offer public access at Bonita Bay Club — its private, flagship community.
The developer’s decision last week to create a preview program where prospective members can enjoy full club access without making an equity purchase for the cost of dues only, met with heavy [...]

Bonita Bay Club isn’t so private or exclusive anymore.
A new preview program allows new members to join the club without paying any initiation fees. They don’t have to live behind the gates of Bonita Bay, one of the most well-known golf communities in Southwest Florida.
“Now it’s open to anyone for nothing,” said Bonita Bay resident [...]

Naples News
A deal for members to buy the Shadow Wood and Commons clubs is in the hole.
Or so it appears.
After calling off an agreement to buy their golf and social clubs in The Brooks in early September from their developer, members have negotiated a new deal that could lead them to victory.
On Monday, Bonita Bay [...]

Xcellimark recently launched the latest in real estate website technology with its website for Southwest Florida REALTORS®:www.SouthwestFloridaWaterfrontProperties.com
(PRWEB) November 3, 2009 — Xcellimark, an award-winning web design and Internet marketing firm headquartered in Orlando Florida, presents the latest in real estate website technology with its recently launched website for Melinda and Paul Sullivan, Southwest Florida REALTORS®: www.SouthwestFloridaWaterfrontProperties.com. The website provides visitors [...]