There’s a reason Lee County is home to the second most-popular real estate market in the U.S. among foreign buyers, Realtor Brett Ellis said. “It may not have a Naples address, but foreign buyers are saying, ‘Do I want a Naples address, or to make money?’” said Ellis, a Realtor with RE/MAX Realty Group in [...]
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Estero golf course in bind
But the Chapter 9 filing was not accepted by Gov. Charlie Crist’s office, which means that Stoneybrook residents may face assessments to keep the public golf course from closing. The Community Development District — a governmental body — runs the course, which is separate from the gated Stoneybrook community. Chapter 9 allows for governmental bodies [...]
Residents say Miromar Lakes lives like a resort
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, [...]
Lee median home price drops to $89K, sales soar in September
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 [...]
Home resales rose more than 80 percent in August in the Fort Myers area
By LAURA LAYDEN Naples News Fort Myers area Realtors sold more homes in the first eight months of this year than they did in all of 2005. Members of the Realtor Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach Inc. sold 13.6 percent more homes from January to August than they did in the height of [...]
