Home prices are rising in the Fort Myers area. The overall median sales price for single-family homes sold with the help of a Realtor in December increased to $116,950, up 32 percent from $88,000 a year ago, according to the Realtor Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach Inc. The median is the price [...]
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Homes prices rise in SW Florida – Lee County
Home prices spiked up 17 percent in Lee County in September compared to a year earlier, even as the flood of distressed sales ebbed. The median price of an existing single-family home sold in Lee County in September jumped to $110,600, according to statistics released Thursday by Florida Realtors. There were 1,127 single-family homes sold [...]
Lee County chooses to keep tax rate at 30-year low
Lee County’s tax rate for next year has been set to remain at a 30-year low, but taxpayers likely will see a slight increase next year for library services. Commissioners approved the rate this week, electing to leave the countywide tax rate at 4.15 — the same as it has been since 2007-08 and at [...]
Lee County home resales down, prices up in June
Home resales in Lee County declined in June, but prices rose. There were 1,325 single-family home sales last month, down 12 percent from 1,501 in June 2010, according to a report by Florida Realtors, a statewide trade group. Meanwhile, the median price for sales made last month jumped 21 percent to $117,100, down from $96,600 [...]
Traditional sales making up more of Southwest Florida’s home sales, agency reports
In June, the percentage of “traditional” sales — those that are neither bank-owned or short sales — made up more than 52 percent of all transactions involving members of the Realtor Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach Inc. The higher selling prices for traditional homes are helping to boost the area’s overall median [...]
