Archive for the ‘Marco Island News’ Category

Neighborhood blight: Agencies in Collier, Lee grapple with decline from high foreclosure rates

MARCO ISLAND — A rat-infested Marco Island home with screens flapping in the wind and a sinking seawall is what Charlie Vollmer sees as he looks next door at a foreclosure property.
Vollmer, acting as an unpaid property manager for a neighbor, removes debris and works to protect his own yard from sinking further into the [...]

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March Sales Report: Marco Island Florida

What’s been selling in Marco Island Florida?  See our March Sales Report that includes all sold properties, average days on market, average sale price and more.  Also see year to date sales,  sales trends and more…MARCO ISLAND FLORIDA SALES REPORT

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Marco man offers free house, kitchen sink and all

By LAURA LAYDEN Naples News
MARCO ISLAND — A Marco Island businessman is giving new meaning to the word freebie.
For three days, he ran this advertisement in the Naples Daily News under free merchandise: “Free empty house on Marco. You remove from lot.”
He’s gotten dozens of calls, but no takers yet. While the home is free, it [...]

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Leading by example – foreclosure buyers motivate neighbors

By QUENTIN ROUX Naples News
Leading by example, a family new to Marco has revitalized their neighborhood by sprucing up a near-derelict foreclosure home they bought in 2008.
And, the Martinez family — of 960 Beaver Court — hopes their efforts will spread across the length and breadth of the island.
“If the banks that own foreclosures could be [...]

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Marco’s 26 percent tax rate increase not as bad as it seems, officials say

A draft Marco Island city budget for 2010 calls for an estimated 26 percent increase in the tax rate, but with declining home values, the bottom line might not be that bad for property owners.
The tax rate proposed by City Manager Steve Thompson in the preliminary budget is $1.75 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
The [...]

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Realtors upbeat about Marco housing rebound

The Marco Island Area Association of Realtors wants homebuyers to know the island’s real estate industry is improving.
The association’s president and executive director visited Noontime Rotary of Marco Island on July 9 and spoke about recently released home value numbers.
Neal hopes to change people’s perceptions about the island.
“We are finally getting close to the bottom [...]

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Marco market update: where is the market moving

When buyers and sellers are looking at the real estate market, they often focus on national reports of the overall market neglecting the fact that each market is unique. Even within local markets, we see different properties moving at a different pace than other areas of the market.
Figure 1a – Marco – Four Year Sales [...]

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Real talk on the Marco Island market

Are you looking to buy a new home? Are you thinking that now’s a great time to find bargains?
A qualified real estate professional will be able to show you the best values in homes whether they are distressed or not, help negotiate the purchase when you find the property you want to buy, and smooth [...]

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