The real estate market in Southwest Florida is on fire and that includes Marco Island. The buying trend started in April 2012 which was the strongest month for sales since February 2005. And sales have not stopped this summer. Traditionally summer months are quiet for real estate in the Southwest Florida area. But, not so [...]
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Marco Island’s residential market still holding steady
Statistics for Marco Island-only properties from the Multiple Listing Service continue to show high sales activity. Pending listings, all property types, are up in the quarter-to-quarter comparison (April-June 2010 to April-June 2011) by 30.65 percent and up in the year-to-year comparison (June 2010 to June 2011) by 25.81 percent. Total all property types closed (Marco [...]
April figures show Marco home market growing at healthy pace
Statistics for Marco Island-only properties from the Marco Island Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service continue to show high sales activity. Pending listings, all property types, are up in the year-to-year comparison (April 2010 to April 2011) by 22.03 percent and up in the month-to-month comparison (March 2011 to April 2011) by 7.46 percent. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
