The Bonita Springs-Estero Association of Realtors, BEAR, congratulates Melinda & Paul Sullivan for their selection to the 2011 Golden BEAR Society. Melinda and Paul have met the qualification of closing a minim of five million dollars in sales volume or closed over fifty unit sales. In 2011 sixty two BEAR members made the qualification, which [...]

Naples FL Real Estate – Home inventory down, pending sales up
The Naples real estate market is strong as the overall inventory of homes continues to decrease and pending single-family home sales increase, according to a report released Friday by the Naples Area Board of Realtors. The third quarter report tracking home listings and sales shows inventory dropped 20 percent in the third quarter of this [...]
September Naples, Bonita Springs Real Estate Market Report
Overall Market Report A Monthly Real Time Analysis of the Naples & Bonita Springs Real Estate Market DOWNING-FRYE REALTY, INC. AUGUST 2011 PENDING SALES OF $1,000,000+ ALMOST DOUBLED COMPARED TO AUGUST 2010 “The Naples inventory in March of 2007 was 12,440 properties,” said Mike Hughes, Vice-President. “It is now down to 7,010 properties. That is [...]
August Market Report Naples, Bonita Springs and Estero Real Estate
Overall Market Report A Monthly Real Time Analysis of the Naples & Bonita Springs Real Estate Market 2011 Sales Activity surpassing 2010 “June was a very good month for Downing-Frye Realty,” said Mike Hughes, Vice-President. “Our pending sales were up 15 percent over last June. We had 241 pending sales in June 2011 compared to [...]
Lighting a fire? Local Realtors hope credit downgrade could start buying frenzy
Local Realtors are hoping for a buying frenzy in light of the recent U.S. credit rating cut by Standard & Poor’s. But right now it’s just hope. Although it’s too early to tell what the effect would be locally, Brenda Fioretti, Naples Area Board of Realtors president and managing broker of Prudential Florida Realty in [...]

