real estate market: Home Prices Begin Rebounds in Florida, Lee County
- 07/24/11 03:04 AM
Article from Fort Myers News Press: Another big jump in home prices could mean Lee County’s real estate market is no longer just skipping along the bottom. The median price of an existing house in Lee County jumped to $117,100 in June, up 21 percent from $96,600 for the same month a year ago, according to figures released Wednesday by Florida Realtors. Condo prices also rose — up 13 percent to $149,100 in June from $131,400 a year ago. Denny Grimes, a Realtor with Denny Grimes and Co., said although there’s little variation in median sales price month by month, in … (0 comments)
real estate market: Open Letter to all Home Buyers and Sellers in Lee County, Florida
- 10/25/10 10:01 AM
This past weekend BEAR ran a full page ad in the News Press Home finder Real estate Section of the News Press News paper. This reached several thousand Realtors® And 40,000 home owners. The Bonita Springs Estero Association of Realtors has a Proposal on the table to unify all the MLS Systems in Lee County. If you are a REALTOR or home seller and you want more Buyers to see your property in 2011, call your local REALTOR or Board of Realtors to support a unified MLS System in Lee County. Thank you! … (0 comments)
real estate market: Costa Rican RE on upswing?
- 09/10/10 10:00 AM
The consensus among realtors in Costa Rica is that the national real estate market is beginning to show signs of improvement. Small, encouraging, but don't-pop-the-corks-yet signs of improvement. The property market is by no means back to where it was in the boom years of 2006 or 2007, but after demand plummeted during last year's recession, the nation's realtors report that buyers are beginning to express interest, or at least to seriously browse, again. "It's no secret that 2009 was completely horrible for just about everyone, both buyers and sellers," said Charles Wanger of Bienes Raíces Talamanca - Caribbean Real Estate, … (0 comments)
real estate market: A great time to buy in SW Florida, Thousands of properties below $50,000
- 09/05/10 06:39 AM
The collapse in home prices during the past five years has left plenty of bargains for the taking, but many of the properties are shoe-box tiny, need new roofs or have some other major flaw that doesn't make financial sense for buyers on a budget. Typically, investors will buy the homes, renovate them and then resell the properties for a profit within a few weeks or months. Many of the properties on the market today are owned by lenders and "underwater" owners trying to complete short sales, in which they sell for less than the mortgage amount. While most of these … (1 comments)
real estate market: THe Best and Worst Markets for Conservative Real Estate Investors
- 08/22/10 03:57 PM
If you're hoping to pick up a housing bargain, a new report that ranks the best and worst markets for conservative residential real estate investors might interest you. Durham, N.C., Indianapolis and Huntsville, Ala., are some of the best locales currently, according to the first Investor Suitability Report by Local Market Monitor, a Cary, N.C., firm that analyzes real-estate trends for lenders, builders and investors. Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla., are some of the riskiest.The study, which The Wall Street Journal reports on, uses economic data through July 31 for 315 U.S. markets and focuses on single-family homes. Regions that rank … (0 comments)
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