We are often asked about where our clients can play a round of golf while they’re here visiting here in Southwest Florida. To that end, we are providing the following list of golf courses that are open to the public for play around our area. A few of them are located in some of our most [...]

The Sanibel Island real estate end of year 2009 market statistics for both home and condominium sales are listed below. Sanibel Island, known as the “Shelling Capital” of the world, is one of Southwest Florida’s true treasures. Only 12 miles long and 5 miles wide, Sanibel is a haven of natural beauty, very romantic, [...]

Foreclosure filings continue to impact the Southwest Florida real estate market in January and February in both Lee and Collier counties. For Lee County, there were 1,395 new filings in February, up from the 1,318 in January. In Collier County, there were 565 new filings in February, up from 457 in January. While both counties’ filing [...]

The new year has brought continued strength to the Southwest Florida real estate market. After a blow out year in terms of total sales for 2009, Jaunary’s numbers show no signs of a let up. Here’s a synopsis of the January sales numbers:   Bonita Springs Real Estate Sales Bonita Springs Real Estate Market Highlights: January sales totaled 99 and [...]

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finally announced two important clarifications regarding the documentation required for taxpayers seeking to claim the first-time and move-up homebuyer tax credits. Local guidelines, especially for closing statements have caused a lot of confusion for both claimants and their tax preparers. The IRS announcement said that while they still are requiring [...]

If you are looking for Luxury Florida real estate, there is no better place to look in North Naples other than Mediterra. Mediterra is reminiscent of the authenticity of the Tuscan countryside and is an exquisite upscale gated community still in the development stage. Centered around two Tom Fazio designed championship golf courses and the 25,000 [...]

In a recently released 2010 report compiled by PNC Financial Services and IHS Global Insight, the Naples real estate market ranks as the 15th most undervalued housing market in the country. That’s quite a change from just four years ago, when the city had the dubious rank as the No.1 most overvalued market among the [...]

The Southwest Florida real estate market sales statistics for 2009 are listed below. Southwest Florida experienced its biggest sales year ever, outpacing the total sales in the previous peak year of 2005 by 44%. It also led all other metro areas in Florida in terms of total sales. Obviously, price has been the number one determining [...]

Buyers and investors looking to purchase a property using FHA financing have some good news and bad news to consider. FHA commissioner David Stevens outlined the agency’s new policy guidelines last week. Included in his announcement were changes to “seller concession” ceilings and new FICO score related down payment requirements that went into effect immediately. [...]

The Barefoot Beach real estate end of year 2009 market statistics for both home and condominium sales are listed below. Barefoot Beach is tucked away just on the border of Bonita Springs and Naples and is one of the most gorgeous beach communities on all of the SW Florida Gulf Coast. It is popular for its [...]