There is an informative Web site that rates Florida's performanceon public safety, health and family, education, economy and taxes, transportation, and environment/conservation. Good news as well as not so good new is posted. This site, in my opinion, is a good reference site for Florida buyers
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11/30/2007
The day before Thanksgiving my brother, his wife and a friend flew down to Naples from Chicagoland to have Thanksgiving with us and enjoy a week in the sun. It was an absolute pleasure to have them but I can truly say that I am EXHAUSTED!I cooked a 20 pound bird with our Mother's stuffing recipe
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11/28/2007
Formally priced at $674,900.00, my listing at 1000 Lambiance Cir #102 dropped 75K in price to $599,900.00. Please take a moment to view my original blog entry of this lovely unit. Condo fees and room measurements can be found on this flyer.If you have been waiting for a 3 bedroom first floor co
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11/14/2007
This summer produced a pretty quiet real estate market. Since August 5th, there has only been eight pending low rise sales in Pelican Bay. We have only had 7 closed sales since that time.In doing the statistics this time, I decided to include all the unsold units because I wanted to see a large
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11/14/2007
Trick or Treat! I thought you all would be interested in reading about the purposed property tax amendment. The Naples Daily News has a good article on it you might want to read. This purposed amendment will have to be voted on January 29, 2008. Homesteaded residents will have the amount of
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10/31/2007
The Florida Association of Realtors just released the September 2007 Sales Report for existing condominiums and existing single family homes. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NAPLES BOARD OF REALTORS CHOOSES NOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS REPORT. It is not surprising that statewide, our number of Realtor sales
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10/24/2007
Yesterday the Naples Daily News had an article on Southwest Florida's housing slump. According to local economist, Henry Fishkind of Fishkind and Associates, Southwest Florida is at the bottom of its slump. I agree with him that the market will take a long while to come back. The huge amount o
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10/20/2007
The Naples Daily News had an interesting article on the 3rd quarter median sale prices of homes for this year compared to last year. There has been a drop in price of close to 4% from 2006 to 2007. This is not surprising given the amount of listings that are on the market currently.Naples had 7
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10/16/2007
Last Friday while driving to Southwest FL International Airport, I saw 3 empty car carriers headed North! Last Thursday I saw 2 empty car carriers on Pelican Bay Blvd. The season is beginning to start. Hopefully this season will be better for sales than last season!I had gone to New York for a
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10/09/2007
This listing is in the beautiful beach community of L'Ambiance in Pelican Bay Pelican Bay is a planned unit development that has beach access via several tram stations throughout the community. There are two beach facilities in Pelican Bay that supply its' residents with restaurants, beach chair
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10/04/2007
