Trying to decide when to put your home on the market can be tricky, because there are pros and cons associated with every season. For this article, we wanted to highlight some of the benefits associated with selling your home in the last quarter of the year. House hunters will want to be settled before […]
Things to Consider When Hiring a Real Estate Agent
If you’ve decided to buy or sell a home in Southwest Florida, you’ll need to hire an experienced real estate agent to help ensure things go smoothly. And much like when you need to hire a roofer, contractor or pool installation company, you’ll want to interview a few before you decide which agent will work […]
Home Design Trends That Put Off Buyers
If you’re thinking about putting your house on the market this September, you’re making a good decision as now is great time to list! However, you may be wondering if there are things you can do that will make it more attractive to buyers. Most real estate agents recommend projects like adding potted plants to […]
‘Canadian Snowbirds Act’
WASHINGTON – Florida’s U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott think Canadians should be allowed to stay in the United States longer than the current mandatory six months, so they introduced the Canadian Snowbirds Act (S. 2507) in Congress. The legislation would allow some Canadian citizens to spend up to eight months per year vacationing […]
Market Update September 2019
Happy September! Now that Labor Day Weekend is finally behind us, you can finally sit back, relax and focus on other things. If you’re thinking about putting your home on the market, you may also be wondering if now is a good time is to sell. For this month, we wanted to talk about absorption […]
Florida estimated to grow to 22 million residents by 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. – State demographers estimate Florida’s population will surpass 22 million residents as soon as 2022. Forecasts released earlier this month by the Demographic Estimating Conference estimate that Florida will grow an average of 330,000 people a year over the next five years. With 21.3 million people, Florida is the nation’s third most populous state, […]
Lee County Commissioners approve more lime rock mining in Fort Myers
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The lime rock community in Fort Myers will be growing. Lee County Board of Commissioners recently approved Troyer Brothers Farms, a potato farm, to mine 907-acres for lime rock making it the fifth mining spot in the area. “That area of the county has some of the high-quality lime-rock that is […]
August 2019 Market Update
Happy August everyone! It’s hard to believe that Labor Day Weekend (and dare we say it, the holiday gift-giving season) is just around the corner. Yet despite the fact that the holidays are still several months out, that hasn’t stopped the Federal Reserve from delivering an early gift. On Wednesday, July 31, the Fed announced […]
Here’s some good news if you’re buying a home: cash is no longer king
Just a few years ago, more than a third of home buyers didn’t blink at throwing down cold hard cash to make their purchases. But the share of all-cash home buyers has trended down since 2014 and the decline has accelerated in recent months. In June, just 16% of home buyers paid in cash, down […]
July 2019 Market Update
It’s hard to believe that we’re already into the seventh month of the year! Yet now that the chaos of Memorial Day and July 4th are behind us, you may be wondering if it’s the right time to put your home on the market. If you are giving this some thought, you also probably have […]
