January 2023 Market Update By: D. Michael Burke & Hunter D. Habib Happy New Year! We hope you had a safe and enjoyable holiday season with your friends and loved ones. Now that the year-end festivities have concluded, some of you may be wondering if now is a good time to put your home […]
December 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
December 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke It’s been a little more than 2 months since Hurricane Ian made downfall in Southwest Florida, and statistical data indicates the real estate market has made a swift recovery. For example, we’re currently back up to 7,202 active listings in the MLS, which is on par […]
November 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
November 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke It’s been a little over a month since Hurricane Ian first made landfall in Southwest Florida, but the effects of the storm are still reverberating throughout the market. For example, back in September, the number of active listings on the MLS topped 7,500, but today, that number […]
How to File a Home Insurance Claim and Handle the Claim Process After a Storm
If you’re a homeowner in Florida, the likelihood of dealing with a severe storm is always a possibility. Recently, Cape Coral, FL was one of the heavily impacted areas due to a storm. Kirsten Welborn, a homeowner and an insurance agent at Lane Insurance, was in one of the evacuation zones and had to move […]
October 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
October 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke It’s been less than 2 weeks since Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida, and while the destruction and devastation of this storm is still widespread, efforts to rebuild have already begun. We also want you to know that we’re committed to helping the community get through […]
September 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
September 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke The summer may be winding down, but the Southwest Florida real estate market is still holding strong. If you’re thinking about selling your home in advance of snowbird season and you’re wondering if you can still garner an attractive sales price, we have some good news […]
August 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
August 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke Greetings and salutations! For this month, we wanted to talk about something new that we’re seeing in the market: it appears as if we’ve surpassed the peak of the market bell curve. For example, data from June shows that in Collier County, the average sale prices […]
July 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
July 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke Happy post 4th of July everyone. And while it’s still a bit hard to believe we’re now a week into the 7th month of the year, we did want to note that if you’ve been thinking about selling your home in 2022, you still have a […]
June 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
June 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke Greetings and welcome to June. Last month, we reported that for-sale home inventory in Lee and Collier counties had risen up month-over-month, and while inventory levels in both counties is still ticking upward, it’s still below 2-months. (A balanced market works out to roughly 6-months’ worth […]
May 2022 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
May 2022 Market Update By D. Michael Burke In early April, we pointed out that active for-sale inventory in both Lee and Collier counties was down substantially year-over-year. At that point, we reported that February single-family home inventory in Collier and Lee counties was down by 27% and 23%, respectively, from the same reporting period […]
