chrisgriffith on January 8th, 2013

Bonita Springs Real Estate and Estero Home Sales If you do not see the video above click here:   http://youtu.be/Z6AIRWUJdXo Things are looking up for Bonita Springs real estate!  The lowest foreclosure and short sales closed in a looong time.  Take a look at the real estate video above that shows historical Bonita Springs real estate [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 11th, 2012

Real Estate Market Report for Bonita Springs & Estero Bonita Springs Real Estate Market Report:  What price range of Bonita Springs and Estero Florida real estate sold in July 2012?  About seventy-eight percent of all real estate sales were priced under $400,000.  Why is this important to know?  If you’re selling your Bonita Springs real estate [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 14th, 2012

Bonita Springs Real Estate Inventory Single Family-Villa         11.9    Months Low Rise Condo           10.06  Months Mid Rise Condo            13       Months High Rise Condo           20.8    Months Attached Villas               9.7     Months Manufactured Homes    14.15  Months How much real estate is on the market?  Is Bonita Springs real estate as bad as they say Florida real estate is?  These [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 5th, 2012

Bonita Springs Home Inventory – What’s on the Market? Single Family & Villa Homes – 12.1 Months Attached Villa Homes – 8.2 Months Low Rise Condominiums – 11.2 Months Mid Rise Condominiums – 10.2 Months High Rise Condominiums – 21.7 Months Manufactured Homes – 14.4 Months Statistics were gathered from the Sunshine MLS on March [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 29th, 2012

Bonita Springs Real Estate Values … Up, Up and Away When buyers of real estate began cautiously moving back into the southwest Florida real estate market when there was plentiful inventory at rock bottom prices there were skeptics questioning whether it was the right time to buy. Certainly, the communities which were experiencing excess inventory, [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 24th, 2012

Editorial Special to Southwest Florida Living Magazine It was about twenty-six years ago that I moved to Southwest Florida. It was probably the first week in the area that I found myself water skiing up and down the Imperial River. Yes, at that time no-wake zones were unheard of. If you were here in the [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 22nd, 2012

Bonita Springs Real Estate Inventory and Absorption Most of the time I fire up my email at dark o’clock and get to work over coffee. Besides the usually emails related to ongoing transactions, every few days I get an email from a client, either past or present, who has found an article in one publication [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 19th, 2011

Inventory Bonita Springs and Naples Real Estate Market Typically, I get an email or a phone call from potential buyers who are beginning the search for a home in Southwest Florida. They’ve been “educated” by whatever news sources they watched or read about the Florida real estate market. Most of the time it’s pretty far [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 10th, 2011

Real Estate is Selling Off – Deal With It So here we are half way through a sweltering southwest Florida summer. Worlds away are our seasonal residents who have all but forgotten us and cubical dwelling number crunchers who will soon be speculating about Florida real estate. Right about the time the first of the [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 15th, 2011

The Classic Look Back at Real Estate Inventory How do you really know if now is a great time to buy? That’s a question I was asked a few days ago by someone who is looking at the real estate market in our area. They’ve been following the prices but also worried by negative, conflicting [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 23rd, 2011

Local Real Estate Statistics Trump Census #Duh At dark o’clock this morning I sat down at the computer with a cup of coffee and the first email I read began, “If my brother is trying to scare me, it worked. What do you have to say to counter this article?” The referencing article was a [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 22nd, 2011

Why So Many Homes For Sale? Today I was asked, “Why are there so many homes for sale in Hunters Ridge Bonita Springs ?”  Here’s the scoop … simply looking at the number of homes or units of real estate for sale online isn’t a true statistic.  First, does it make any difference if there are [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 6th, 2010

Real Estate Sales By Price Range Real estate priced $200,000 and under continues to lead the sales.  There has been a slight increase in the $200-800,000 real estate sales.  Ten years of historical real estate sales, plus condition of the real estate sales report are available here: Real Estate Sales History November 2001-2010 and here: [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 6th, 2010

Ten years of November real estate sales compared.

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chrisgriffith on November 7th, 2010

Real estate sales points that sell the most in Southwest Florida

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chrisgriffith on October 4th, 2010

A decade of real estate sales reports for the month of September 2001 to 2010.

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chrisgriffith on September 6th, 2010

What price range of real estate sold in August 2010?

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chrisgriffith on September 6th, 2010

Ten years of August real estate sales compared.

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chrisgriffith on September 6th, 2010

What percentage of real estate sales in Sunshine MLS are short sale, foreclosure or equity owned?

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Tips for sellers of real estate to freshen their market reports to get their home sold. Absorption rate calculator and recent closed sale comparables.

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chrisgriffith on August 5th, 2010

Historical real estate sales for the past decate in Southwest Florida.

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chrisgriffith on August 5th, 2010

What price range of real estate sold during July 2010?

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chrisgriffith on July 14th, 2010

Someone Has To Buy Those Homes How does one eat an elephant? The answer is one bite at a time. There were so many distressed properties on the market at one time that is was almost insurmountable to believe that it could ever be behind us. In a market full of short sales and foreclosures [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 23rd, 2010

Recovery in Bella Terra and Village Walk of Bonita Springs real estate markets.

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chrisgriffith on June 6th, 2010

What is the standing inventory of existing real estate for sale in SW Florida?

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chrisgriffith on June 5th, 2010

Comparing real estate sales during the month of May 2001-2010.

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chrisgriffith on May 11th, 2010

Real Estate Sales and Inventory Report So here we are in the first week of May.  The most important thing to report about Bonita Beach and Barefoot Beach is that the water is warm again.  I made a trip down last Sunday afternoon and it was down right delightful.  The real estate report isn’t that [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 3rd, 2010

Is Southwest Florida Real Estate Selling? The real estate market in Southwest Florida has been quite a roller coaster.  As a homeowner or potential buyer you would have to know that the inventory wouldn’t last.  It would eventually start selling off and the real estate market would stabilize. I guess people will have to start complaining [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 2nd, 2009

What Price of Real Estate is Selling? This year November brought not only our returning snow birds but a truck load of home buyers trying to make it under the wire for the first time home buyer tax credit deadline. Buyers and their agents were working feverishly to get their transactions closed by the end [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 4th, 2009

Doom & Gloom or Puppies & Daisies? Last week CNNMoney.com reported that area housing would drop another 26 percent. It got a lot of attention and started some chatter. The biggest question people have when they see reports are if they’re true or not. Seriously, is it possible that housing values can drop further and [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 9th, 2009

Still Doubt That Real Estate is Moving? If you’ve been curious about what Estero and Bonita Springs real estate is really selling and if what you hear on the news is hype or the truth here’s the truth.  This is the last three years sales inventory that shows the increased sales of real estate.  It’s [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 6th, 2009

81% of Sales – Real Estate Under 400K If your real estate agent told you that entry level priced properties were moving fast, they weren’t kidding.  Those first time home buyers have been scooping up their pieces of Southwest Florida real estate to get the first time home buyers tax credit.   All information is [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 6th, 2009

I Swear It’s The Last Real Estate Market Report … This Week Care to know how many units of real estate were sold during the month of July?  Well it’s below and I even go back three years so you can see the improvement, or weakening of the market.  For the most part it’s all [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 25th, 2009

The May 2009 Bonita Springs real estate sales report showing current sales, pending, active and contingent sales.

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chrisgriffith on June 17th, 2009

Motivation: Selling Is The Ultimate Goal One of the most common questions you’ll hear while a real estate discussion is going on is; how motivated is the seller? Given the climate of the current real estate market it would seem that most sellers would be motivated. In reality, the ad running for their property may [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 13th, 2009

Bonita Springs real estate pie graph of sold homes by price range.

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chrisgriffith on February 24th, 2009

Gulf Front | Beach Front Real Estate The communities of Barefoot Beach and Bonita Beach in Bonita Springs, Florida are home to the most prestigious real estate in Bonita Springs, Florida. Due to the proximity to the Gulf of Mexico most homes and condominiums are steps to Barefoot Beach, Bonita Beach and some homes and [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 23rd, 2008

Click the video for your complimentary background music while you read. (if you don’t see the video above click here) November Real Estate Was Kind of “Meh” Here you go. The November 2008 absorption rates and sales numbers for the Bonita Springs and Estero Florida real estate market are ready. At least I got to [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 30th, 2008

Bonita Springs & Estero Real Estate Numbers (psst. if you don’t see the Love Shack video up above click here) Here you go, your bona fide, 100% authentic Bonita Springs real estate market report with a side of Estero real estate market report. I’m only about two weeks late. Better late than never, right? So [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 20th, 2008

Real Estate Has No Short Term Fixes Some people who decide to sell their Bonita Springs home find out the value that they had in mind isn’t really the reality of their current situation. Well, I guess a fair number of them find that out, not just some of them. There is a photo snapshot [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 19th, 2008

Fire up the video below so you’ll have some back ground music.  If you don’t see the video box below the link to the tune is here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbOEZ8c8dM Welcome home to Bonita Springs, snowbirds. We’ve noticed that you’ve returned. My own parents will be back in two weeks. Brace yourself, Waffle House, Pappy is gonna [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 16th, 2008

For those of you who are seasonal residents thinking of coming back home to Bonita Springs, Florida here’s the latest and greatest market report for the humid, rainy month of August. Be glad you missed it.  The good news is that those lakes that were low or empty are filled up again courtesy of Fay [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 30th, 2008

Before we get started on this long overdue market report, feel free to take the option to click play and enjoy a little background Simon.  If you don’t see the video below click here: Here’s the July Bonita Springs real estate report, better late than never! I’ve been a tad on the busy side and [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 2nd, 2008

Psst, Bonita Springs Real Estate is Looking Up For the first time in a good long while I’m actually looking forward to preparing the June Estero and Bonita Springs real estate market report. Usually, I wait until about a 14 days into the month before I do the report. It gives the agents enough time [...]

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