chrisgriffith on February 5th, 2010

Bonita Springs Naples Estero Ft Myers Real Estate
Just like the past few months, the largest sector of real estate that is selling is priced under $400,000.   The real estate priced under $200,000 is absolutely on fire.  This data was collected from the Sunshine MLS and includes all closed sale properties in the MLS from [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 19th, 2010

The Internet: How to Sell Real Estate in 2010
If you’re currently selling or about to sell your real estate you need to know how buyers shop for real estate in Southwest Florida. There’s been an evolution towards buyer empowerment by way of the internet. It’s nothing new, of course, but if you or you’re [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 12th, 2010

Home Improvement Real Estate #Fail
There’s no better way to find the inspiration to get that home improvement project done than to crack open a brew and start fixin’ things. It’s even more fun when there’s absolutely no plan and some discontinued tile scooped at a garage sale within arms reach.
In my daily travels I have [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 5th, 2010

Historical Real Estate Sales December 2003-2009
You won’t know where you’re going if you don’t look back at where you’ve been.  The Southwest Florida real estate market has been to the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.  If you’ve wondered where we were and if the recovery has begun, well this is the [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 4th, 2010

Real Estate Sales and Price Point Guide
This real estate sales graph is probably looking a little redundant.  The $400,000 and under price point has been on fire for months.  Real estate inventory is moving quickly, especially if the property is priced well and in good condition.
We’re still having real estate buyers come to town [...]

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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 2nd, 2009

Nearly Duplicate Real Estate Sales Figures
The real estate sales figures for the month of October 2009 are nearly the spitting image of September 2009 real estate sales.   Nearly eighty percent of the real estate that sold in Sunshine MLS last month was priced $400,000 and under.   That’s quite a remarkable figure for Southwest Florida.
While [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 27th, 2009

Tourist Season in Southwest Florida
The northerner’s know it’s fall when the leaves change and begin falling to the ground.  People in Southwest Florida know it’s fall when we see car haulers everywhere.
In front of every gated community, in every shopping plaza there are car haulers parked, offloading the cars of our northern residents who [...]

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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 deemed accurate, [...]

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chrisgriffith on September 5th, 2009

Southwest Florida market report featuring sales volume for the months of July 2004-2009.

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chrisgriffith on September 5th, 2009

What price pointof real estate is selling in Southwest Florida, Bonita Springs, Estero.

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chrisgriffith on May 27th, 2009

Selling a Home Off Season
Back in the day they use to roll up the sidewalks and board the windows of a lot of the Southwest Florida businesses precisely seventy two hours after Easter Sunday. US 41 use to be a two lane road and by two lane I mean one lane going north and [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 13th, 2009

Kids overhear financial distress and housing issues. They’re filled with anxiety and they’re scared. Did you know?

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chrisgriffith on May 13th, 2009

A video report from the local news regarding home sales in southwest Florida.

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chrisgriffith on April 1st, 2009

Opportunistic Business vs. Consumer
Predatory businesses are successful enterprises because they’re able to take advantage of confusing situations, lack of educational resources and the desperation of consumers. Like any other new wave of change the housing and foreclosure crisis has spurred many new enterprises. Granted there are many successful housing industry businesses that run on the [...]

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