Marco Realty Buzz - Marco Island & Naples Real Estate

Marco Island's January 2014 was a return to prosperity after a slow December. Overall closed sales were up by 42% over last January, with lots registering a whooping 300% increase over last year. Homes and condo also performed well. Pending sales for homes, condos and lots all showed double digi...

I've been talking for a while about lack of inventory. Now, for the first time since December of 2004, inventory is below 1000 for both Marco Island(homes,condos & lots) and Naples(homes & condos). This is significant since the laws of supply and demand will most certainly be kicking in some time...

The real estate market in the Naples and Marco Island areas is primed for a transition. For the first time in 4 years, the Q3 pending and sold volumes on Marco Island were above the average line while Naples volumes were at or just below the average line. Couple this with the lowest inventory lev...

Buying a foreclosure, aka REO, property seems like a great deal. However, there may be unexpected charges that make your purchase more of a headache than a deal. This series deals with the roadbumps that you may experience during and after purchasing a foreclosed property. Code violations can tra...

The Marco Island real estate market has continued to show improvement through the third quarter of  2011.  Overall sales volumes have  increased for the third consecutive quarter.  Marco Island  total sales volumes registered over 50% over Q3 of 2010. Inventory has shrunk by over 14% as compared ...

The Marco Island Real Estate market continues to show consistent improvement in September 2011. New Listings were 25% lower than last September and overall inventory was down 14.5%. Overall Closed transactions were up almost 33%. While the month to month average and median prices were positive, a...

Marco Island real estate continues to outperform the previous year's volumes and chip away at the current inventory. Speaking of inventory, the overall inventory was down nearly 15% from last year. To make matters more appealing, the overall pending sales are impressive with over a 91% increase o...

It appears that the foreign investors are back! Considering the discount prices on us real estate and the weak dollar, foreigners from Canada to China are snatching up values for cash all over the US.  In a National Association of Realtors report released in July, 28 percent of Realtors reported...

I've watched a lot of trends and analyzed the Marco Island real estate statistics until I see double. There is just no denying that there is something positive happening in the Marco Island and Naples area. Case in point, web traffic and qualified leads have increase considerably over the last ye...

If Marco Island is an indicator for Southwest Florida and Southwest Florida is an indicator for the rest of Florida then it looks like we are starting to turn the ship back in the right direction. I've posted some interesting figures on Pending Sales Remain Strong at MarcoRealtyBuzz.com that indi...