Naples Real Estate Voice

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Real Estate Agent - Downing-Frye Realty
A blog for real estate specializing in the greater Naples area market.
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The Naples, Florida market remains firmly in the hands of the grasp of the ‘summer doldrums', with sales taking place, but mostly in the upper end ($3,000,000 +) of single family homes and condos. Continue
07/20/2007
If you have ever spent any time around the Southwest Florida area and have been to a hockey game at Germain Arena to watch the Florida Everblades, you know the name Reggie Berg. Reggie Berg hung up his skates today, announcing his retirement. As an off-ice official for the ECHL, the premier AA pr...
07/19/2007
How quickly the market can turn! Several years ago here in Naples, Florida, when the norm was over bidding on properties, (and even then you weren't assured of getting them,) to now when builders and homeowners alike are doing anything to get their properties sold. How many BMWs can they give awa...
07/18/2007
Thursday, the Planning Commission of Collier County will review and discuss the newly proposed ordinance that will effect future growth in Collier County, especially to the east of Collier Boulevard. The ordinance was in response to the DCA (Florida Department of Community Affairs) stating that, ...
07/17/2007
While viewing property in Pelican Bay the other afternoon, the clients expressed a wish to take the tram (originally coined by the Scots for coal truck) out to the beach. For those who don't know, Pelican Bay is a private self-contained community that stretches for two and a half miles along some...
07/16/2007
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of showing a wonderful home in Pelican Bay to clients who specifically flew in from Marblehead, Massachusetts, (and just for the day I might add,) to see it. It actually was the third time that I had been in it and with each time, there was something new to lear...
07/15/2007
Thank goodness for my Sprint AirCard! I'm not quite sure what I did prior purchasing it. It's kind of like what did I do prior to the availability of the ATM for cash to get me through the weenends. I'm sure that I cashed a check on Friday so that I had enough money to get me by, it's just that i...
07/14/2007
For as long as I have been in real estate, I find myself terribly confused by the market here in Naples, Florida and more so by where it might be headed. My heart tells me that we have bottomed out and that things will stay rather flat for a while longer before starting the climb upward again. Al...
07/13/2007
I consider myself extremely handy, when it comes to fixing things around the house, and since we own a rental income property, as well as our primary here in Naples, Florida, I guess that I had better be handy. There is always something that is need of repair between the homes, plus I have done a...
07/12/2007
There are an abundance of misconceptions about Home Inspections, the process and the reports that are created from them. I'm of the opinion that no matter what the property, condo or single family home, a home inspection is always a smart thing to do. Some people seem concerned as to whether it i...
07/11/2007
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V. K. Melhado

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A blog for real estate specializing in the greater Naples area market.