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Foreclosures filed in Lee County in April fell to the lowest number in almost three years as home prices started to stabilize and sales caught fire. There were 1,008 foreclosure lawsuits filed in Lee circuit court, the lowest since June 2007 when there were 968, according to statistics released M...
05/04/2010
Coldwell Banker is Generating More Buyers with the Buyer Bonus Event Take advantage of this exciting Coldwell Banker Buyer Bonus national sales event, running from May 1 through July 31, and offer your buyers an extra incentive. The Buyer Bonus event features: • National TV ads throughout May • O...
04/19/2010
Lee County existing home sales up in February, bucking national trend. Sales of existing single-family homes in Lee County rose from 1,115 in January to 1,261 in February, 2010. Sales were up 44 percent in February from the previous year while the median price fell 10 percent, the report states, ...
03/24/2010
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March 19, 2010 - Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the third straight week as the Federal Reserve prepares to end a program that has kept rates at or near record lows. The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage edged up to 4.96 percent this week from 4.95 percent a week...
03/19/2010
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Time is running our for the new tax credit, designed for first-time homebuyers and existing homeowners. The new program gives an incentive to existing homeowners who have owned their current homes at least five years, making them eligible for tax credits of up to $6,500 when they purchase a new h...
03/10/2010
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Despite a lagging economy and high unemployment rate Lee County is growing. The county could grow by more than 75,000 in the next five years according to a recent study by University of Florida. A study released Monday by the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research projec...
03/03/2010
Florida's existing home sales rose in January, marking 17 months that sales activity has increased in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®.Existing home sales increased 24 percent last month with a total of 10,465 homes sold statewide com...
02/27/2010
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The Cape Coral/Fort Myers area was recently recognized as being one of the top 10 most affordable housing markets in the world, according to an international survey. The survey originated from Demographia Inc., which ranked Cape Coral/Fort Myers seventh in the world. Lee County was behind some of...
02/09/2010
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It is a great time of opportunity for investors to buy into the real estate market in Cape Coral, Fl. If you are in a position to buy into foreclosures and can fix and repair and then resale them then this is the time to get involved with the real-estate scene. First time investors in the housing...
02/08/2010
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Crime in Cape Coral is down for the second consecutive year, according to statistics released Wednesday by the Cape Coral Police Department. The city experienced a 15.7 percent decrease in major crimes - murder, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor-vehicle theft ...
01/28/2010