Pelican Bay Florida Listings

    “Curb appeal” is an instantly understandable byword: one every home seller hears. You can see for yourself how area property listings that feature sparkling exterior shots with superior ‘curb appeal’ instantly draw your attention — and often, higher offers. Hearing the phrase makes you pictur...

    When real estate occupies most of your day (as it certainly does mine), you find yourself receiving no end of information. Some summarize points of view that are available elsewhere; some provide original information that isn’t particularly relevant to our local market. One piece that gets mo...

  Your mortgage: you only think about it once a month (if you’re on autopay, maybe not even that often). Why worry about it? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right?  Wrong! Like all aspects of your big-picture financial planning, keeping an eye on that mortgage can be an extra wealth-building mov...

  “Longevity planning” is not something most youthful or middle-aged Pelican Bay, residents spend a lot of time thinking about. “Getting old?” Who wants to dwell on that? Joseph Coughlin, the director of the AgeLab at MIT, pushes for changing that attitude when it comes to home sale decisions. He...

  Some of the area’s wealthiest buyers may be getting a mortgage without putting a single dollar down. And we aren’t talking about single-bedroom fixer-uppers, either! It's called 100% financing, and, at first blush, it looks suspiciously like a version of the strategy that sent the economy reeli...

  To the extent that Naples rentals reflect wider real estate movement, there is good news and bad news for Pelican Bay tenants. It all depends on how they view it (and how they chart their personal housing strategy). The bad news was not unexpected: for the third straight year, rents were up acr...

    “Mansion” is the Wall Street Journal’s entry into the high-end real estate magazine world. Well, not quite a magazine -- it’s an extra section they run on Fridays. It’s a nice diversion for those who want to read about really rich people selling their properties. More than that, it could actu...

    Yes, foreclosure rates across the country continue to drop, yet Naples bargain-hunters can take heart: there still remain a goodly number of bank owned properties in our area. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, distressed homes accounted for 24% of national December sales; a ...

      With the Fed having announced its intention to hold interest rates near 0% until at least mid-2015, even very cautious investors are recognizing that this provides a rare opening. If ever there were a time to start a real estate portfolio, it’s hard to imagine a better one. For many, the fi...

   “What doesn’t bankrupt us makes us stronger,” writes Josh Garskof, a serial remodeler and contributing writer and/or editor for Money magazine, “This Old House,” and Martha Stewart Living.  Pelican Bay property owners who have attempted a remodel anytime recently are likely to find the humor –...