$400,000 │ 2603 SF │ 3-Bedrooms & Den, 3 Baths, 2-Car Garage
Experience unmatched value with this immaculate three bedroom plus den, three full bath 2nd floor coach home, offered furnished. Complete with countless upgrades featuring private in-residence elevator, electric storm shutters on the lanai, beautiful kitchen with stainless steel appliances, custom backsplash and custom expanded cabinetry. Enjoy all that the Bonita Bay community offers with access to a private marina, beach facilities, biking and walking paths, multiple parks and the unmatched member-owned Bonita Bay Club featuri...
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U.S. Construction Spending Surges
WSJ.com - U.S. Construction Spending Surges. │ September 1, 2015
With 300,000 new residents expected in 2016, Florida is Florida again, and the real estate market is roaring back. Or is it?
Yes and no, the three News-Press Market Watch experts say in this analysis of the third quarter of 2015. It’s a market unlike any they’ve seen, where you can be right or wrong, and some of the most spectacular wins seem to come from left field.
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The Trick is Getting $100,000 or More Over the Asking Price.
The Wall Street Journal - Selling is the Easy Part. The Trick is Getting $100,000 or More Over the Asking Price. │ August 27, 2015
In the San Francisco Bay Area’s hot real-estate market, the question for many sellers isn’t whether they’ll get an offer. It’s how much over the asking price the offer will be.
“It’s easy to sell,” said Ken DeLeon, a real-estate agent based in Palo Alto. “The key is getting the extra $100,000.”
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Thank you so much for all your help with our real estate transactions. It was a relief to know we could count on you through it all.
- Cary & Mike, Bonita Springs
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South Florida home prices rose in March 2015
Miami Herald - South Florida home prices rose in March 2015 │ May 26, 2015
Home prices in South Florida rose for the 38th consecutive month in March, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, a closely watched barometer of the housing market.
Resale values for single-family homes in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties were up 8.7 percent in March 2015 compared to March 2014.
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Small Real Estate Investors Taking Over in Southwest Florida
Herald Tribune - Small Real Estate Investors Taking Over in Southwest Florida │ May 25, 2015
Bijan Gorji knows how to think like the biggest minds in real estate.
The California transplant is not quite investing billions of dollars in property portfolios across America, but having spent two decades securitizing loans, Gorji sees the same thing as Wall Street:
The rental market is scorching.
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Realty Check: What Your Money Will Buy for $7.6 million
Gulfshore Life - Realty Check: What Your Money Will Buy for $7.6 million. │ May 1, 2015
When it came to the waterside home at 274 little Harbour Lane, Royal Shell Real Estate agent Gary L. Jaarda says the couple who purchased it were immediately smitten. “They came to the open house, saw it, fell in love with it and bought it on the spot,” he says. Jaarda sold the estate to the couple for the original asking price of $7.6 million just one month after it had hit the market in November. Built in 1997, the house rests on a lot and a half and exceeds the size of most other 5,000-square-foot hom...
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The Cascades of Estero, 9372 Sun River Way
$265,000 │ SF │ 2-Bedrooms & Den, 2 Baths, 2-Car Garage
Immaculate two bedroom plus den single family home in the Cascades in Estero. Features newly updated kitchen with granite, backsplash and custom cabinetry. Ceramic tile flooring, vaulted ceilings, upgraded hardware including ceiling fans and custom closets, fully tiled shower in guest bath, laundry room with basin, enlarged floor plan with welcoming screened terrace, permanent storm shutters for the entire home, all situated on the secluded Sun River Way. Enjoy all that the Cascades has to offer, a 55-plus community with an active so...
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Bonita Bay, Eagles Nest #202
$710,000 │ 3060 SF │ 3-Bedrooms & Den & Office, 3 Baths, 2-Car Garage
Extraordinary and expansive coach home on a most tranquil lakeside setting. Custom floor plan and construction featuring three bedrooms plus den and office, accommodating wet bar and butler's station, seamless and continuous living area into the glassed-in terrace, private elevator, crown moulding, custom window treatments, updated kitchen appliances and more. Enjoy all that Bonita Bay offers with access to a private marina, beach facilities, biking and walking paths, multiple parks and the unmatched member-owned Bo...
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Bonita Bay Property Values
By Jeff Jaarda, for BayWatch News
This article appeared in the March 2015 issue of BayWatch News
It’s nice to reflect on how far things have come in the real estate market the last few years.
It’s been well documented in this space that inventory has been scarce. As of this writing there are 78 resale properties for sale in Bonita Bay, while at this same point in 2014 there were 140 properties for sale, in 2013 there were 211 for sale, and in 2012 there were 208 for sale. The average sales price in Bonita Bay is up 38% from two years ago while the median sales price is up 16% from two y...
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