Naples Florida Real Estate

In all the time I've been following Pelican Bay, I've never seen a better deal than the one I saw today!  There is currently a condo in Laurel Oaks listed under $250,000.  That price is outrageous!  After speaking with the listing agent today, the seller instructed him to list it at a price that would cause it to move immediately which at this price, it will!

If you've been itching for a deal in Pelican Bay you need to move on this quickly!  This unit is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath and will probably sell this weekend if not sooner. 

For more information regarding Pelican Bay or Laurel Oaks at Pelican Bay, contact me direct!

Best Regards,

Your Naples Smart Girl
239-595-6223
shannon@shannonlefevre.com

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• Learn more about La Mer at Park Shore
• See La Mer at Park Shore condos for sale
• Review La Mer at Park Shore Floor Plans
• Review La Mer at Park Shore Site Plans

This is part of my continued effort to help make purchasing and selling Park Shore real estate easy and fun.  This is just one of the reasons why you'll want to use me to help you with your next Park Shore transaction.  For more information regarding La Mer at Park Shore, contact me direct!

Best Regards,

Your Naples Smart Girl!

Just wanted to take a quick minute to share some of the trends I'm seeing in the Naples Florida real estate market. 

Price is definitely king right now with a majority of the sales traffic being awarded to the lower ended properties for the first time in a few years.  This is actually a sign of a recovering market although sales statistics won't prove that til later.

This also means if you are looking in the areas most sought after in the Naples Florida region for example:

Old Naples

Park Shore

Moorings

Pelican Bay

Pelican Marsh

To name a few... you can expect heavy buyer competition. Sounds weird doesn't it? But, just last week I got into a double offer situation on one of the lowest priced/best value properties in Beachwalk.

Just yesterday I was doing some research for properties in the $200,000 price range for Old Naples...(think just a few years ago you couldn't spell Old Naples for less than $500,000)  There are currently only two remaining 2 bedroom condos left located in a subdivision where 55+ years of age is not mandatory.

There are also some OUTSTANDING prices on Naples beachfront condos especially in Park Shore but...do not expect a big push of foreclosures and short sales in these locations even still.  These properties are in fact selling and people are starting to miss out on the best price product.  We are seeing some sellers negotiate although many are still not coming significantly off their prices.  The biggest reason why would be:

• Pricing is already exceptional and seller's know it.
• Traffic has picked up due to season traffic.
• Seller's still have the ability to hold.

Preliminary results from a current poll on Naples Florida real estate prices show that most people are surprised at how low the pricing is in our market so if you've been waiting, you might check out your favorite locations and decide whether or not it's time for you to make a purchase.

Don't forget:

If you're coming to Naples and you'd like me to assist, please give me notice so I can insure plenty of time for you.  I had someone call me yesterday who gave me a whole hour notice.  Needless to say, I wasn't able to assist.  That makes me sad.

I have lots of new features on my Naples Florida real estate website including closed sales information and other unique features not found on any other Naples Florida site. 

Lastly,

I'M GOING TO BE A MOMMY!  No worries though, I'm due in July so I have plenty of time to assist you with your sale or purchase!

Happy New Year

&

All My Best

Your Naples Smart Girl!

After reviewing my Naples Florida real estate web statistics from the first week of December, it appears there may be some silver lining in activity for Naples Florida real estate.  As some of you know I consider:

• Today's pending sales as yesterday's news
• Today's closed sales as last month's news
• Today's web traffic as the next 30 to 45 day's news

That's why I follow my web traffic statistics as much as I do.  We can do alot more with today and tomorrow than we ever can with yesterday.

Since September when the stock market started doing it's "whatever you want to call that", I noticed web traffic started acting really funky and erratic.  What a coincidence, the stock market was erratic too. Before all that craziness it looked as if we might be setting ourselves up for a pretty decent selling season in Naples Florida but then we had that little hiccup and well...it's been touch and go since....until...December.

I'm happy to report during the first week of December, page views are up a whopping 19% over the same time period last year.  This is particularly good news as I personally believe views per visit is a sign of commitment and interest of our future Naples Florida real estate buyers. Don't get me wrong, I don't think we're going to have some sort of crazy blow out but I am more optimistic after this week since this past September. 

I've been doing quite a bit of research on my Naples Florida real estate market lately and find myself continuously being pleasantly surprised with some of the low list prices in our best areas.  Keep in mind it's really difficult to surprise me because I keep up with the Naples Florida real estate market continuously so I can only imagine what must be going through the minds of potential buyers up north who haven't tinkered around in our market since last season.  It's gotta create a little, "holy cow...that price is unbelievable" type of reaction. Obviously this is great news for buyers, not great news for sellers but it is what it is.  Just this past weekend a postcard hit my neighborhood, Pelican Bay which described a sale that closed under $1,000,000.  This is the type of news that would make a buyer jump for joy and as a matter of fact it also angered and disappointed many of my neighbors as I learned when hosting the neighborhood Christmas party.

The point is, if you think you're ready to make a purchase in Naples this year...there probably hasn't been a better time if you look at the prices today compared to the past.  It's up to you to decide if you think prices are going to continue to drop or stabilize in the future.

Best Regards,

Your Naples Smart Girl

PS~  I don't know why this post never made it...but I found it in my auto-saved folder so I thought I would post it anyway.