Law School moving to Naples, Florida

WLNS Channel 6 News in Lansing, Michigan reports that the Ave Maria University’s governing board has voted to move its law school from Michigan to its Naples, Florida campus.
The Catholic school announced that relocating from Ann Arbor to Naples gives the best chance for the seven-year-old law school to thrive. The school will be part of the university’s campus near […]

Moving with pets

Moving to a new home can be stressful on pets, but there are many things your clients can do to make the process as painless as possible. Realtor® Magazine recently had this helpful article.Experts at The Pet Realty Network in Naples, Fla., offer these helpful tips for easing the transition and keeping pets safe during […]

Forest Lakes Condo Price Reduction - Now $239,000

The market is picking up quite quickly and we have another client who wishes to take advantage of the shift. We have a condo listed in Forest Lakes that is being reduced from $257,000 to $239,000. This two bedroom, two bath condo is in a 55+ community located in central Naples right off Pine Ridge Road. […]

Sterling Oaks Condo - Price Reduction

Our client has decided to reduce the price of their condo in Sterling Oaks! This beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo has been reduced from $268,000 to $249,900. Seldom used and meticuliously maintained, this property is located on the northern side of Naples and maintains a very active community tennis program with a great clubhouse and […]

Is Zillow accurate?

James R. Hagerty of the Wall Street Journal Online wrote an article on the web company Zillow and how some of their price estimates are way off the market value. Following are few snippets from that article: 
In the year since its launch, Zillow Inc. has made millions of Americans familiar with computer-generated estimates of home values, created a […]

Naples Dinner Theater - “Always, Patsy Cline”

Soon there will be no more opportunities in Naples to see a live dinner theatre show, so we booked our tickets for “Always, Patsy Cline” at the Naples Dinner Theatre and we were not disappointed.  The food was good but the performance was outstanding.  Tia Charles as Patsy delivered a “goose-bump” producing performance with the […]

Buy down the mortgage

Here’s something I found in Realtor® Magazine to consider when selling a your home as mortgage rates increase. Don’t cut the price…buy down the mortgage.
Instead of cutting the price, a seller might want to consider paying points to reduce the buyer’s interest rate on the mortgage.
With a 2/1 buydown, the buyer gets a rate 2 percentage […]

Take a trip to “Ding” Darling in Sanibel

J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, located on Sanibel Island, is not only a refuge for hundreds of wildlife species, it’s also a “birder’s paradise!”  Yearly, it sees about a million visitors who come to observe and photograph the inhabitants of this unique ecosystem. 
Surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico, San Carlos Bay and Pine Island Sound, one can […]

Naples home sales up in January

Naples Area Board of Realtors reported that there was a surge in home sales in January.
The following is the news release sent Tuesday by NABOR:
NAPLES - The first month of 2007 was a good one for the Naples real estate market, with statistics showing a surge in the number of pending home sales, according to figures […]

Activities in and around Naples

Feb 15-18 The Artrain comes to Bonita Springs with a collection of contemporary Native American Art that travels in rail cars across the country. 495-898
Feb 17 The Naples Art Association presents Getting Creative with Clay at the von Liebig Art Center form 9-4.
Feb 24-25 The 28th annual Naples National Art Festival from 10-5 at Cambier […]