Granada Lakes – half a million dollars in past association dues

December 7, 2009

As prospective buyers run towards the purchase of less expensive condominiums in the Naples area – their attention has not been to the financial stability of the association. In other words they are running into condominium complexes that could be facing a financial distress situation. Warnings regarding the apartment to condominium complexes and their potential [...]

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Naples Condos for Sale – September

September 7, 2009

The condominium market for the Naples real estate area at the start of September 2009 declined down to 4095 units for sale. In the year over year comparison the number of unit declined 580 or about 12 percent from the 4675 condominiums on the market in September 2008.
The September 2009 was also a decline from [...]

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Naples Condo Market Update – May

July 4, 2009

The Naples real estate market for condos is starting to show signs of strengthening in many aspects and prospective buyers should be aware of the positive changes. The statistics presented and discussed below are global in nature for the Naples area and do not represent the more important micro-market views which can vary greatly from [...]

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Naples Condos for Sale Inventory

May 3, 2009

The available condos for sale in the Naples area saw a drop in the number of condos for sale as of the end of April or start of May. The current number of condos for sale is 4954. This represents a drop in the inventory of 274 condos from the end of March. The decline [...]

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Naples Condo Market Update – March

April 20, 2009

Listings:
The new listings for the month of March 2009 were 749 condos in the Naples area. The number of condos listed in March 2008 was 721. The increase of new listings of condos was 4 percent. In March 2007, the new listings were 861, representing a drop of 112 condos or decline of 13 percent.
In [...]

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Naples Condos for Sale – April

April 6, 2009

The graphical presentation of condos for sale in the Naples area shows; at the close of business on March 31st or the opening of business on April 1st, there were a total of 5228 condos for sale in the Naples area. In March 2008, there were a total of 5586. Between the years, there has [...]

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Why Naples Real Estate is Undervalued

October 20, 2008

On September 19, CNBC did a story on the “Finding Housing’s Market Basement” where Richard Dekaser, a senior vice president and chief economist at National City Corp., singled out Naples in talking about the “first rays of sunshine on a possible end to the housing crisis.”
“Three years ago, the poster child for excess valuation in [...]

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Naples Condo Inventory

October 17, 2008

The number of Naples condominiums available for sale at the beginning of October was 4716. The absolute number of listings increased by 41 condos over the 4675 listings at the beginning of September. Therefore, the months of inventory remained stable at 29 months. Viewing the months of inventory for the 12 month moving average trend [...]

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Naples Condo Market Update

September 10, 2008

August Naples Condo Activity:
Listings:
During the month of August 458 Naples condominiums were listed for sale. For the same month in 2007, 560 condominiums were listed for sale; this represents a decrease of 18.2 percent. The decrease from 2006 was 32.7 percent from the 680 new listings.
In July 2008 there were a total of 499 condominiums [...]

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Naples Condo Market Update

July 28, 2008

June Activity:
Listings:
During the month of June 490 Naples condos were listed for sale. For the same month in 2007, 654 condos were listed for sale; this represents a decrease of 25.1 percent. The decrease from 2006 was 38.4 percent from the 795 new listings. In May 2008 there were a total of 556 condos listed [...]

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