Naples Waterfront Blog Spot

Today I'm spotlighting Aqualane Shores homes for sale in Naples FL. Aqualane Shores Waterfront Homes - Naples Florida offers waterfront homes and estates on deep water canals for boat owners.                                                  Auqualane Shores Waterfront Homes Naples is located within walking distance to sandy beaches, the Naples Pier, the Third Street shopping district and Fifth avenue. Aqulane Shores Waterfront Homes Naples offers art galleries, fine restaurants and elegant shopping all within walking distance. Enjoy waterfront properties in Aqualane Shores Waterfront Homes Naples Florida!

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The graphs below will show the sales trends of all sale within Aqualane Shores over the past four years:

If you are in the market to purchase or sell a waterfront home in Naples FL please contact me directly at 239-777-7500 for a free consultation. Or you can email me at zfischer@viprealty.com

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#1 - Port Royal

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Port Royal in Naples Florida is one of the most prestigious, exclusive communities in the country. As a very private community, Port Royal is comprised of single family estate homes with most of them located on beautiful waterfront lots. The Port Royal private club, has fine dining, tennis and beach front facilities. Port Royal Naples docks can accommodate yachts from 20 to over 100 feet. Live the good life at Port Royal in Naples Florida.

#2 - Aqualane Shores

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Aqualane Shores Waterfront Homes - Naples Florida offers waterfront homes and estates on deep water canals for boat owners. Auqualane Shores Waterfront Homes Naples is located within walking distance to sandy beaches, the Naples Pier, the Third Street shopping district and Fifth avenue. Aqulane Shores Waterfront Homes Naples offers art galleries, fine restaurants and elegant shopping all within walking distance. Enjoy waterfront properties in Aqualane Shores Waterfront Homes Naples Florida!

 #3 - Royal Harbor

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Royal Harbor Waterfront Homes - Naples Florida. A boating and fishing enthusiasts dream with deep water canals and access to the 10,000 Islands where fishing is plentiful and can be a several day trip. Royal Harbor Waterfront Homes Naples has single family homes on the Gulf Of Mexico. Many of the Royal Harbor Waterfront Homes have their own boat docks with gorgeous water views. Live the good life in Royal Harbor Waterfront Homes Naples Florida.

Today I'm spotlighting a rare opportunity in Port Royal in Naples FL ... a Short Sale with a list price of $2,750,000. After scouring through our local MLS this appears to be only one of two short sales within the past 10 years. The other short sale I found in Port Royal was one our firm closed last year for $4,500,000 on Gordon Drive.   .

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649 E GALLEON, NAPLES, FL 34102

List Price $2,750,000

This alluring and charming home will grant you the lifesyle you deserve. The home has been recently renovated with impressive attention to detail. The kitchen is a chef's dream featuring designer upgrades including a six burner gas range, granite counter tops and much more. Throughout this impressive home you will find vaulted beamed ceilings, pickled walls, and custom floorings including, South African wenge wood, marble and terazzo. You will be delighted with the living rooms' double sided fireplace shared with the dining room. Home also boasts a built-in wine vault/cooler in the dining room and all rooms are Cat 5 wired for audio and video. This Meticulously maintained waterfront home has spectacular views of Limpkin Cove and Jamaica Channel with 100' on deep water yacht basin, with unobstructed access to Gorden Pass and the Gulf of Mexico.

Well ... the kids are pouring back into the schools and the real estate market has been very interesting this summer. Sales are picking up in Naples and the number of requests we're receiving are increasing steadily

• Currently there are 49 homes actively on the market within Royal Harbor in Naples.
• Eight homes are Under Contract/Pending ranging in price from $687,500-$2,750,000
• Five Homes have closed since June 1st this summer for a total of twelve closed sales since the 1st of the year ranging in price $575,000-$2,595,000.

Below is sales data for Royal Harbor in Naples FL

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Today I'm spotlighting Port Royal in Naples, FL.

Port Royal in Naples Florida is one of the most prestigious, exclusive communities in the country. As a very private community, Port Royal is comprised of single family estate homes with most of them located on beautiful waterfront lots. The Port Royal private club, has fine dining, tennis and beach front facilities. Port Royal Naples docks can accommodate yachts from 20 to over 100 feet. Live the good life at Port Royal in Naples Florida.

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I couldn't agree more with the tag line for this blog. If a buyer is careful and patient they can scoop up an amazing deal. I think patient is the key word. I get several emails and calls a week from potential buyers that are looking for second homes/condos in Naples, permanent residences in Naples and investment properties in Naples... and they all say "Can you find us a great deal?". 

The answer I give them is yes... but you have to be patient and willing to act fast if I locate one. The good deals, and I mean the GOOD DEALS, don't stay on the market very long. It appears that the only properties that are moving are the ones that are the least expensive in each subdivision or area. if you're not priced in this bottom tear - you're just going to sit on the market and help the homes that are priced right sell.

I'll give you a quick example. I found a home last week that is controlled by the bank. Here are the details:

• 5 Bedroom / 5 bathroom
• 2500+ sqft living area
• Built 2005
• Concrete Block Construction
• 2 car garage
• South Napes location minutes from the beach and downtown
• Priced at ....... $125,000!!!!!

As you can imagine, it went under contract immediately. Buyers have to act fast when a deal like this is put in front of them because a dozen potential buyers are right behind them.

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Are you sick about hearing that price is the only thing that matters? Well ... get used to it and get realistic if you truly want to sell in this market. I'll tell you what's not working is gimmicks. I see agents and sellers over and over again try to offer everything they can throw at the buyers and buyer's agents. Things like cars, boats, furniture, golf memberships, commission bonuses to the buyers agents and the list goes on and on. I see these homes expire off the market day in and day out while other homes the same subdivision sell right away. I've always built a solidreal estate business picking up these listings once they expire from other agents. I don't think we'll see a shortage of these homes coming off the market any time soon. I'm see about 40-75 properties expire off the market every day. Can you guess what the common theme is with the homes that are selling  --- They are priced right.

We are seeing a tremendous surge in the Naples, BonitaSprings, Estero, and Fort Myers real estate market. Buyers are looking for the deals in the various markets and subdivisions throughout Lee and Collier County. These deals are going fast. Analysts have stressed that we won't see a surge until the bottom has been met. Hopefully we're on our way back. Things are fickle right now so this could change at a moments notice. The majority of the homes that are selling today are the ones that are priced near the values we saw in 2003 and early 2004.

The message I'm truly trying to convey is the buyers haven't disappeared.  They are just getting smarter and more cautious when buying in Southwest Florida. They also have the ability to do a ton of research on their own through the Internet. We aren't the information gatekeepers anymore. We have to look at ourselves as agents as the area experts, marketing specialists and master negotiators

I called it Hurricane Fay in the title of this blog because she will soon turn from a Tropical Storm into a Hurricane by Tuesday. If the storm remains its predicted strength and heading we should be feeling the effects by Monday night (tonight). let's hope her strength doesn't build.

So... why is a real estate blog talking about a weather system? These storms have a serious impact on our local economy and real estate market. I was in my waterfront home near Fort Myers beach when Hurricane Charlie hit. This storm looks very similar. When  Charlie hit in September 2004 my wife Jennifer was almost six months pregnant and we had our 2 year old to look after. Everyone seemed to be in a relaxed mood since the storm was predicted to go to the north of us and was only predicted to be a Category 1 storm. As most of us locals know ... this changed at a moments notice. The storm jumped from a category one to a 4 immediately and took a 90 degree turn into Lee & Charlotte County.

The damage we received to our property was minor and the only significant damage we had was some missing roof shingles and our landscapping was trashed. It did scare tha crap out of us though.

The message I'm trying to convey is be prepared and don't panic. If this storm does hit us with a direct hit similar to Charlie we will see a temporary hiccup in our real estate market. It was amazing how fast the market rebounded after Charlie. I know ... I know ... the real estate market was very different in 2004. Within 3 weeks after Charlie it was hard to tell in most areas that a category four hurricane paid us a visit. There were some areas that received catastrophic damage(close to the eye wall - Captiva, North Captiva and Port Charlotte). These areas took quite a while to clean up and repair all the damages.

I had a house that I sold on Captiva directly on the Gulf that was supposed to close the following Monday after Hurricane Charlie. Needless to say it didn't close right away. The sale did eventually go through. Captiva today is as beautifully as it ever was. It's still missing some/most of the tall Australian Pines along Sancap Road but remains to be one of the most pristine retreats in the world.

Hurricanes and storms like this are a part of the lifestyle we accept here in SW Florida. Below is a link to the weather Channel. Stay informed and be safe.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid823425597/bclid877032950/bctid959746457

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Surprisingly I'm beginning to feel busy again. I can remember the days in season when my phone would literally ring every 5-10 minutes from someone calling off a sign from one of my listings. Well ... it's not like that again just yet but you can sense things are starting to turn around a bit.

The buyers are out there circling around. I've had fantastic open houses the last three weekends. I got used to using Open House times as catch up on reading time. The buyers I'm coming across are out looking for the deals - And rightly so. The homes that are selling are the homes that stack up in each subdivision as the deals. If a seller is not willing to price it competitively than there is no sense of putting it on the market. They will only help their competition sell.

I've attached a couple of graphs to show and validate that what I'm feeling and seeing in the Naples Real Estate market is real. The first shows the increase in the number of sales over the last year. Ironically we are seeing more sales this summer than we saw during our peak season.

This next graph reflects the decrease in the average sales prices in Naples Fl. Homes are becoming affordable again and this is spurring sales.