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Naples FL Luxury Homes and More: Things to Do This Weekend June15-16, 2013

Friday, June 14th, 2013

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TGIF! Time to plan your weekend! In this Sunday’s edition of the Naples Daily News, look for the 6/16 issue of HomeLook Magazine! What better way to spend Father’s Day than to take Dad to an Open House! Help him find his home in Paradise!

And, you can also take him to one of these great events happening this weekend in Southwest Florida! Here’s your top 5 things to do courtesy of Gulfshore Life Magazine…

  1. Explore the beautiful wild blooms of the Florida wilderness at the Orchids of the Fakahatchee lecture at 2 p.m. today at the Collier County South Regional Library. www.colliergov.net/library
  2. The Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra finishes up their concert season with two shows of music from the great trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie. Hear A Night in Tunisia, Salt Peanuts and more of your Gillespie favorites at 6 and 8:30 p.m. today in the Daniels Pavilion at Artis-Naples. www.thephil.org
  3. Art gets playful at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center through June 28 with the exhibition Art of Playing, which features work that incorporates classic and invented toys and games. www.sbdac.com
  4. See some of the best photography from around the country in the third annual Camera USA National Photography exhibition, which opens at 5:30 p.m. Friday at The von Liebig Art Center. The exhibition will be on display through Aug. 23. www.naplesart.org
  5. The inaugural Naples Beach Paddle Fest is coming to the Naples Beach Hotel on Saturday and Sunday, bringing some of Florida’s best paddleboard racers down to show off their skills. With $1,000 in prize money for the fastest man and fastest woman in the pro divisions, expect the competitions to be fierce.  www.naplesbeachpaddlefest.com

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Naples FL Real Estate and More: Underwater Mortgages Decrease in First Quarter

Thursday, June 13th, 2013

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According to the June 12, 2013 Equity Report release by CoreLogic, the percentage of all residential mortgages that are in negative equity, or “underwater” or “upside down,” at the end of the first quarter fell to 19.8%, or 9.7 million. That is a decrease from 21.7% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012 and from over 25% at the end of 2011.

Nevada was the state with the highest percentage of mortgaged properties in negative equity at 45.4%, and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. had the highest percentage of top-25 metropolitan areas at 41.1%. Of the 39 million residential properties with positive equity, 11.2 million have less than 20% equity.

CoreLogic, Inc. provides financial, property and consumer information, analytics and business intelligence. Headquartered in Irvine, CA, the company develops proprietary research, and tracks current and historical trends in a number of categories, including consumer credit, capital markets, real estate, mortgages, housing, fraud, regulatory compliance, default, natural hazards and disaster projections.

To see the full report from CoreLogic, click HERE.

For more information about the Naples, Bonita Springs, Marco Island and Estero markets, visit our data research page!

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Naples FL Real Estate and More: Short Sale Report

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

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According to a recently released RealtyTrac report,  Q1 2013 U.S. Foreclosure & Short Sales Report™, there have been decreases in the number of short sales being completed. According to the report, properties not in foreclosure that sold as short sales in the first quarter accounted for an estimated 15% of all residential sales.  This is a decrease of 10% from the last quarter (4th quarter of 2012) and a decrease of  35% from the first quarter of 2012.

Though the national numbers of short sales are down, there are still some markets that are impacted by this category.  While Florida is on this list, it remains below several other states.

Here are the states with the highest percentages of short sales:

         Rhode Island (44%)

         Connecticut (42%)

         Massachusetts (40%)

         Nevada (29%)

         Florida (26%)

         Ohio (24%)

Here are the major markets with the highest percentages of short sales (No cities in Florida are on this list.):

         Boston (38%)

         Cleveland (33%)

         Memphis (32%)

         Las Vegas (32%)

         Detroit (30%)

What is the reason for the decrease in short sales?

While the overall decrease was not anticipated,  Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac, explains why this may have taken place:

“Rising home prices in many markets are stunting the continued growth of short sales by reducing incentive for both underwater homeowners and lenders. Underwater homeowners may be willing to stick it out a few more months or even years in the hope that they will be able to walk away with money at the closing table and without a hit to their credit rating, and for lenders a failed short sale may no longer translate into bigger losses down the road given that average prices of bank-owned homes are rising — at a faster pace than non-distressed home prices in many markets.”

Short sales will remain a major segment of the real estate market, as 15% is still a very significant number. However, the decrease is further evidence that the housing market is recovering.

For information on short sales and foreclosures in the Naples, Bonita Springs and Estero FL markets, please contact a John R. Wood Agent HERE.

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Naples Real Estate: Naples Housing Market Picking Up

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

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Today, the Naples Daily News reported that the Naples housing market is indeed picking up. All indicators point to the fact that the metro area, which includes Collier County (this does not include Lee County), is among the nation’s improving housing markets according the latest National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Market Index.

In one vital metric, employment,  the area has grown faster than any other Florida city on the list. The June index, released last week, listed 263 markets based on growth from their respective troughs in three metrics: employment, permits and home prices.  The monthly index analyzes employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, house price appreciation from Freddie Mac and single-family permit growth from the U.S. Census Bureau.

After reaching their respective bottoms in each of these three metrics, metro areas must improve for at least six months in a row to be considered improving markets.  Although the index debuted in September 2011, with only a dozen cities, and had only 80 markets a year ago, in recent months it has expanded rapidly. By May of this year, 253 cities earned a spot on the list.

Naples only joined the list in November 2012, but has stayed on it ever since.

While it can’t match the double-digit growth of fast-recovering cities like Bismarck, N.D., and Odessa, Tex., compared to the 17 other Florida metro areas that appeared on the list, Naples is doing well.

It is No. 1 in employment growth at 10.4 percent. With permit growth of 5.7 percent, it is tied with Cape Coral for second place, after Miami. Price growth is 8.8 percent, which puts it at No. 11, or slightly below the middle of the pack, for Florida cities.

To read the full story, click HERE.

To learn more about Naples real estate and look at luxury homes for sale, visit www.JohnRWood.com today!

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Naples Luxury Homes and More: Ave Maria Seeing Increased Real Estate Sales

Monday, June 10th, 2013

 

The Naples Daily News recently posted a news item about Ave Maria, the community located about 30 minutes away from Naples.  Due to the increased activity in the Naples, FL real estate market, Ave Maria is also receiving activity.

Last Thursday, a bus tour of the town for the Urban Land Institute’s annual Florida summit, which attracted about 300 developers, lenders and other real estate professionals, showed that despite challenges, the planned community in the eastern Collier County is beginning to see an uptick in its residential and commercial real estate markets.

Despite price points that debuted — and remain — significantly lower than areas closer to the beach, only 180 homes were sold town-wide from 2007 to 2012. However,  75 have sold since the beginning of this year. Sixty sales have taken place at Del Webb Naples, the company’s only age 55-plus community in South Florida, with home prices starting at around $150,000. Maple Ridge, which will offer three- to five-bedrooms built by CC Devco Homes, has had 15 presales year-to-date, despite the fact that the community’s eight models will not be open until the fall. Homes at Maple Ridge start at around $190,000. Mixed-use condominiums at the heart of the town’s center, priced from the $170,000s, are nearly sold out.

About 8,500 homes will be built when the town is complete and the university is growing. It recently graduated its 1,000th student and will have more than 1,000 students enrolled in the fall.

Additionally, Arthrex, which manufactures more than 6,000 medical products like titanium screws to tighten broken bones, has recently received its certificate of occupancy for its 190,000-square-foot building , which will have four times as much space as its current North Naples facility.

John R. Wood Realtors has an office in Ave Maria located at 5072 Annunciation Circle, #104. Agents in this office can be reached at (239) 449-2819.  For more information about luxury homes for sale in Naples, Ave Maria, Bonita Springs, Marco Island, and Ester0, FL, please visit www.JohnRWood.com.

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Naples Luxury Real Estate and More: Things to Do This Weekend June 8-9 2013

Friday, June 7th, 2013

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TGIF! It’s time to plan your weekend! Here’s your top 5 things to do this weekend, courtesy of Gulfshore Life magazine!

Don’t forget to plan to spend your Sunday with John R. Wood Realtors’ open houses! See our open house ad insert in this Sunday’s Naples Daily News!

  • Kids of all ages will flip for the wacky antics of Scooby and the gang as Germain Arena hosts Scooby-Doo! Live Musical Mysteries at 7 p.m. Friday. The lives show brings laughter and song as the classic animated characters come to life. www.germainarena.com.
  • Take the whole family to Science Night Out at Imaginarium Science Center in Fort Myers on Friday nights through June. For $40, a family of four can explore all the exhibits, enjoy themed activities, watch a 3D dinosaur movie and meet live animals. www.i-sci.org.
  • HOWL Gallery/Tattoo is back up and running at its new, larger space across from Edison Mall. Head there on Saturday for a grand reopening and the first ART/ROCK, a monthly concert and art event. www.howlgallery.com.
  • Lace up your running shoes and head to Marco Island’s Mackle Park for the Surge Color Run 5K on Sunday starting at 9 a.m. The run will benefit the Marco Island Soccer Club and One Fund Boston. www.marcoislandsoccer.org.
  • Artis-Naples’ 3,604-pipe Casavant organ will get a workout on Sunday during the Festival of Great Organ Music performance in Hayes Hall. Hear classic organ pieces from all periods at 3 p.m. www.thephil.org.

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Naples Real Estate: Home prices continue climb in Collier County

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

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Home prices nationwide are rising and it seems that the Naples-Marco Island metro area is one of those markets that are leading the rise.

The Naples-Marco Island metro area is outpacing many major cities when it comes to year-over-year price increases. According to a report issued Tuesday by real estate data provider CoreLogic, Naples and Marco Island are beating such big cities as Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.

CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index compares single-family home prices in April on a year-over-year and monthly basis. The index tracks repeat sales of the same houses over a three-decade time span and incorporates more than 6,800 Zip codes nationwide.

In the Naples-Marco Island areas, home prices, including distressed sales, increased by 10.8 percent compared to a year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, prices grew by 5.1 percent. Excluding distressed sales, they rose 13.2 percent year-over-year and 3 percent the previous month.

Nationally, home prices rose 12.1 percent year-over-year and 3.2 percent month-over-month. Excluding short sales and bank-owned properties, prices rose 11.9 percent from a year earlier and 3 percent from the month before.

The national numbers represent the biggest year-over-year increases since February 2006 and the 14th consecutive monthly increase.

Nationally, prices remain 22.4 percent below their April 2006 peak, including distressed sales. In Florida, which was overrun by foreclosures, prices are still 40.5 percent below the state’s peak, which happened in September 2006.

CoreLogic expects that overall prices will stay on the upswing, at least for the short term. It projects that nationally, May’s prices will show an increase of 12.5 percent year-over-year and 2.7 percent month-over-month. Excluding distressed sales, CoreLogic expects prices to increase 13.2 percent from a year earlier and 3.1 percent from April.

Tight inventory for both new and existing homes, coupled with pent-up demand from buyers, are driving the price bump-ups, the report stated.

Florida is particularly popular with international investors from Latin America and Canada, with most buyers interested in the $200K and under price segment because they are more affordable and they are most likely to see future price rebounds.

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Naples Real Estate and More: John R. Wood Agents Named as Five Star Real Estate Agents by National Company

Monday, June 3rd, 2013

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John R. Wood Agents Named as 2012 Five Star Real Estate Agent by National Company

John R. Wood Realtors is proud to announce that its agents were recently named as Five Star Real Estate Agents by Five Star Professional, a national research company that identifies high-quality service professionals, then joins forces with city and regional magazines to make research results available to consumers in more than 45 markets in North America.  Fewer than 4% of all real estate agents in Lee and Collier County were recognized.

5-star-professionalFinal selections were based on results of a rigorous research process that included a regulatory and consumer comment review, and an evaluation of objective criteria including customer service, communication, finding the right home, integrity, negotiation, post-sale service, marketing, market knowledge, closing preparation, and overall satisfaction.

Selections included the following John R. Wood Agents:

Annemarie Giannini

Barbara Salinas

Bill Earls

Bonnie Camp

Bruce Miller

Carol Fox

Carol Wood

Christianne Arthur

Christie Dufinetz

Cindy Kruesi

Claire Licciardi

Debbie Frost

Deborah Hylemon

Deborah Zvibleman

Debra Pelitera

Diane Rudd

Doug Stewart

Douglas Treadwell

Elli Taylor

Frank Petras

Guy Brooks

Helayne Frankel

Jackie Hauserman

Jackie Maxwell

Jaclyn Palowitz

Jennifer White Shoots

Jim Mayer

Jim Scartz

Joanie Licitra

Joann Aycock

John Newman

Joseph Gannon III

Judy Kemble

Karen Champion

Karen Sweatlock

Kate Del Gatto

Kathy Gardner

Kellie Brown

Keri Huber

Kim Case

Laurie Bellico

Linda C. Loomis

Lisa Richardson

Lynette Grout

Maggie Sanders

Margaret Hutchinson

Marie Harris

Matthew Klinowski

Michael Dillard

Mike Dodge

Mike Shepherd

Mimy Von Schreiner

Mindy Young

Monika DeBenedictis

Monika Goodrich

Monte Gerard

Nandy Miller

Nina Link

Patrick Dearborn

Rob Dowling

Robyn Pfister Griffin

Roger Brunswick

Rose Mary Everett

Roxane Menna

Sandra Malone

Sara Rice Williams

Sharon Hammond-Turnblad

Sharon Worley

Susan Wall

Theresa Baker

Wendy Hayes

William Verdonk

Overall results were published in the May 2013 issue of Gulfshore Life Magazine.

To contact a John R. Wood Agent, or one of the agents above, please visit www.JohnRWood.com/Agents today!

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Naples Luxury Homes and More: Top 5 Things to Do this Weekend June 1-2, 2013

Friday, May 31st, 2013

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TGIF! It’s Friday and time to make your weekend plans! There will be John R. Wood Open Houses on Sunday as well as many other activities going on in Southwest Florida! Kick off June with the top 5 things to do courtesy of Gulfshore Life Magazine!

  1. Explore the galleries and studios of the Promenade at Bonita Bay at the monthly Bonita Springs Art Walk hosted by the Center for the Arts. Enjoy demonstrations, live entertainment and more from 5-8 p.m. today. www.artcenterbonita.org
  2. Learn all about sea turtles at Lovers Key State Park during an interactive talk at 10 a.m. Friday. Then explore the beauty of the islands between Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach. Reservations required. Call 239-463-4588.
  3. Improv comedy returns to Naples as former members of Naples City Improv have formed Stage 2 Improv to bring you hilarious and spontaneous comedy spurred by suggestions from the audience. Friday through Sunday at the Sugden Community Theatre. www.naplesplayers.org
  4. Catch superstar standup John Pinette, known for laughs as big as his ample frame, Friday through Sunday at Off the Hook Comedy Club on Marco Island. www.offthehookcomedy.com
  5. If you are thirsty and love craft beer, head to Naples Beach Brewery for a tour and a chance to sample the new brews they are working on, from 4-8 p.m. Friday and 3-7 p.m. Saturday. www.naplesbeachbrewery.com

Don’t forget to check our Open House insert in this Sunday’s Naples Daily News – get all the Open House events happening on Sunday in one convenient place! Happy house hunting!

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Naples FL Real Estate and More: New Real Estate Agents Join John R. Wood Realtors

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

John R. Wood Realtors is proud to announce the addition of the following new agents to its team:

John R. Wood Realtors welcomes Vincent Branda to its Bonita Springs office as a sales associate. Originally from Queens, New York, Branda attended Florida State College of Jacksonville and studies digital media and business administration. Prior to joining the real estate industry, Branda worked in electronic gaming, software sales, and consulting. Branda obtained his real estate sales associate license in 2012 and is a member of the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR).

Hering,-Sally-WEBJohn R. Wood Realtors welcomes Sally Hering to its North Naples office as a sales associate.  Previously living in Chicago and Ft. Lauderdale, Hering attended Prairie State College and Broward College, and studied business.  Prior to joining the real estate industry, Hering was a VP of Sales for Healthcare Technology Solutions.  Her community involvement includes various campaign and charities for DAV Vietnam Veterans, March of Dimes, and the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure.  Hering is a member of the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR), the Florida Association of REALTORS® (FAR), and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

 

 

Wright,-Lor-WEBi---2013John R. Wood Realtors welcomes Lori A. Wright to its Old Naples office as a sales associate. Originally from Michigan, Wright attended Adrian College and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Her community involvement includes the Naples High School JROTC Boosters.

 

 

 

 

John R. Wood Realtors welcomes Mary C. de Groot to its Old Naples office as a sales associate. Originally from Connecticut, de Groot attended Villanova and Des Moines Universities. Prior to joining the real estate industry, de Groot was a cardiologist. She is currently a member of the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR).

 

John R. Wood Realtors welcomes Rex Storter to its Old Naples office as a sales associate. Storter attended the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of Arkansas, College of Engineering, earning a Master of Science degree.

 

Dixon,-Jill-WEB---2013John R. Wood Realtors welcomes Jill Dixon to its central office as a sales associate and part of the Dixon Team. Originally from Medford, New Jersey, Dixon attended Houghton College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree.

 

 

 

 

John R. Wood Realtors welcomes Peter Dixon to its central office as a broker associate and part of the Dixon Team.  Living previously in Virginia and the United Kingdom, Dixon attended the Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.  He is a member of the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR) and previously held a director position there.

 

Dixon,-SimonWEB---2013John R. Wood Realtors welcomes Simon Dixon to its central office as a sales associate and part of the Dixon Team.  Originally from London, England, Dixon joined the real estate industry in 1999. He is a member of the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR).

 

 

 

 

John R. Wood Realtors is the oldest real estate company in Southwest Florida with 53+ years of experience in the market. The firm has eleven offices serving the areas from Marco Island to Sanibel/Captiva Islands, and employs 300 agents and staff.  For more information, visit www.JohnRWood.com.

 

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