Taking place throughout the next few months,Venetian Days at Venetian Village is a celebration of Venetian art and enterprise. Last Saturday, June 20th, visitors were treated to specials from participating stores and restaurants,free facials,a trunk show,and live entertainment with the highlight being a performance by KidzAct, the youth theater program of The Naples Players. Collier […]
Signature Communities’ controversial plans to build 49 boat slips along a mangrove shoreline west of Vanderbilt Drive and east of Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park was approved by a vote of 3-1 by Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet. “The docks, part of the Dunes project, required approval of a lease of state submerged lands and […]
A tourism campaign that will run from July 1- Aug. 30 has been approved by Collier County commissioners. $414,836 will be spent by the county’s tourism bureau for advertising and marketing. The money will need to come from the bureau’s emergency fund because regular funds were used to run its first-ever winter campaign and move […]
UPDATE 1-U.S. pending home sales rose 3.2 pct in March For the second straight month, pending sales of existing U.S. homes rose in March supporting views the housing market was close to hitting a bottom. In the first increase since September, US construction spending rose 0.3 percent in March and based on contracts signed in […]
http://www.chadroffers.com Chad Roffers, real estate industry expert would like to offer another perspective to the question,’When will we hit bottom’. He claims it is an irrelevant question. “Right now, the only person who comes out a winner in this environment is the buyer. If you don’t have to sell right now, hold onto your property […]
Now may be the time to purchase a second home or vacation property. With an abundance of properties and rock bottom interest rates housing affordability and availability have left buyers holding all the cards. Sellers may even be making concessions that they generally aren’t going to make in a rising market. Even though there are […]
If a “For Sale” sign has been hanging outside your house for months and it has not sold, there may be reasons other than the miserable economy. In some cases it may be the marketplace and you just need to wait for the market to turn. Other factors affecting selling your home might be marketing […]
Collier County prepares for sea turtle season May 1st marks the beginning of the 2009 Sea Turtle Season and in preparation the Collier County Coastal Zone Management Department has been tilling the Collier County beaches so sea turtles have an easier time creating nests. To help the recovery of this endangered species, program staff will […]
Source: latimes.com If you have been postponing a purchase, sale or refi because the loan amount you need is too big for Fannie, Freddie or FHA, check out the new, non-Wall Street sources of jumbo mortgages. Major banks, like Bank of America, are originating big loans at affordable rates to keep in their own investment […]
The Strada, developed by The Lutgert Companies of Naples, is the first of two residential communities at The Mercato. There are ten floor plans and some fully furnished models available to tour by appointment. The 92 luxury residences, on the second through fifth floors, will overlook the cresent-shaped Main Street of The Mercato. The residences […]