Last week we focused on the overall State of the Lee County real estate market, and this week we’ll continue with that theme, but zero in a little bit on how certain price ranges are doing.  Much of our inventory has decreased in the last year as buyers have been scooping up properties faster than the [...]

How would you like to view videos complete with graphs and analysis breaking down the overall Lee County Florida housing market, as well as many of the sub-markets throughout SW Florida?  Now you can.  The Ellis Team at RE/MAX Realty Group in Fort Myers Florida recently released its annual State of the Market Report, and [...]

It’s that time of year again.  Final sales numbers are in, and we can accurately reflect on where we’ve been and where the market may be headed in 2010.  Each year we release the most comprehensive statistical report on SW Florida residential real estate, and this year’s report uncovers some interesting observations.  Last year we said [...]

Recently the Ellis Team has added videos on it’s YouTube channel by broadcasting The Future of Real Estate Show in video. For years the Ellis Team aired this show on radio and recently made the switch to video in January 2010.  The Ellis Team YouTube channel already has over 24,000 views and is growing rapidly.  We just [...]

We’ve been compiling our annual State of the Market Report which will be released soon and this year more than any other some interesting trends are developing.  Full time agents tend to get caught up in the deals they’re working on and could miss some of the major trends developing in the overall market.  It [...]

We’re still analyzing data for our annual State of the Market Report which will be released soon.  It’s always interesting to pull the stats and look at the story the numbers tell us, without a preconception of what they should tell us.  Because we are in the business full-time and experience real estate on a [...]

Final year end official stats are in and as expected, 2009 set all kinds of records.  Every single quarter of 2009 was a transaction record, so it’s no surprise that the entire year set a transaction record as well.  2009 saw 16,260 single family home sales compared to 8,272 last year for a whopping 97% [...]

We have all questioned what happened to the stimulus funds only to find that there are monies available from the package in Lee County here and now.  The word needs to get out. It is imperative that those who qualify and have a desire to own a home apply for the assistance. Getting people in [...]

We recently had a guest on “The Future of Real Estate” Video Show who opened my eyes on how to effectively test for Chinese drywall, and shed some interesting facts on the subject.  To clear up a few myths, not all Chinese drywall is defective, and not all American drywall is good.  Most of the [...]

Each January everyone seems to ask what the new year will bring to the SW Florida real estate market.  While nobody has a crystal ball, experience and detailed analysis lends clues to what the future may hold.  Each year we release our annual State of the Market Report, which consists of the most detailed and [...]