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The December 2022 Bonita-Estero Real Estate report comparing December 2022 to December 2021 saw single family listings go up, closed sales go down, and the days on the market increase from 24 days to 38. The average sales price with up 5.9% and the median sales price increase 2.4%. Condo statistics were similar, except there […]

Happy New Year to All! The real estate industry in SW FL is moving beyond perceived cyclical headwinds, i.e. rising, interest rates and low inventory, and taking a long-term approach to recovery and rebirth. Some aspects of the industry are normalizing to pre-Covid patterns. Many markets are still devastated from Hurricane Ian and continue to […]

Margaritaville on Fort Myers Beach hosted a Topping Off Ceremony in January.  The overall message was very positive, and everyone is looking forward to the opening of the new resort, hosting vacationers, and opening up new jobs on the beach. A highlight of the event was when Jacki Liszak, President of the Fort Myers Beach […]

Access Title Agency works diligently to identify potential fraudulent transactions.  Escrow Officer, Marcy McKamey, did just that, and quickly took steps to identify a fraudulent seller: “When the listing agent sent the executed contract my way she indicated that she did not know the seller and received the request through a lead generation platform to […]

Access Title is pleased to announce that we have partnered with “Closing Lock” to provide a secure, simple and intuitive way to prevent wire fraud in real estate transactions. This is just one of the many technology additions Access Title plans to deliver to it’s customers this year to streamline the closing process and provide solutions […]

As an Ambassador for the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce, our Vice President, Erin Beasley, joined in helping to create a special Christmas tree for the annual Woman’s Club Christmas Tree Festival. After the Woman’s Club’s building was damaged beyond repair, it was thought the event would be canceled; however a boutique owner on […]

Sharon Green joined the Access Title Agency family November of 2022. She will manage the Florida offices accounting, escrow, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other financial and compliance services for Access Title Agency. Sharon is a native Floridian born, raised, and still residing in Fort Myers. She is licensed in multiple states and has over […]

Due to the Hurricane, home sales fell from November 2021 to November 2022. Days on the market increased for single family homes and Condo Sales. The monthly supply of homes also more than doubled, to 2.2 months on single family homes, and 1.7 months on condos. Even though prices continued to raise over the same […]

The Greater Fort Myers Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has surveyed the major universities as well as the three local Florida county school districts for their “2023 Spring Break” dates. NAME OF UNIVERSITY DATES_____________ University of Michigan 2/25/23 – 3/5/23 John Carroll University 3/4/23 – 3/12/23 University of Kentucky 3/13/23 – 3/18/23 Florida Gulf Coast […]

According to the November 2022 Market Report by the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR®), which tracks home listings and sales within Collier County (excluding Marco Island), there were 552 overall closed sales in November, which is a 41.4 percent decrease from 942 closed sales recorded in November 2021. The post-pandemic home buying surge that […]