The National Association of Home Builders has bestowed its Gold Award for Community of the Year on Miromar Lakes Beach and Golf Club. Located in south Ft. Myers, Miromar Lakes is a luxury resort community built around 700 acres of freshwater lakes. Amenities include three miles of white private beach, an Arthur Hills Signature golf course and an award winning 39,000 square foot Beach Club.

Residents of Miromar Lakes enjoy being pampered with everything from a full menu of concierge services to gourmet dining at the Blue Water Beach Grill. The community also boasts other features including the spa and fitness center, a 10,000 square foot zero edge infinity resort style pool, the tennis center and dock and marine services.

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The crush of foreclosures in the Southwest Florida real estate market may finally have started to subside as we head into 2011. It seems Lenders only filed 10,669 foreclosure lawsuits in Lee County in 2010, a decrease of 50.8% from the 21,768 filings in 2009. For Collier County, lenders filed 4,452 foreclosure lawsuits, a decrease of 47.2% from the 8,421 filings in 2009. All in all, it’s not too bad when you consider we’ve had over 100,000 foreclosures in the two county areas since January, 2006.

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The following is a review of the 2005-09 Census Bureau 5-year American Community Survey estimates for the southwest Florida counties of Charlotte, Collier, Lee and Sarasota.

The survey data showed all four counties remain older than the state and the nation, and that Collier as a whole is richer than the other three counties, the state, and the nation based on median income. On the lower end of the economic scale, the poverty margin was less in these Southwest Florida counties versus the rest of the state and the nation.

The four Southwest Florida counties in this review include the city’s of Cape Coral, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Estero, Naples, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda and Sarasota. We hope you find the review of the data as interesting as we did.

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The Estero real estate end of year 2009 market statistics for both home and condominium sales are listed below. Estero is ideally located between Ft. Myers and Bonita Springs and is currently in the process of building and developing wherever you travel in the area. Developers are offering every type of community you can imagine, from large gated and planned communities, to smaller town centre type projects where the amenities are built around a self-contained lifestyle.

Estero Real Estate Sales Data

Estero Homes Sales End of Year 2009*:

• 593 Closed Sales (424 in 2008)
• Average Sales Price – $264,457
• Median Sales Price – $250,750
• Average Days on Market – 133
• Average Sales Price/Square Foot – $119.52

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The Fort Myers real estate end of year 2009 market statistics for both home and condominium sales are listed below. Fort Myers, known as the “The City of Palms”, sits along the natural splendor and shoreline of the Caloosahatchee River and is renowned for its fabulous winter weather. The city is a metropolis bustling with historical, cultural, and ecological attractions and the downtown area is undergoing major renovations in order to keep up with its continuing growth.

Fort Myers Real Estate Sales Data

Fort Myers Homes Sales End of Year 2009*:

• 2,829 Closed Sales (2,397 in 2008)
• Average Sales Price – $134,673
• Median Sales Price – $98,400
• Average Days on Market – 58

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