NABOR report: Naples home prices over $300,000 stabilize

From a news release
3:37 p.m., Friday, November 14, 2008

NAPLES — Over the past 12 months the median sold price for properties over $300,000 has increased and the upward trend continues, according to a report released by the Naples Area Board of Realtors.

Here is news from a news release Friday from NABOR, which tracks home listings and sales within Collier County, excluding Marco Island:

Naples won’t appeal ruling on bay speed zones

By ERIC STAATS (Contact)
Originally published 1:34 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Updated 8:38 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, 2008

NAPLES — Four years ago, a boisterous debate over slower boat speed zones on Naples Bay packed City Hall for one hearing after another.

On Wednesday, a string of litigation over a state permit to mark the speed zones ended with a whimper.

Don't Count On A Detroit Bailout

Don't Count On A Detroit Bailout
Brian Wingfield, 11.18.08, 06:45 PM EST

At least not this week. Here's why.

Just about everyone associated with major U.S. automakers--lobbyists, dealers, suppliers and the chiefs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler--are on Capitol Hill this week to plead their case for an industry bailout.

Existing-home sales rise on improved affordability, says NAR

WASHINGTON – Oct. 24, 2008 – Existing-home sales increased last month as buyers responded to improved housing affordability conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Florida’s existing home, condo sales increase in September 2008

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24, 2008 – For the first time in almost three years, Florida’s existing home sales rose in September, noting a 24 percent increase in activity in the year-to-year comparison; last month’s sales of existing condos statewide increased 11 percent in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR).

Home sales see biggest gain since July 2003

By Patrick Rucker

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose 5.5 percent last month, the biggest gain since July 2003, and the inventory of unsold homes fell, a hopeful sign for a housing market mired in a long slump.