Ron "The Bear" Barakett

Weekly Bundled Golf Communities Property Updates, Naples FL

Glen Eagle Golf & Country Club has been added to the “menu”. This is my assistant, Liz Yezzi’s, home course.

Existing inventory increased by 11 net units, and with the addition of Glen Eagle, jumped from 226 units last week to 289.  Hopefully the election results will put an end to the slow but steady downward pressure on housing prices. DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!

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Bundled Golf in Naples FL & Laces of Love Golf Tournament at HERITAGE BAY

SAVE THE DATE -  October 30, 2010

ST. PAUL EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH is sponsoring a Golf Tournament to benefit Laces of Love.

• Saturday, October 30, 2010
• HERITAGE BAY
• 18 hole scramble best ball format
• Box lunch, Prime Rib Dinner, prizes and abundance of fun
• Tax deductible donation $125.00

I guarantee that you will never ever feel better about doing something like this

Laces of Love is dedicated to providing new shoes (mostly sneakers) to needy children of Collier County. 100% of their funding is used to purchase these shoes, and the rest is provided by volunteers who deliver the shoes to the 1000′s of needy children. There is no % for overhead.  For the cost of a snack at the 9th hole, you change their lives, these little guys and girls cannot fall asleep when they get their shoes. Most of them HAVE NEVER OWNED A NEW PAIR OF SHOES!! NEVER

I am having a hip replacement October 4th, so I probably will not play, but I purchased 10 entries @ $125.00 and I invite you to be my guest, just bring along 3 buddies and I have you covered. So give me a call or email me.

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The Best Real Estate Report on Bundled Golf in Naples Florida!

How is that Hope and Change working out for you?

The sellers environment is still under some pressure, due to an increase of 11%  in available units (Bundled Golf). We did have a spurt in late Spring 2010, which actually encouraged people to purchase upgrading within the development (not just in your own community), and now they have a need to sell.  Look at it this way: a pendulum which swung way out (high prices 2004 2005) that began to correct in 2006, and here we are in 2010, and there is no doubt that it has gone too low. In many cases, properties are selling for less than their replacement BRICK AND MORTAR costs.

Attached are the detailed sheets for the individual communities. If you would like more in depth information, just send me an e mail, and we will get it to you.

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Bundled Golf Communities, Naples FL – Air Conditioning Tip

This is not TRIVIA. Some friends at Vanderbilt Country Club replaced their Air Conditioner with a great high efficiency unit about 5 or 6 months ago. This was the Mercedes of systems, we all watched as they installed a larger concrete pad to hold it!  There were some MOLD issues…………Today, another vendor analyzed the duct work ( adequate for the original systems installed by the developer) and found that it was too small a diameter for the new system…….all ductwork is being replaced as we speak, and then the residence will need be treated for MOLD. WOW! Always something to learn.

The sales report has an added twist by way of a new column “Furnished” or “Unfurnished”. This was done in response to an inquiry by one of our readers. Please note the growing inventory, we touched the low 201 or 202 about 3 months ago, before the summer of recovery.

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Comprehensive Sales Report – Cedar Hammock, Forest Glen, Heritage Bay, Naples Heritage, Naples Lakes, Vanderbilt Country Club

LABOR DAY REPORT

More than 4480 PGA-staffed facilities participated in the third annual Patriot Golf Day® in 2009 raising $2.5 million. That number is expected to hit over $3.0 Million this time around. All 6 of my Bundled Golf courses ran a full complement today.

This is the first time since 2006 that Forest Glen has less than 50 properties available through the MLS. Vanderbilt Country Club is holding steady at 30 units. Prediction is that Naples Lakes still has another 5% drop in median prices to go.

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Trivia:

The recent housing report showed a 27% decrease in house resale nationally. Two parts.

1. Was this unit based or $ volume based?   1 dozen golf balls to the first winner
2. Based on these facts, why am I so busy?  No prize on this one

Winners and losers for the week.

Forest Glen is beginning to digest the inventory as they reinvent themselves as Bundled Golf for the more accomplished golfers.

Cedar Hammock is seeing a rise in inventory, due mostly to the steady increase in list price as well as selling price. This will be auto leveling. I guess there are golf scrambles at all courses for the weekend.

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Bundled Golf Communities Report, Naples FL

Trivia for this week. 2 correct answers required.

1. HOW MANY VACATION DAYS WERE TAKEN BY G.W. BUSH?
2. WHICH MODERN DAY PRESIDENT TOOK THE LEAST NUMBER OF VACATION DAYS?

The folks who are here mostly year ’round are starting to come back from the familial visits and reunions, The 8 monthers will be starting to trickle by for Labor Day. Interest rates are down, as are prices. It is a wonderful time to buy here in Naples. That is of course a double edged sword!

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This is week 33 for 2010. Time just keeps marching on, doesn’t it?

Trivia question: Which of these courses has the most play?

Prize for the first correct answer, one sleeve of Monogrammed Nike Ignite Golf Balls (Bear Logo)

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Bundled Golf in Naples FL- Babcock Pistol and Rifle Range

Our golf courses are being groomed and readied for the beginning of another season, traffic appears to have increased at Costco (people starting to trickle back from summer trips?). Sales are steady at a very moderate rate, dictated by lower prices. Inventory is static, except at Naples Lakes, which seems to be creeping slowly upwards.

Of trivial interest. A number of my readers are trying to get a mid week outing to Babcock Ranch to use the pistol and rifle range, and have asked me to conduct a straw poll, the idea is to get a caravan together and make a day of it. Let me know if you might be interested.

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Please contact me if I can be of any assistance with your real estate needs. Have a great week!

Ron@AskTheBear.com

Weekly Update, Bundled Golf Communities Naples FL

The reason I am tardy with this week’s report is a little boy called Andrew Terrebonne from New Orleans. My grandson is from the Nations energy rich Louisiana. He runs on Everready++ batteries. Alas he and the family have left, and I am catching up on some sleep, but also feel the big void created by departing family.

Real Estate has slowed up a bit during the summer. It is still a buyer’s market, however we are reaching a point of selective short inventory. Depending on what floor your lobby is on, we may have reached a bottomed. Condos at $150,000, incremental increases for size, density (Carriage vs. Condo, Coach vs. Carriage). Your lobby is where on the pricing curve you are. Selling a condo at $175,000 (base unit first floor) means you are under downward pressure. That being said, here is the summary for the week.

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