Ron "The Bear" Barakett

Bundled Golf Communities Naples FL – Naples FL Real Estate News for The Week

Naples FL Real Estate News for the week.

Open house traffic increased by 50% over the weekend, which should result in additional sales next week. The inventory jumped back to the level of 2 weeks ago.

Remember you can get your very own access to NABOR listings by going to TheBear.ListingBook.com This will give you timely information and updates as they occur with a minimal lag time.

Make sure you check back on Wednesday for this week’s trivia question.

Bundled Golf Communities Active Listings

Bundled Equity Quarterly Golf Report

This information while deemed accurate is data derived from M.L.S. of Naples and the participating member Brokers and their property listings.

If I can be of any assistance to you just….Ask The Bear!

Ron@AskTheBear.com

Bundled Golf Courses Naples FL Real Estate Reports

This was a quiet week, at least from a Real Estate point of view. I hope we all have a Healthy New Year for 2011!

Trivial questions of the week will be posted on a Sundays. If you have signed up for my e-mails the same question will be sent out on Mondays. If you don’t win, check here again Sunday for next weeks’ question, or wait until Monday to get it in an e-mail. The early bird…………

Back to Real Estate. The inventory shrunk by 10 units week over week, with no new sales. Many listings were withdrawn or terminated, to accommodate some seasonal rentals or reflecting that many of our folks are “IN RESIDENCE” and don’t want to be bothered with showings. Here are summaries, with details attached. Tell your friends, family, former co-workers about this information.

Bundled Golf Communities Active Listings

Bundled Equity Quarterly Golf Report

This information while deemed accurate is data derived from M.L.S. of Naples and the participating member Brokers and their property listings.

If I can be of any assistance with your Real Estate needs just… Ask The Bear!

Ron@AskTheBear.com

$50.00 Gift Certificate FLEMING’S STEAK HOUSE and Bundled Golf in Naples Florida

There was a single winner last week (re: lowest priced condo) and his/her name was posted at my blog BearNaples.com.  I will award $50.00 to the runner up if I don’t hear back from the original winner.

One of our readers, a resident at Vanderbilt, was riding on one of the 2 buses in Egypt that was NOT INVOLVED in that terrible tour bus crash. I am sure they will call me when safely home.

Next week the TRIVIA question will be posted on the blog BEFORE IT comes to you in the e mail, so if you want a head start, check it out BearNaples.com one winner for another $50.00 Steak Dinner. I will post the question at 3pm EST New Year’s Day. Good Luck!

Bundled Golf Communities Naples FL Active Listings

Bundled Equity Quarterly Golf Report

If I can help you with any of your real estate questions just Ask The Bear.

Ron@AskTheBear.com

Christmas Report Bundled Golf Naples Florida and one tricky trivia question

I want to take a moment to wish all of my readers a Merry Christmas. It is for all of us a time to visit with family, call those who are at a distance. These are very precious days, and I hope we all make the best of them.

And now, back to the future. A little more balance in new sales vs. new listings (7 vs. 8), and by attrition, inventory went from 336 to 331. The table below is a summary of the data sheets attached for each of the 7 golf courses. FREE access to Real Estate information in the Naples area, you can create your own searches, and access your information 24/7 by visiting The Bear’s Listing Book.

TRIVIA QUESTION  ……………………..PRIZE $50.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO FLEMINGS STEAK HOUSE
A condo recently closed (last week) below $90.00/square foot. Which golf course was it on? The correct answer will be posted on this blog later this week with the winner’s name.

Bundled Golf Communities Active Listings, Naples FL

Bundled Equity Quarterly Golf Report

Ron@AskTheBear.com

Another Trivial Pursuit – Bundled Golf Courses in and around Naples FL

Tiger Woods recently lost in sudden death to Graeme McDowell a week ago Sunday. He has many sudden death wins. Question for the week. Who did Tiger last defeat to win a major title? One sleeve of  Golf balls for the first correct answer.

The inventory is growing; we reached 337 units, up 10 from the previous week.  This remains a Buyer’s Market. There are signs that we are pretty near the end of the fall, and approaching some stability perhaps in the late Spring.

Bundled Golf Communities, Naples FL Active Listings

Bundled Equity Quarterly Golf Report

Remember, if you have any questions regarding Real Estate in the Naples FL area just….Ask the Bear!

Ron@AskTheBear.com

Holiday Contest – Bundled Golf Communities, Naples FL

I hope you enjoyed a happy and safe Thanksgiving weekend with your family.

To celebrate the start of the holiday season, I’m giving away $500.00 to the winner of this week’s trivia question. The stakes are raised, but the answer is more ambiguous than previous weeks’.

Situation:
A prospective seller is presented a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA), which shows the realistic pricing options for their home based on 90 days of actual sales data from similar homes (size, location, upgrades, etc.). Let’s say the numbers indicate a selling price range of 275-280K, but the seller insists on listing their property at 310K, leaving little hope for the home to sell within a reasonable time period. Because the price of an item does not affect supply or demand, an item priced 10% above market value will probably never sell. In turn, we both become frustrated; the seller lists the property elsewhere, receives an offer of 260K, and accepts it. The seller loses on the sale price, and I lose the sale. We all lose.

So I’m asking you to send me a great idea, to help me find an innovative solution that helps me avoid the aforementioned problem by MOTIVATING sellers to reasonably price their listings. And why not? After all, this will help them sell their property faster!

Be creative, this could mean supplying me with a new marketing technique, or maybe even a guarantee of sale. Think of a system, or a solution. You decide how you want to win the $500.00

WEEK IN REVIEW-
Sales have dropped; new listings and price reductions have risen in the 2 weeks since the last report.

Bundled Equity Quarterly Report

Bundled Golf Communities Active Listings

Ron@AskTheBear.com

Bundled Golf-Financially Secure Golf Course Communities in Naples Florida

There were 12 new listings, almost offset by the 11 sales for the week. A well balanced market would result if we could drop the inventory to 275 units, and anything under 240 (5%) would result in RISING PRICES. In the meantime, we have to play the cards in our hands. If everyone on this list would talk one friend or relative into buying a bundled golf course property, that alone would wipe out the inventory. Bundled Golf Communities are still the safest, most financially stable golf course investment in the Naples FL area.

Bundled Golf Active Report

Bundled Equity Quarterly Report

If I can be of any assistance with any of your real estate needs – make sure to just Ask The Bear.

Ron@AskTheBear.com

The Best of Bundled Golf Communities, Naples FL Real Estate Report

Summary of activity for Bundled Golf Communities, Naples FL for the last week. More details community by community listed below in the graph.
 
1. Inventory has increased slightly.
2. Naples Heritage and Heritage Bay have the lowest number of available inventory units
3. Sales for the week were slightly lower than previous weeks
 
My website and e-mail will be changing to www.AskTheBear.com  and Ron@AskTheBear.com. I will keep you posted on the actual date.

Bundled Equity Quarterly Report

Ron@AskTheBear.com

Bundled Golf Communities, Naples FL Weekly Update

A few observations for Bundled Golf Communities in Naples Florida:

1. Glen Eagle has been added to the list, so comparing Active listings , the comp number should be 248 (arrived at by subtracting 58 Glen Eagles from the total). That is a 22% increase in units, not an insignificant number.
2. Heritage Bay has sold over 210 units for calendar 2010 year to date.  This is significant because it puts them into a sold out position for winter 2012 which will remove a lot of downward pressure on prices.

Bundled Equity Quarterly Golf Report

Bundled Golf Communities Active Listings

Ron@AskTheBear.com

HIP REPLACEMENT and 2 Weeks of Sales Data

This is the first time in 6 years that I miss publishing the bundled golf report. It appears that inventory has taken a tweak upwards, resulting in continuing downward pressure on pricing. We are very near the bottom especially on condos.

Lots of comment last week (2 weeks ago) about the statement I made about the results of the election being important. I didn’t think that I crossed the line, some of the readers did.  Therefore I will do 2 things:

1. Stay out of the political limelight, and
2. Eliminated a number of readers.

I will be back from THE MOORINGS rehab center, which I would use again if needed and highly recommend. They are fantastic!

Here are the numbers for the past 2 weeks.

Ron@AskTheBear.com