Venetian Villas at Park Shore Update

Venetian Villas at Park Shore has just been added to my Naples, Florida real estate website. From there you will be able to read community information about Venetian Villas, check out Venetian Villas for sale and review the Venetian Villa site plan.

Venetian Villas at Park Shore is a beautiful subdivision within Park Shore featuring just 32 villas. Located on Venetian Bay and just across the street from the Gulf of Mexico, this area is truly special.

Currently there are three listings available at Venetian Villas all of which can be found on my website. Pricing begins at just under $1,300,000 and increase in price to $1,725,000.

For more information regarding Venetian Villas contact me direct or feel free to check out Venetian Villas at Park Shore on my website.

Best Regards,
Your Naples Smart Girl

Brittany at Park Shore Update

The Brittany at Park Shore portion of my Naples, Florida real estate website has just been created. From the Park Shore tab you are able to access Brittany at Park Shore community information, review Brittany at Park Shore floor plans and the Brittany at Park Shore site plan complete with swimming pool and beach cabana design.

If you're interested in seeing Brittany at Park Shore condos for sale, you are able to review all condos currently available through the IDX system. Today there are six units available starting at $1,795,000 and increasing in price to $2,350,000. All active listings in MLS are presently on my website as well.

For more information regarding Brittany at Park Shore. You are welcome to take a peek at Brittany at Park Shore or feel free to contact me direct.

Best Regards,

Your Park Shore Smart Girl!

Estates at Bay Colony Update

Estates at Bay Colony has been updated on my Naples, Florida real estate website. Those updates include new pictures of The Estates at Bay Colony, The Estates at Bay Colony site plan, community information and all listings offered through IDX that are currently available.


The Estates at Bay Colony is the most prestigious subdivision in Pelican Marsh. Some of the most amazing homes located in Naples, Florida can be found here so if you're wanting something exquisite with the ability to belong to a fabulous golf community, beach and tennis club, feel free to check out The Estates at Bay Colony or contact me direct!

Best Regards,
Your Naples Smart Girl!

Esplanade Club at Park Shore Update

Esplanade Club at Park Shore has been updated on my Naples, Florida real estate website.

Those updates include community information about Esplanade at Park Shore, a page where you can see all Esplanade at Park Shore condos for sale currently offered through IDX, (as it stands today there are 8 total ranging in price from $1,795,000 to $730,000) Esplanade Club floor plans and Esplanade Club site plans are also available.

Esplanade Club is an atrium style beach front condominium located in Park Shore Naples, Florida. For more information regarding Esplanade or any other Park Shore property, feel free to check out my website or contact me direct!

Best Regards,

Your Naples Smart Girl!

Aria at Park Shore Update

Aria at Park Shore improvements to my Naples, Florida real estate website are now live and available for viewing. Those improvements include Aria at Park Shore condos for sale, Aria at Park Shore Site Plan, Aria at Park Shore Floor Plans, community information and more.

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I focus on helping you quickly find the information regarding Aria you are most interested in and making it easy for you to identify a property in Aria fitting your requirements.

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I am happy to report that I currently have Penthouse 402 located on the 18th floor currently under contract and set to close on August 1, 2008.

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Aria at Park Shore is considered the grand finale in Park Shore Naples, Florida. It is truly a fabulous building. For more information regarding Aria, please visit my website or feel free to contact me direct.

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Sincerely,

Your Naples Smart Girl!

Terraces at Park Shore Update

Terraces at Park Shore has recently been updated on my Naples, Florida real estate website.

The updates include additional information regarding The Terraces at Park Shore, Terraces at Park Shore site plan, Terraces at Park Shore floor plans and Terraces at Park Shore condos for sale.

There are a total of 16 units listed at this time all of which you can find on my website. My effort is to make researching Terraces at Park Shore as easy as possible allowing you effortless beachfront purchasing in the Naples, Florida Park Shore area.

If after reviewing my site you feel like there is additional information you need to help you with your purchase, feel free to contact me direct or send me an email to let me know what other information you think would be useful.

Best Regards,

Your Naples Smart Girl!

Enclave at Park Shore Update

Improvements have been made to the Enclave at Park Shore section of my Naples, Florida real estate website.





From Enclave at Park Shore, one of the most exclusive beachfront high-rises in Park Shore, you are able to get information about the community, see pictures check out the Enclave site plan and Enclave floor plans. You can also review all Enclave at Park Shore condos for sale currently offering IDX marketing.



What is IDX marketing? The option your REALTOR can choose that allows their listing (your unit) the ability to be advertised on other websites which is great especially if their site doesn't rank high in popular search engines like Google. To see the top 10 ranking websites for Enclave at Park Shore, click here. If you're thinking about selling your Enclave at Park Shore condo, you'll definitely want to use an agent who knows how to market on the Internet.



More and more people are beginning (and in some cases ending) their quest for Naples, Florida real estate on the Internet. For example, I've sold 4 properties this year to people who never saw their Naples, Florida property before they purchased. Through my website and personal assistance, they were able to identify, negotiate and purchase their property without ever stepping foot on Naples soil. If you're condo isn't on my site, how will the next buyer know it's for sale?



Feel free to check out Enclave at Park Shore condos for sale or contact me direct with any questions your might have.



Best Regards,
Your Naples Smart Girl!

Bay Colony Naples, Florida Market Update

If you've been thinking about making a purchase in Bay Colony Naples, Florida, there's some great new stuff on the market! In fact there's 13 listings in Bay Colony right now that have been on the market for 90 days or less. That's almost half the active inventory which currently stands at 30 listings in all of Bay Colony currently available.

What's Hot:
Toscana at Bay Colony There's only one unit currently available. There's one pending contract (1/28/08) and 3 other units have closed this year in that building! Whoohooo!

Mansion La Palma No offerings at this time due to the two units offered earlier this year either pending contract (2/29/08) or now closed (2/28/08)

Brighton at Bay Colony Has 3 units available. Three others have closed already this year.

Carlysle at Bay Colony Has only one unit available. The other closed 2/15/08.

Marquesa at Bay Colony Only one unit available. The other unit available earlier this year pended contract on 3/26/08.

Salerno at Bay Colony Two units currently available, one pending (4/16/08) and one closed (5/1/08)

Villa La Palma Only one listing available earlier this year sold on 5/15/08.

Vizcaya at Bay Colony No listings currently available. 3 homes available earlier this year are gone. Two of which have already closed and the remaining home is pending contract as of 4/4/08.

Not As Hot:

Windsor at Bay Colony has two units available. One pending (4/10/08) and one closed 92/28/08)
Biltmore at Bay Colony Two units are currently available. No pending or solds in '08

Contessa at Bay Colony Two units are currently available. No pending or solds in '08

Not Hot Right Now:

Remington at Bay Colony has 4 units available. No units have pended contract or closed this year.

Bay Colony single family homes (not villas) are not fairing as well as many of the Bay Colony condominium and villa subdivisions.

Bay Colony Shores has 9 homes currently available. There are no single family homes pending or closed this year.

The Strand at Bay Colony has 3 outstanding estates available. There are no pending or sold homes in this Bay Colony subdivision this year.

For more information regarding Bay Colony Naples, Florida, feel free to contact me direct or shoot me an email.

Best Regards,
Your Naples Smart Girl

Naples, Florida Real Estate Update 5-12-08

Naples, Florida real estate buyers are still stirring!

I arrived at the office today to prepare for a showing appointment tomorrow with some customers from Sweden and fully expected to have plenty of quiet time to work on my Naples, Florida real estate website and catch up with some long overdue blogging.

The first surprise phone call of the day was from a really nice lady from France who's planning a trip in August to purchase in Pelican Bay. Unexpected phone calls and emails from buyers are actually not "unexpected" anymore but I do marvel at the fact that I had so many inquiries today. Not all new people. I've had some people who have been popping in from time to time as well.

For example, I have a client who is desperately seeking a single family home in Old Naples. She missed out on one last week due to another offer that came in before she could schedule a trip down here to take a peek before signing the dotted line so now we're emailing each other back and forth nearly everyday and in some cases often throughout the day discussing what's currently available and whether or not it will work for her and her family. Whew!
Then there's the guy who's been circling over a unit in Pelican Bay...waiting ever so patiently...sort of.

Needless to say, even though the air is heating up in Naples, Florida the buyers in the area are showing little to no signs of cooling off. Is it because they think now is the time to buy or because they're responding to the deals that are hitting the market. Maybe. In some cases like the Old Naples client, fears of cold winters up north are driving her motivation to purchase more than the prices are.

I think it is interesting that so many people have set appointments throughout the summer months. This is certainly a trend that I didn't expect and is defiantly a trend I saw none of last year at this time. If I were a polar bear expecting to hibernate through October I'd be grumpy about it but since I'm a Smart Girl selling Naples, Florida real estate my happy face is more appropriate and matches my summer wardrobe better.

So if you're thinking about purchasing property in Naples, give me a shout. I'm happy to assist.

Best Regards,
Shan

Naples, Florida Real Estate and Zillow

There's no mystery that Zillow has had their fair share of challenges when attempting to accurately provide real estate estimates for Naples, Florida real estate. But before anyone gets too excited, this is not a Zillow bashing post...just an update. Besides, I'd like to give a special high five to that Zillow representative who admittedly said they had been faced with the challenge down here. It was quite some time ago and they explained that they were "working on it" so I thought I would double check again to see what has improved especially since I recently wrote an offer with a very tech savvy buyer who tried to use Zillow as a point of reference. After explaining what I knew she quickly changed direction and successfully put an Old Naples condo under contract....yaeee for her!

So back to the latest comparison. What I did was pulled 3 closed sales today in our local MLS. I cross referenced the sales price and then pulled the addresses up on Zillow. Here's what I found:

8930 Bay Colony Drive #1504 - Salerno at Bay Colony - Listed for $2,295,000 sold by a fellow John R. Wood agent for $2,125,000 It took just under two months to go under contract...not bad market time! So, I pulled up the address in Zillow where it said there were 26 matching properties for that address and then another link directly under it said 44 matching properties for that address. When I click the first link a fast list of addresses show up and then disappear. I tried to open the link in another window and it wouldn't load. Hmmm.... I tried several times...holding my mouth differently each time...still no dice. So I clicked on the second link. Same results. I am happy to report that I did click on the building in the aerial shot and the building with the zestimates pulled up. Zillow shows #1504 worth $2,511,000. Was this a fire sale? No, did the buyer get a great ridiculous deal. Not in my opinion. The neighborhood is doing very well and has not been in depreciating mode so I don't know why there's a difference of that magnitude.

Difference between reality and Zillow= $386,000

2040 Sandpiper St. - Royal Harbor - Listed for $979,000 Sold for $850,000. It took just over 3 months for it to sell. The Zestimate for this home is $1,466,500. What I find curious is right under the Zestimate it shows $979,000 (what the house was listed for). This neighborhood has done well this year too...no huge difference in market value to point to.Difference between reality and Zillow = $616,500

8463 Abbington Circle #1021 - Crescent at Pelican Bay - Listed for $699,000, Sold for $600,000. It was on the market since last August with two price reductions. 17 days from 2nd price reduction in went under contract....and just as a coincidence...it was listed and sold by John R. Wood Inc. REALTORS...no kidding! Zillow says, $731,000...again, this neighborhood has remained the same in value for the last 24 months.

Difference between reality and Zillow = $131,000....we're getting closer.

I should include the fact that Zillow is not overpricing every property in Naples. In fact, while I was in the process of helping my client purchase in Old Naples, the unit she was interested in was showing it was worth substantially less. Just as I have seen on other Naples properties in the past. Again, this isn't because Old Naples properties have seen a significant depreciation...it's just that Zillow doesn't have their magic Zestimates down quite yet for our area.

From what I understand, Zillow is spot on in areas across the country and there's no doubt in my mind that Zillow Zestimates will get much better here in Naples down the road but as it stands today, your best resource to find out if you're overpaying as a buyer or under-listing as a seller is to contact a Smart Girl to help you know for sure!

Best Regards, Shannon