Punta Gorda, FL

Punta Gorda
# of listings in Punta Gorda= 1616 active listings
# of listings sold from Mar 22-Apr 22: 95
# of listings sold from Feb 22-Mar 22: 85
# of listings sold from Jan 22-Feb 22: 69
# of listings sold from Dec 22-Jan 22: 58
# of listings sold from Nov 22-Dec 22: 53
# of listings sold from Oct 22-Nov 22: 71
431 homes sold in the last six months in PG. Average number of homes sold per month over the last 6 months in PG: 72 homes
#sold (72 homes) X 12 (months) = 864
divide 864 by 52 weeks= 17 units per week
If 17 units sell each week divide that number into the number of active listings 17 divided by 1616 = 95 weeks of inventory or nearly two years worth of inventory in Punta Gorda.

Punta Gorda:
Punta Gorda's average listing price for the last 6 months $233,813-Average selling price for the last six months is $210,967:
Average list price Mar 22-Apr 22 was $196,088 and the average selling price was $177,133. Average size home was 1610 sq ft under air.
Average list price Feb 22-Mar 22 was $219,968 and the average selling price was $199,599. Average size home selling is 1708 sq ft under air.
Average list price Jan 22-Feb 22 was $253,755 and the average selling price was $226,337. Average size home selling was 1805 under air.
Average list price Dec 22-Jan 22 was $238,778 and average selling price was $215,497. Average size home selling was 1764 sq ft under air.
Average list price Nov 22-Dec 22 was $228,494 and average selling price was $205,927. Average size home selling was 1718 sq ft under air.
Average list price Oct 22-Nov 22 was $265,797 and average selling price was $241,309. Average size home selling was 1400 sq ft under air.

I spend a lot of time out and about in Deep Creek. It's a fairly small area and I feel I know it fairly well. But the other day, while out in deep Deep Creek I had an epiphany. Deep Creek is actually several neighborhoods rolled into one. Earth-shattering you might say (with tongue firmly in cheek!). Bear with me.

It's true though! Take the most southerly area. It's a very mature neighborhood. Homes have been here since at least the early eighties. That means they're approaching 30! Not such a young new neighborhood as us Deep Creekers are apt to boast. I do admit that is a thoroughly civilized part of Florida with many lakes and the few trees left that made it through Hurricane Charley.

The easterly area, just off rampart Boulevard is an area of fairly new development, mainly condos and planned communities. One of many Florida condo communitiies that was overbuilt during the last - and seemingly distant - boom!

East of Rio de Janeiro Boulevard is the Deep Creek Golf Course. It's an area which has seen a proliferation of condos and townhouses, many of which are new.

To the north of Sandhill Boulevard are many newer homes. This is the area where much of the last boom took place and the homes are just gorgeous. There are lakes, and treed lots. The homes are larger with high vaulted roofs - which seems the modern style in Florida design - than in the southern part.

And towards the Peace River - about as far into Deep Creek as one can go. Well this is like a wilderness. There are less homes out here than in other parts of Deep Creek. It seems the boom never quite made it this far, and some may say that this is a good thing. There are many vacant lots in the area, most of them uncleared which tends to lend the area a more rural feel. It has a distinctly different feel than other more developed parts of our beloved neighborhood. There is wildlife here too - if you consider bunnies wildlife. I did run across a family of Bobcats early one morning, and the birdlife out here is exquisite.

All in all, our little community is quite charming and there is a spot here for everyone. Those who want to be near the highways and byways, and also for those who want to be far from the madding crowd.

Deep Creek offers it all!

Today was a great start to the new year!

I got good news and opportunity in every avenue I ventured.

I accepted a job that I have security in for weeks to come and I am very excited about it! Its only a couple days into the new year and things are already picking up.

I feel great! How about you?

Sometimes we do things that we dont think about and jump into something we dont want. Its crazy how we make the same mistakes over and over again. It sucks when we see that we have fallen for the same thing over and over. What can we do about it?

Lets try in 2009 to make better decisions about what we do and take responsibilty for what we have done. Trust me life will be better if you try this......