An article that was just posted by the Associated Press 22 minutes ago has announced that it is not a "done deal" yet, but it looks promising for the $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit to be extended. It was an easy 98-0 vote in the Senate just a short while ago to extend the $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit, as well as to include a $6,500 credit to Home Owners who have lived in their current home for at least 5 years.
The important next step will be for the legislation to go to the House, where it is reported that it should be approved rather quickly, and then it will be sent to President Obama for his signature. There is still the possibility that this legislation will not go through, however with 98 voting for it and 0 voting against it, the likelihood of it arriving on the President's desk is quite high. The $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit was attached to a bill extending unemployment benefits. This raises the stakes even higher for getting this bill passed soon.
Fort Myers Home Sellers now is a great time to meet with a Fort Myers Listing Agent to discuss marketing your home as First Time Home Buyers will be looking to purchase a new home. Would you like to know what your home is worth? Please request a Home Value Report.
Shane and I are both Fort Myers Listing Agents as well as able to represent Fort Myers Buyers as Fort Myers Buyers Agents. If you have any questions regarding purchasing your first home or marketing your home for sale, please contact us. We will take the time to share with you about our local Fort Myers and Cape Coral real estate market.
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Happily Serving Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, North Fort Myers, Estero, Cape Coral, Lehigh, Bonita Beach, Bonita Springs, Naples, Marco Island, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island
Shane & Joy Goushaw
Licensed Professional Realtors
Sandals Realty
Cell: 239-823-9419
Fax: 239-245-8042
The real estate market is changing in Fort Myers. We are seeing a lack of inventory in lower priced homes including bidding wars. Typically these homes are in the $100,000 - $199, 000 price range. If you have a Fort Myers or Cape Coral home in this price range now really is the time to have it marketed by a Fort Myers Listing Agent.
Luxury homes in Fort Myers are selling as well, and as you may imagine, they are selling for significantly less than they were 3 or 4 years ago. Homes in the exclusive community of Fiddlesticks Golf & Country Club that sold in 2006 for over 1 million are now selling for almost half of that.
If you are selling a Luxury Fort Myers home, the good news is that these homes are also selling. However, the flip side is that it is important to keep in mind the turn of events in the Fort Myers luxury real estate market of loss in home value. Luxury homes are losing value due to an increase in foreclosures in Fort Myers Luxury home market share. It would be prudent to not price your home too expensively. The most regrettable thing that could happen is for your home to sit on the market with multiple price reductions. We call this "Chasing the Market" in Real Estate.
Sit down with your Financial Planner or Real Estate Professional and evaluate the value of your home while mapping out a strategy to achieve your goal of selling. One way you can do this is to have an in-depth study of the value of comparable sold homes in your community.
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Shane and Joy Goushaw
Licensed Professional Florida Realtors
Sandals Realty
If you are a Fort Myers Seller, now is the time to consider selling your home!
Reasons Why it is a Great Time to Hire a Listing Agent:
1. Snowbirds and Vacationers
As anyone driving around Fort Myers and Cape Coral can see our traffic has been steadily increasing over the past couple of weeks. Looking at the license plates we are seeing more and more out of state plates. As it gets colder up north, the snowbirds flock to the sunshine of Florida's Gulf Coast. Even at McGregor Baptist Church in Fort Myers, where we happen to attend, the parking lot and the pews are filling up week by week.
Many of these people are looking to purchase a home in Fort Myers or Cape Coral.
2. Supply & Demand
Because of the decrease in home inventory and the increase of home buyers, the current demand for a home is higher than the inventory of good homes to meet the need. We need more inventory to meet this demand.
Now is the time to sell while other Fort Myers Sellers are only just beginning to consider putting their home on the market. Now is the time for you to have your home marketed and listed in the Fort Myers MLS.
If you would like to discuss marketing your home, please feel free to contact us. We would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Happily serving Fort Myers, North Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, Lehigh, Estero, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Beach, Bonita Springs, Naples, Marco Island.
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If you would like additional information on the real estate market conditions in Fort Myers & receive information on what your home value is then please contact us, Shane & Joy Goushaw - www.WeLuvFortMyers.com
Shane & Joy Goushaw
Licensed Professional Florida Realtors
Sandals Realty
Cell: 239-823-5280
Fax: 239-245-8042
Our Website: www.FortMyersRealEstateFloridaHomes.com
Our Blogsite: www.WeLuvFortMyers.com
Sellers, we can empathize with the challenges that you are facing when selling your Lee County home. It is a market unlike any other that you will probably ever find yourself in again. In my research on the Greater Fort Myers and the Beach MLS I have found many reasons for the unfortunate event of expired listings. And, after a stellar track record with selling homes in a declining market, I think we have the authority to share what will and will not sell your Fort Myers or Cape Coral home.
Price - Good homes expire because of incorrect pricing.
Are you chasing the market with a price that is too high? Homes are selling in the Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Lee County real estate market but the homes do need to be priced competitively and also aggresively to stand out from the crowd.
Has your home expired because it was "over-priced?" As Listing Agents in Fort Myers who genuinely care about our clients accomplishing their goal of selling and moving onto the next phase of their lives, we will explore pricing strategies with you. We will seek to understand where you are coming from and what is holding you back from pricing your home in-line with the comparable solds. If you do not have the wiggle room with price because of what you owe on your mortgage, then we can discuss alternatives to conventional sales. We have successfully closed Short Sales in Fort Myers and in Cape Coral. That may not be your only option, some of our sellers consider bringing cash to closing if they are able to. Neither solution is a pleasant one. We understand and will help discuss all options with you for the best possible outcome.
Photos - Poor image quality and few photos will cause your home to get overlooked by Fort Myers and Cape Coral Buyers.
All too often I have looked through the Fort Myers MLS expired listings and have seen such poor quality in photographs and lack of photographs. As Realtors using the Fort Myers MLS, we are able to input up to 10 photos in the Fort Myers MLS, so why did your Fort Myers Listing Agent only take a shot of the front of the home that is not cropped and has not had the brightness and contrast adjusted to make it look sharp and stand out? Shane is a photographer and has taken photography classes, he also a graphic design background. He has the skills to make your images stand-out. Your home needs to be displayed with pride. There is an art-form to taking photos of a home, we can discuss with you the best ways to capture your home on camera. We also add virtual tours to every listing. Again, this is such an important and often over-looked means of marketing a home.
Communication and Updates on Market Condition - Homes expire because of lack of communication from Listing Agent to Seller about the Real Estate Conditions. Agents need to continually be re-evaluating the strategy for selling the home and communicating with the Seller.
One of the biggest complaints that Sellers who have left their former Listing Agent shares with us about the previous relationship is "I never heard from my Realtor." Or, "They never told me when homes sold or new listings went on the market in my community." We provide our Sellers with a ListingBook Account, so that you can stay updated on the market trends in your community. You will see just like we do, when new homes go on the market, have a price reduction, are marked pending and then sold. We will also stay in touch with you and discuss what these changes in your community mean for you, the seller. This will help you to trust us when we make recommendations on strategy for selling your home.
The bottom line is that your home should not expire without selling. The Real Estate relationship between Listing Agent & Seller needs to be built on trust. If you trust your professional agent, you are going to trust the recommendations that they make to sell your home. You can be sure that we care about your goal of selling your home and will come up with an individualized strategy and marketing campaign to help you sell.
Selling a home in Fort Myers, Cape Coral or Lee County is kind of like riding on a plane during turbulence. You know it will end, but it is a bumpy ride. It is bumpy enough in this real estate market, we want to smooth out the journey for you as much as we are able.
Please don't hesitate to call if you have any real estate questions pertaining to selling your Fort Myers home. We will do our very best to answer you through honest insight into the current Fort Myers real estate market.
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Happily serving Fort Myers, Nort Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, Estero, Lehigh, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Beach, Bonita Springs, Naples & Marco Island.
Shane & Joy Goushaw
Licensed Florida Professional Realtors
Sandals Realty
Cell: 239-823-5280
Fax: 239-245-8042
Our Website: www.FortMyersRealEstateFloridaHomes.com
Our Blogsite: www.WeLuvFortMyers.com
Are you selling your home in Cape Coral or Fort Myers? Then I would strongly recommend getting a ListingBook Account. A ListingBook Account will provide you with all of the homes in your area that are for sale.
Not only will you see the Active Listings, you will also get notified and will be able to track when your competition is:
1. Pending
2. Has a Price Reduction
3. When your competition Sells
4. And, what Price the home or condo is Sold for.
You can modify your criteria to cover only your neighborhood or those of the surrounding neighborhoods. It is a practical and useful tool that we provide free for you.
It is easy to get a ListingBook Account, all you have to do is click Here and fill out the form. Please specify that you are a Cape Coral or Fort Myers Home Seller and that you want the ListingBook Account.
It is really pretty easy and you will probably find that you develop a ListingBook addiction when you learn just how useful a tool and a guide it is for you while doing research on selling your Fort Myers or Cape Coral home or condo.
We are available should you have any questions regarding Selling your Fort Myers or Cape Coral Home or about the ListingBook.
Get Your ListingBook Account HERE!
Happily Serving Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, North Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Lehigh, Estero, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Bonita Springs, Bonita Beach, Naples, Marco Island.
Providing You With Excellence & Service in Your Real Estate Experience!
Shane & Joy Goushaw
Licensed Professional Florida Realtors
Sandals Realty
Cell: 239-823-5280
Fax: 239-245-8042
Our Website: www.FortMyersRealEstateFloridaHomes.com
Our BlogSite: www.WeLuvFortMyers.com
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