Mike Canzano Cape Coral Real Estate Specialist

June was a HUGE month for sales.....
As of today, 729 homes were closed out in MLS for the month of June.

Year to Date through June 30th, over 3,652 homes have sold in Cape Coral.
Over the past 12 months, 6,335 homes have sold in Cape Coral.

Keep in mind these figures do not include all of the sales which have occurred on the court house steps.

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The Lee County School Grades were released yesterday, June 18,2009.  Lee County one of the 34 districts across the state to receive a top mark in the report released by the Florida Department of Education.

An online database of Lee County School Grades can be found here.

While clearly there is always room for improvement, the schools are performing well.

As Reported in the News-Press today

NeoGenomics, a Fort Myers-based biotechnology company, is expanding its work force here by 75 highly paid employees during the next three years.

Lee County Economic Development Office Director Jim Moore made the announcement only hours after the office and NeoGenomics signed an agreement to provide the company with incentives to put the jobs in the county.

The jobs will pay at least $60,000 — more than $20,000 above the average wage here.

NeoGenomics will be paid by the county a negotiated amount for each high-wage job it brings to the area, Moore said.

The announcement was made during a Horizon Council meeting at the Helm Club of The Landings condominium in Fort Myers. The session was the council’s midyear update for its supporters.

The council is a public-private board that advises Lee County commissioners on economic issues.

There are 72 NeoGenomics employees in the county. The new workers will be in a variety of fields, including administrators, customer care and technicians, said Helen Edenfield, NeoGenomics’ director of support services.

It was unclear if the deal includes money from a $25 million economic development fund commissioners added to this year's budget, which went into effect Oct. 1. But the money has been used at least twice so far:

• In May, Lee commissioners voted 4-0 to spend $1.7 million to convince a private company to move its headquarters here. The move could mean a $334.6 million economic impact and 350 new jobs, economic officials said.

The county has not released the name of the business, the type of business or its headquarters’ location because of a confidentiality agreement intended to protect the firm from a public backlash should news leak the firm is looking to relocate.

• Earlier this year, commissioners approved $510,000 for information technology company Gartner Inc. to expand its operations and add 200 jobs here. That deal was announced April 28.

The Gartner expansion includes an estimated $13.5 million investment in a new 70,000-square-foot class A office building. The economic impact of the project to Southwest Florida is an estimated $134.2 million over five years.

The combination of NeoGenomics, a biotechnology company, and Gartner Inc, an information technology company, expanding Lee County is a welcome addition.

The Cape Coral Home sales numbers for May 2009 are complete and it continues to be great news.

1. Year to Date Home Sales.....2,906 homes have been reported as closed in MLS in the City of Cape Coral. Combined with all courthouse steps sales, the actual # of sales is probably closer to 3,500.
2. Active Listings continue to fall. They were at a high of nearly 5000 single family homes in February 2008. The current number of active listings is 3159, the lowest since we started examining closely the numbers.

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The newest park in Cape Coral opened on Saturday, March 7.

Cape Coral Rosen Park features two oversized public boat ramps as well as three covered picnic shelters and several boat slips available for rent. With the continued influx of residents, access to the waterfront will be in demand.

The city of Cape Coral Parks and Recreation department has many resources which continue to expand and should be explored.

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