Last year, Jonathan Kline, a 38-year-old Maryland resident and financial consultant, discovered the Southwest Florida housing market. (more…)

Staggering Florida mortgage costs aren’t impeding population growth - at least not in fast-growing Lee County, Sumter County and Flagler County. (more…)

There’s no arguing that this is a tough time to be in the real estate business. Inventory is up, sales are down and Florida real estate agents are finding themselves with way more free time than they’d like to have. (more…)

Foreclosures in Lee County continue to soar- and realtors say the housing boom of the past few years is to blame. (more…)

The Collier County housing market is first - and Lee County is number-six - on a nationwide list of housing markets where prices are most likely to fall during the next two years. (more…)

In Lee County and around the state, home builders say the picture looks bleak for the next six months. (more…)

As difficult as it may be to see, there is a silver lining to the Lee County housing market. First, the facts: (more…)

With the ebb in real estate cash flow, insiders are turning to lawsuits — builders, subcontractors and Florida mortgage borrowers are suing each other to get out of contracts or simply to get paid. (more…)

Christopher and Cathy Comerota bought their Cape Coral home in December 2003 just as the boom in Florida housing prices was taking off. But now they’re looking foreclosure in the face.

They’re not alone. (more…)

Daphne and Randolph Sewell thought they were risking only $15,000 in the summer of 2005 when they took out $750,000 in construction loans for three First Home Builders houses in Lee County.

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