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Florida’s West Coast Cities Top WSJ/Realtor.com’s Housing Index

By Jamie Chang - January 31, 2022
Cities on Florida’s west coast climbed to the top of The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index, boosted by the growth of remote work and warm weather in the Sunshine State. High-end markets and vacation spots dominated the ranking in the fourth quarter. Luxury-home sales have climbed in the past year as wealthy households benefited from stock-market gain
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NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL AUCTION RAISES RECORD OF MORE THAN $23 MILLION

By Jamie Chang - January 31, 2022
With the theme of “Rise Up: Twenty Twenty Twogether,” attendees of this year’s Naples Winter Wine Festival truly rose up together and set another fundraising record over the weekend. Following a day of live auction action, the Naples Children & Education Foundation (NCEF) announced Sunday that it raised more than&n
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Economist sees Florida bouncing back quicker than rest of country

By Jamie Chang - May 24, 2020
  With businesses set to reopen next week, does that mean we’ll see Florida’s economy climb back up? The one-time chief economist for Wells Fargo believes so – and he thinks we’ll bounce back faster than much of the country. John Silvia, the founder of Dynamic Economic Strategy, sees what we see: an economy that looks and feels bad. “Right now there isn&rsqu
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Florist and restaurants make it easier to celebrate mom this Mother’s Day

By Jamie Chang - May 07, 2020
Restaurants around Southwest Florida want to help you celebrate mom. They’ve set up special menus for curbside or take out for Mother’s Day. And when you serve it up, you can bring along that side of flowers, safely. Jean Marie Rakich the general manager of Fort Myers Florist says, “We have a lot more people buying flowers because they can’t see their mothers.&r
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5 Great Reasons to Invest in New Construction Homes

By Jamie Chang - May 04, 2020
People looking to invest in real estate often ask themselves the same question. “Should I invest in older homes or new construction homes?” While there are pros and …   People looking to invest in real estate often ask themselves the same question. “Should I invest in older homes or new construction homes?” While there are pros and cons to each, we believe s
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New York residents fleeing to sunny Florida — and New Jersey: study

By Jamie Chang - May 01, 2020
Residents escaping New York state at an alarming rate are fleeing to Florida more than any other state. More than one in five New Yorkers who left — 21.3% — relocated to the Sunshine State, an Empire Center analysis of IRS tax data from 2010 to 2018 found. The average annual income of New York transplants was $90,310. But New Yorkers are not just flocking to warmer clim
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Lee County beaches, parks will reopen Wednesday

By Jamie Chang - April 28, 2020
  LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Lee County commissioners voted to reopen beaches and parks in an emergency meeting Tuesday. The beaches and parks will re-open Wednesday morning. Beach hours will be from dawn to dusk. Park hours will operate under their regularly scheduled hours, which can be found on the county website. Bathrooms and parking lots will be open. You can sunbathe, exercise, an
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After weeks of business decline during pandemic, Southwest Florida real estate starts to see improvements in activity

By Jamie Chang - April 28, 2020
The local real estate market has certainly taken a hit thanks to the pandemic, with many buyers and sellers staying isolated amid the outbreak.  Despite the slowing of the market, however, Southwest Florida real estate representatives are starting to see signs that activity is on the upswing. "Sales are definitely down, but they've been improving over the last few weeks,&qu
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Fort Myers Beach to reopen for residents only Tuesday morning, council decides

By Jamie Chang - April 27, 2020
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. - Fort Myers Beach will reopen at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning., council members decided.  The Town Council met Monday morning to discuss reopening the beach, which has been closed to the public to help slow the spread of coronavirus.  The motion passed 3 to 2. Follow this story to get email or text alerts from NBC2 when there is a future article following this sto
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Collier County leaders work on plan to reopen beaches safely

By Jamie Chang - April 24, 2020
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - Charlotte County will be opening their beach this upcoming Monday, but people living in Collier and Lee County are still wondering when they'll be able to get back to the sand. “I think it’s a good thing, again we’ve already seen other places in the country where beaches have been opened," Collier County Councilman William McDaniel said. On Wedn
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Collier County planning how, when to start reopening public places

By Jamie Chang - April 23, 2020
  Many of us want to know when caution tape at Southwest Florida public beaches will come down. Collier County is home to some of those popular beaches, and it’s working to see when is the right time to start opening back up in a safe manner. A new Collier County task force says it’s working to determine when it will be possible to open up public beaches again amid the coronavi
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Congress, White House Strike Deal on Loan Program

By Jamie Chang - April 22, 2020
By Lisa Walker, Senior Director, Communications and Marketing Details are forthcoming, but now's the time to collect documentation for when the loan application process opens.  ORLANDO, Fla. – If you were among the tens of thousands of small businesses and independent contractors that did not get a loan or grant from the last stimulus package, now’s the time to prepare for
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