Sigmund Freud
photo from LIFE Magazine
Did you know Sigmund Freud was a true romantic? At 26, the future father of psychology fell fast for 21-year-old Martha Bernays and they soon became engaged. In hopes of creating a better life for his bride-to-be, he quit his job in a science lab and worked tirelessly for four years to become a doctor. The pair was then married and went on to have six children.
Freud only visited the United States once, and it took a lot of begging to get him there. In 1909, American psychologist G. Stanley Hall invited Freud to come speak at Clark University. Freud originally declined, but after a lot of persuasion, Hall finally got Freud to consent.
The death of Sigmund Freud was controversial. After smoking up to 20 cigars a day throughout his lifetime, he was diagnosed with mouth cancer. After more than 30 surgeries, it was deemed untreatable. Freud asked his doctor to end things. After three doses of morphine, Freud died on September 23, 1939 at 83 years old.
Throughout Freud’s life, he was an infamous yet esteemed man that helped in the development of psychology. He was revolutionary in his field, and still remains widely famous for his findings and teachings among modern psychologists today.
Source: psychology.about.com
By LAURA LAYDEN | Naples News Online
NAPLES — For years, home buyers have been in the driver’s seat in the Naples market.
After the housing boom went bust in 2006, it became a buyers’ market, giving them the wheel in negotiating bargain prices.
But the pricing power might be shifting to sellers soon with a shrinking supply of homes and condominiums overall, especially in certain neighborhoods.
On Friday, NABOR released its monthly report, showing inventory falling more than 13 percent in February over the year, from 7,888 homes and condominiums to 6,843.
The overall median sales price in February was $220,000, up from $180,000 in the same month a year ago, according to the NABOR report. The median is the price at which half sell for more and half for less.
The report also showed resales in the Naples area dipped slightly in February — a trend that could continue because of a lack of choices for buyers.
There were a total of 687 sales made in the Naples area, down from 694 in the same month a year ago, according to the monthly report. The report tracks sales made by NABOR’s members in Collier County, excluding Marco Island.
Of the total, there were 304 single-family homes and 383 condominiums sold last month. The report reflects the sales of existing homes, not new home construction.
While condominium sales rose over the year, home sales declined from 347 in February of last year.
“Changes in inventory at some point may become an issue,” said Shelton Weeks, chairman of the economics and finance department at Florida Gulf Coast University in Estero, in a statement. “Continued declines in inventory will produce some upward pressure on prices. However, as prices rise we should expect builders to bring more new units to the market, which may slow the advance in prices.”
Some neighborhoods are doing better than others. Some of the more active ones are the Moorings and Park Shore, north of downtown Naples and west of U.S. 41 near the Gulf of Mexico, which have seen more interest from buyers during the past six months, Wood said.
“There have been a lot of sales in there and inventory has gone way down,” he said. “Once the demand is there, then gradually the prices start going up and we are seeing that now.”
With such high demand, some custom builders are putting up speculative, or spec, homes, which are homes without buyers, to try to keep up with the strong interest in some neighborhoods, including the Moorings, Park Shore, Port Royal, Old Naples and Coquina Sands.
Year-over-year, overall pending sales — or new contracts written — in the Naples coastal area rose 15 percent from 1,839 to 2,119 units, and closed sales increased 16 percent, from 1,650 to 1,906, in the 12 months ending in February 2013.
Meanwhile, overall pending sales increased 5 percent from 10,160 to 10,629 over the year.
The shortage of inventory and rising prices may prompt more owners to put up for-sale signs, but a big surge of listings isn’t expected. For those who want to sell, the busy winter season is usually the time they put their homes on the market, especially in January to March.
While new home communities are ramping up construction and sales, building won’t come fast enough to catch up with the rising demand that will push prices up, said Russ Weyer, an economist and senior associate with Hank Fishkind & Associates in Naples.
“They’re preparing themselves for next season already,” he said. “There’s not much left of the season.”
He expects to see a stable rise in home prices over the next six months.
© 2013 Scripps Newspaper Group — Online
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The median price of single-family homes in Lee County increased by nearly 22 percent in January.
The price was $140,000, an increase from the median price of $114,900 in January 2012. The median is the price at which half the homes sell for more and half for less.
Meanwhile, the rate of single-family home sales decreased by 12 percent, with 759 units sold in January compared with 864 a year earlier, the Realtor Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach recently reported.
Traditional sales — those that are neither bank-owned nor short sales — made up 66 percent of all transactions in January.
Presently, 57 is the average number of days a Lee single-family home is on the market and properties are selling at nearly 94 percent the asking price.
by Dave Osborn | naplesnews.com
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Results showed that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.52 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending March 7, 2013, up from last week when it averaged 3.51 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 3.88 percent.
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