Homes in Collier County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here

Homes in Collier County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here

USA TODAY Network | May 10, 2025

Newly released data from Realtor.com for February shows that potential buyers and sellers in Collier County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month’s median of $641,000.

The median home sold for $675,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means February, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 5.3% from January.

Compared to February 2024, the median home sales price was up 7.1% compared to $630,000.

Realtor.com sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months’ delay in the data. The statistics don’t include homes currently listed for sale and aren’t directly comparable to listings data.

Get a breakdown on median sale prices on naplesnews.com.

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Marco Island sees two record home sales this year, but could they be shattered?

Marco Island sees two record home sales this year, but could they be shattered?

Laura Layden | Naples Daily News

Marco Island saw two record home sales this season.

One for a single-family estate, the other for a villa.

While they may not come close to the whopping home sales made in Naples, they’ve moved the needle on the island.

Typically, the busy season runs from November to April in Southwest Florida, bringing more buyers to town.

As season wound down, Marco Island saw a $6.35 million sale for a 4,125-square-foot, five-bedroom single-family home, with five-and-a-half bathrooms, plus a den. Located at 40 Primrose Court, its price made it the highest sale for a “water indirect” property on the 6 x 4 mile island ever.

Read more about Marco Island properties on naplesnews.com.

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A new Naples residential real estate deal: $225M. Yes, that’s right

A new Naples residential real estate deal: $225M. Yes, that’s right

Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News

Your heart will skip a few beats over a residential real estate sale in Naples for $225 million.

Three adjacent beachfront properties in exclusive Port Royal have sold for the combined price tag representing the priciest deal in Naples.

It sets a new and unfathomable benchmark that will be hard to surpass given its uniqueness.

The three properties – all on Gordon Drive ‒ span 15 acres, with 800 feet of direct Gulf frontage.

The buyer has not been disclosed and is listed in warranty deed documents as the 2200 Gordon Drive Land Trust. Naples attorney Kevin Coleman is trustee.

Michael McCumber of The McCumber Group at Gulf Coast International Properties brokered the sale.

Find out more about these properties on naplesnews.com.

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NABOR Market Report |  March 2025

NABOR Market Report | March 2025

Naples, Fla. (April 25, 2025) – Brokers reviewing the March 2025 Market Report by the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR®), which tracks home listings and sales within Collier County (excluding Marco Island), agree that the Naples area housing market has become a buyer’s market – where the supply exceeds the demand – as reflected in a 36.1 percent increase in overall inventory to 7,483 properties from 5,500 properties in March 2024. Overall closed sales decreased 9.3 percent in March to 820 closed sales from 904 closed sales in March 2024, putting pressure on sellers to drop prices before season ends. Even with 3,305 price decreases reported during March – the highest on record – overall pending sales decreased 7.3 percent to 1,212 pending sales from 1,300 pending sales in March 2024.

Inventory levels finally exceeded pre-Covid levels in March – 7,483 properties vs. 6,829 properties in March 2019. With more options for buyers to consider, days on market for March increased 26.5 percent to 86 days from 68 days in March 2024. Plus, the 5.1 percent increase in new listings during March to 1,617 new listings from 1,538 new listings in March 2024 has pushed our market to 11.4 months of inventory compared to 7.7 months of inventory in March 2024.

As Mike Hughes, Vice President and General Manager for Downing-Frye Realty, Inc. proclaimed upon reviewing the report, “For buyers, this is a rare opportunity to negotiate your way into paradise.”

It’s Paradise, Not Fantasyland

According to Cindy Carroll of Carroll & Carroll Appraisers & Consultants, LLC, “Sellers who purchased a property in Naples at the top of the market during the pandemic and did major home renovations may not get back all the money they put in.” But she admits that there are exceptions depending on where the home is located. “Some neighborhoods in Aqualane Shores, Old Naples, off Crayton, and in Lake Park are oversaturated with spec homes, which is hurting the resale market. If you’ve been waiting months to get your price thinking things will be better, that’s not a good strategy today.”

Bleggi responded, “Sellers who are goal oriented should look at the sold price of the most recent closing in their neighborhood. With the supply of homes for sale on the rise, those chasing the market with small price decreases each month will be disappointed. But those willing to sell for fair market value are going to get ahead of the market, sell faster, and net a high return.”

Priced to Sell with a Profit

While the median closed price barely changed compared to last March, a .1 percent increase to $650,000 from $649,450 in March 2024, it decreased 2.4 percent compared to February’s median closed price of $666,250. The median closed price of single-family homes reported no change in price year over year, $770,000. But the median closed price of condominiums decreased 7.1 percent to $486,000 from $523,000 in March 2024.

Brokers identified the top issues contributing to slow sales today: economic uncertainty, sellers who aren’t willing to lower the price, homeowners unwilling to let go of a low mortgage rate, and buyers on the fence because they believe prices are going to drop drastically.

The NABOR® March 2025 Market Report provides comparisons of single-family home and condominium sales (via the Southwest Florida MLS), price ranges, and geographic segmentation and includes an overall market summary. NABOR® sales statistics are presented in chart format, including these overall (single-family and condominium) findings for 2025:

NABOR Report March 2025 chart

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NABOR Market Report | January 2025

NABOR Market Report | January 2025

January Housing Market Shines with Opportunities

Naples, Fla. (February 21, 2025) – The numbers don’t lie, and that is good news for buyers and sellers navigating the Naples real estate market. According to the January 2025 Market Report by the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR®), which tracks home listings and sales within Collier County (excluding Marco Island), overall closed sales in Naples increased 12 percent in January to 551 closed sales from 492 closed sales in January 2024. And while annual appreciation has quieted down compared to 2021 and 2022, the median closed price in January increased 9.4 percent to $659,000 from $602,000 in January 2024. (The median closed price is the point where 50 percent of all homes sold were below the figure and 50 percent sold were above the figure.)

NABOR Market Report January 2025 chart

Delayed Gratification

“Last January, it took an average of 61 days to sell a home,” said Mike Hughes, Vice President and General Manager for Downing-Frye Realty, Inc. “And now, according to the report, we are up to 92 days on the market. This is still lower than where we were in January 2020 [107 DOM], before the pandemic.”

Overall pending sales decreased 8 percent in January to 933 pending sales compared to 1,010 pending sales in January 2024. Incidentally, there were 892 pending sales in January 2020, when home values were half of what they are today.

“Home sales by out-of-state buyers are lagging a little because sales are still soft in many northern states,” said Hughes. “Despite this, the January report indicates a very healthy first month of the year for real estate.”

Setting the Stage

January’s inventory increased 39.5 percent to 6,808 properties compared to 4,881 properties in January 2024. Despite the median closed price increasing, the January report also showed 2,668 price decreases in January. Lower home prices can be an opportunity for buyers, but sellers may face more competition.

The increase in inventory may compel buyers to take more time to make a purchase decision due to having more options. It also puts pressure on sellers to be flexible with their price and terms because they are now competing with other sellers in a “buyer’s market” where buyers have more bargaining power.

“Our market faced six strong headwinds last year,” said Hughes. “Insurance, interest rates, the election, inflation, anti-trust suits, hurricanes, and educating the public on new buyer-broker agreements.”

The NABOR® January 2025 Market Report provides comparisons of single-family home and condominium sales (via the Southwest Florida MLS), price ranges, and geographic segmentation and includes an overall market summary. NABOR® sales statistics are presented in chart format, including these overall (single-family and condominium) findings for 2025:

Market Report Standouts

According to the January Market Report, closed sales of condominiums increased 2.9 percent compared to the single family home market, which had a 20.9 percent increase in closed sales. Further, the median closed price for condominiums decreased in January 2.7 percent to $466,000 from $479,000 in January 2024. But there was an increase in inventory for condominiums in January – 48.7 percent – to 3,584 condominiums from 2,411 condominiums in January 2024.

The January report also showed 553 properties in inventory in the $300,000 and below market, which is an 84.3 percent increase compared to 300 properties in January 2024. Interestingly, inventory in the $5 million and above market increased 19.7 percent in January to 499 properties from 417 properties in January 2024.

The North Naples area (34109, 34110, 34119) commanded the highest sales activity – a 5 percent increase – of all areas tracked by NABOR® during January. Median closed prices for single family homes in this area increased 13.4 percent to $730,000 from $644,000, while median closed prices for condominiums decreased 8.4 percent to $466,000 from $508,500 in January 2024.

The median closed price of condominiums located in Central Naples (34104, 34105, 34116) experienced the deepest decrease in January, 13.5 percent, to $311,250 from $360,000 in January 2024.

Note: Broker analysts for NABOR® have chosen to spotlight median closed prices rather than average sales prices during discussions because one large sale (e.g., $20 million) during the month can skew the average sales price data, which will not produce a true reflection of what the average price is in the Naples market.

NABOR Market Report | December 2024

NABOR Market Report | December 2024

December Report Shows Housing Market is Ready for Season

Naples, Fla. (January 24, 2025) – The Naples area housing market ended the year strong, dispelling whispers of falling values and reluctant buyers. The overall median closed price during December decreased 4 percent to $600,000 from $625,000 in December 2023. This decrease was driven largely by a 13.9 percent decrease in the median closed price for the condominium market to $447,750 from $520,000 in December 2023. The median closed price in the single family home market increased 2.3 percent to $767,500 from $750,000 in December 2023. Both sellers, whose confidence in the Naples housing market was demonstrated in a 26 percent increase in new listings for December; and buyers, whose appreciation of the increased inventory resulted in a 7.4 percent increase in pending sales during December, reaped the benefits of a housing market that is delivering on its reputation.

According to the December 2024 Market Report by the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR®), which tracks home listings and sales within Collier County (excluding Marco Island), 15,459 new listings were added to the market (a 15.7% increase) in 2024. Also a significant year-end achievement, 10,090 properties went under contract (pending) and 7,966 homes transferred ownership (closed).

For December, overall closed sales increased 4.6 percent to 594 closed sales from 568 closed sales in December 2023. Of all sales recorded during December, 57.9 percent were cash sales. Overall inventory increased 35.7 percent to 5,695 properties from 4,198 properties in December 2023. With more options for buyers, days on the market increased 42.4 percent to 84 days compared to 59 days in December 2023.

The Cool Breeze of Change

To provide equitable comparisons during 2024, broker analysts at NABOR® used market report data from 2019 as it was the last year when activity was not influenced by a pandemic or hurricane. But one factor will make it difficult to continue this practice: the balance of inventory has shifted. In 2019, the majority of the area’s inventory was in the $300,000 and below price category (1,535 properties in December 2019 compared to 427 properties in December 2024). But today, most of the inventory available is in the $500,000 to $1.5 million price category (1,216 properties in December 2019 compared to 2,609 properties in December 2024).

“When interest in homeownership in Naples spiked following the pandemic, properties on the low end sold fast,” said Mike Hughes, Vice President and General Manager for Downing-Frye Realty, Inc. “The demand resulted in an increase in overall home values for our area. Where we sit today, there are now fewer single family homes for sale priced below $300,000 than single family homes for sale priced above $5 million.”

Selling the Dream

Dr. Shelton Weeks, Lucas Professor of Real Estate and Director of the Lucas Institute for Real Estate Development & Finance at Florida Gulf Coast University responded by stating, “Historically, a 7 percent interest rate is very good. If we look at the data today, the job market is strong, but inflation is not under control yet so there is some probability of rate increases this year.”

The NABOR® December 2024 Market Report provides comparisons of single-family home and condominium sales (via the Southwest Florida MLS), price ranges, and geographic segmentation and includes an overall market summary. NABOR® sales statistics are presented in chart format, including these overall (single-family and condominium) findings for 2024:

NABOR Market Report December 2024 chart

Demographic Standouts

According to the December report, the $500,000 to $1.5 million price category reported the highest number of closed sales (3,862) during 2024. The East Naples area (34114, 34117, 34120, 34137) reported the highest number of single family home closed sales (1,542), for the year with a median closed price of $650,000. The North Naples area (34109, 34110, 34119) reported the highest number of condominium closed sales (1,073) for the year, with a median closed price of $489,000.

The December report also showed 1,076 price decreases for the month, which could make properties more attractive for buyers during season. In fact, median closed prices for condominiums in the Naples Beach area (34102, 34103, 34108) decreased 29.6 percent in December to $950,000 from $1,350,000 in December 2023.

A relatively new standout that may continue to impact the cost of condo ownership in Naples is the new law requiring residential condominium associations to complete structural integrity reserve studies for buildings that are three or more stories tall. It also requires associations to have sufficient reserves to cover major repairs and to conduct a survey of reserves every decade. Depending on the age of the property, the findings of these reports could result in condominium associations assessing higher fees on owners to fund the reserves and repair costs. Assessment increases may be a factor in the median closed price decrease for condominiums in the Naples Beach area during December.

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