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Are you looking forward to another winter like this?
Or would you rather move south ???
Please use this website as your fast track to learning everything you wish to know about life and real estate on Sanibel and Captiva Islands, North Captiva Island, Fort Myers Beach and in Fort Myers. Here you find access to local demographics, 1031 Exchange information, area profiles, weather, schools, golf courses, short sales, best buys and more. Perhaps you will then make an educated decision to relocate here or to purchase a second home to escape next winter. You will also find many aerial views of Sanibel and Captiva Islands to further entice you.
Welcome to my website. I am a bilingual German / English broker on Sanibel Island. I specialize in the above areas and would like to introduce you to our sub-tropical way of life in southwest Florida.
Sanibel Lighthouse
Sanibel and Captiva are highly sought after resort barrier islands off the lower Gulf Coast of Florida, 125 miles south of Tampa. These world-renowned islands stretch for a total of 20 miles of white sandy beach along the green waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Wherever you choose to live here, you will be surrounded by beauty and an unparalleled quality of life. You can live in a condo, a villa, a high rise tower, a townhouse, an estate or a regular single family home. You can live on the river, on the beach, on a golf course, on a boat, neighborhood street or in a gated community.
Please find community descriptions to your left.
Visit us and join us in our year-round outdoor activities like golfing on over 160 golf courses in Lee County, fishing and shelling and swimming and boating and taking in glorious sunshine on our pristine beaches. Relax on your lanai or next to the swimming pool with a great book.
Or do ABSOLUTELY nothing.
To your right I am showing you a few selected listings. A click there will give you a short listing presentation. The menu gives you access to our local MLS systems.
Buyer's Market....
I no longer have to convince anyone of our buyer's market. Please find all sorts of deals to your left, from short sales to best buys. We have sold an incredible number of homes in Cape Coral and in Fort Myers. Most of these were foreclosures and short sales at extremely low prices. Sanibel and Captiva prices came down by as much as 20-30% but the biggest impact here is that we sold fewer homes than usual and our inventory is large. High end homes remained pretty stable at 2006 prices on these islands and are slowly climbing again. Most price adjustments took place for homes previously listed below $2 million. We still offer 3 Gulf front homes listed below $3million. This may well be the best year when you can take advantage of the price adjustments on Sanibel and Captiva.
Sanibel and Captiva Average Prices and number Sold
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Single Family |
$1,034,941
[305] |
$1,152,708
[297] |
$1,213,784
[166] |
$1,287,461
[162] |
$1,155,583
[161] |
$910,280
[170] |
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| Condominiums |
$681,970
[248] |
$775,587
[277] |
$930,420
[164] |
$797,601
[99] |
$761,137
[116] |
$696,057
[108] |
For statistics and other information about our buyer's market - please click here.
 
Investments.....
The time when investors purchased pre-construction homes and sold them for a big profit before construction was completed has passed and may not come again for a while. This does not mean that we do not have a great inventory for investors who are again looking at long term Investments.
You could be sitting here!
 
Gulf Front Spectacluar
Let my experience and knowledge work for you! As a specialist in our area I would like to assist you with your next real estate transaction.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Sabina Carsten 239-851-4512
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