Home sales are UP in Fort Myers and Naples, FL

Feb. 12, 2009 - PRLog -- People are again purchasing homes in Southwest Florida now that the median house price in the Fort Myers area has dipped to $98,000 and the median house price in the Naples area is down to $195,000.

According to the Naples Area Board of Realtors (NABOR), home sales in Naples have increased incredibly from 2007. In September they were up 50%, 65% in October, 70% in November, and most recently 158% in December over the same periods in 2007! That is definitely an upward trend.

But Naples is not the only area seeing this increase in sales. According to the REALTOR Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach, November had an increase in sales by 64% over November of 2007 and December saw a whopping 181.7% increase over December of 2007. The sale of 1,034 properties in December surpassed the number of December sales in 2004 and 2006.

This is leading to more people getting back into the real estate business in this area. At family-owned Larson Educational Services http://www.larsoned.com, you can complete the education necessary to obtain your Florida Real Estate License http://www.larsoned.com/realestate/licensing/ in as little as 8 days, as well as your Florida Mortgage Broker License in just 3 days. The entire process to obtain your license takes approximately 30 days.

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Larson Educational Services is a Fort Myers real estate school that offers licensing and continuing education classes for Real Estate Sales Associates, Real Estate Brokers and Mortgage Brokers in Fort Myers and Naples, Florida.