Life In Bonita Springs

We have a few big announcements before we get into market reports! We’ve swung into the fall season and launched a few programs that you might find fun and useful!

Pie Day For Current & Past Clients and Customers

First things first, we have planned Pie Day for past clients and customers on Monday Nov 21 5:30 to 7:30pm. If you’ve purchased or sold real estate with The Griffith Group or are currently working with a team member, your invitation is in the USPS mail. Please RSVP for your pumpkin pie by responding to this email or texting your name and “pie day” to 239-728-7599. Besides pie pickup we will have a few other giveaways. Pie pickup is at the Downing Frye office ​27399 Riverview Center Blvd. Suite 101, Bonita Springs, FL 34134.

Downtown Bonita Springs Calendar of Events

Second, the Downtown Bonita Spring Calendar of events is complete. Those are also in the USPS mail with the pie day invitation (for current/past clients). It’s a large white envelope. I mean large! We ordered a large size calendar this year. If you’re local, you can also pick up the calendar in person at Bella Luna Photography at Flamingo Island and Survey Café in Downtown Bonita Springs and For Heaven Shakes in Downtown Bonita Springs, Florida.

Twelve Days of Christmas Giveaway

Third, we are already organizing for the “Twelve Days of Christmas” giveaway in The Bonita Springs Estero Community Forum on Facebook. If you’ve participated before, local businesses donate items for us to give away daily in that group. It usually lasts a lot longer than twelve days, too. If you’d like to participate as a business just let us know. Otherwise be sure to join the group so you can participate as contestant starting the first week of December. It’s as easy as guessing a number from 1 – 10,000 on the daily prize!

Bonita Springs Estero Florida Market Reports

Even though we have had a hurricane at the end of September the local real estate market has only skipped a beat.  We are at capacity in housing and hotels in the month of November, already. With the loss of so  many residences taking surge along the coast and up the river many rentals and homes were lost.  If we were going to get any slack in the real estate market that certainly sucked the air out of the room. We currently have about four months of inventory, to generalize, city wide.  Entry level pricing (excluding manufactured homes) is $250,000 and that entry level property was a 1 bedroom condo that needed updated. This is a link to the 20 second video about inventory & housing. Watch video We are updating YouTube regularly so please subscribe.

Post Hurricane Ian Home Buying

A few important things to note are that if you are purchasing real estate in the next few months it is imperative that your representation has resources to protect you from both the insurance pitfalls and the potential of hidden hurricane damage. We have great vendors and professional on our team who can help you properly research the property so that you’re secure in your purchase.  We can walk you through the process from search through closing. You can set up a strategy session to get started.  Buying real estate is a big deal and you should have a solid plan before you hit the ground. It will remove a lot of the stress and will help streamline the process.

Bonita Springs & Estero Home Search By Zip Code

Searching for homes for sale in Bonita Springs and Estero Florida by zip code can be tricky. The Bonita Springs and Estero Florida areas aren’t tremendously large  by geographic area. For the  most part, the zip codes break into blocks in Bonita Springs of West of 41 and East of 41.  A little bit of confusion comes with the 34134 which is west of  41 zip code. That also includes not just the properties by the beach but areas north to Coconut Road. Searching a zip code for homes for sale west of 41 in 34134 will produce results in Spring Creek Village, Estero Bay Shores and Pelican Landing not just in Bonita Shores and Barefoot Beach, for example.

East of 41 in Bonita Springs generally comprises the zip code of 34135.

The city of Estero, Florida has the zip code of 33928.  Where there becomes some confusion is in The Brooks area of Estero. Neighborhoods of The Brooks, Lighthouse Bay, Spring Run, Copperleaf and Shadow Wood, in the early 2000’s, had a Bonita Springs address.  When the Village of Estero incorporated, they and the city of Bonita Springs diced up the city lines and those communities became Estero … but kept the 34135 zip code. So that small part of Estero has the 34135 zip just like Bonita Springs.

For those who do try to search for homes with zip codes just know that the city lines aren’t straight and you may be excluding homes in the search inadvertently because of that technicality.  Now you know! To begin, click here: Search Bonita Springs homes for sale by zip code

Sold STR Multi Family Airbnb in Bonita Springs, Florida

Congratulations to the buyers of this fabulous property. This is a three unit residence located outside of an HOA and is perfect fit for short term rentals. It’s a stone’s throw to the beach, too. When we first started searching for investment properties this home wasn’t even available.

This property popped onto the market in Imperial Shores and we just knew it was the one!  We went and looked at  a few properties for sale in the MLS plus we looked at a few of our “portfolio listings” that are not publicly advertised.  We knew right away that this home was the right one.

A few weeks after our home inspection Hurricane Ian came knocking on our door.   Bonita Springs was hit hard and some of the homes on the street took storm surge. This home was high and dry and never took a drop of water. How do I know? We had a reinspection with thermal imaging. The inspectors check the property, every opening, the ceilings, the main floor and the roof.  Clean as a whistle! We closed on schedule and these buyers are inn the process of setting up their first guests for this winter season.

If you’re interested in purchasing a duplex or multi-family home with short term rental, Airbnb potential, give us a call.  Especially if you’re in the process of performing a 1031 exchange. These types of properties are a perfect fit! 

Here’s to many happy years managing your new rental home!

Sold in Stoneybrook at Gateway Fort Myers, Fl

15 years and a Cat 4 hurricane later - Join us on wishing the sellers of this Stoneybrook Gateway home a fond farewell to southwest Florida.  We first met these folks when they purchased this home in 2008!  They’ve enjoyed many happy years in this home but decided to move closer to family up north. 

Several months ago they contacted us to help sell their Stoneybrook Gateway home. This is fifteen years after they first met us, too! The sellers were very receptive to The Griffith Group home selling process.  They worked their way down the checklist we provided and followed all of our best practices to get the home photo ready.  When it was time for photos our team of photographers took stunning photos and video. 

We generated a lot of buzz with this home by doing something so crazy, so unheard of … we priced it appropriately for the market!  This home had more than one market analysis done because there were so many mispriced properties in the Stoneybrook neighborhood that we wanted to make sure we got it right.  In doing that research we discovered a corporate owner who had mispriced a home significantly. It seemed than several others priced their home to match that active listing instead of closed sale comparables and absorption rates.  We priced our listing just right and it was under contract in less than seven days! Full price offer, too! 

Happy buyers and happy sellers but we hit a little “transaction turbulence” when Hurricane Ian slammed our coast. We were actually able to work through the issues and get a property re-inspection, get a roof inspection and get a few small repairs completed so that were able to close about a dozen days late. This one certainly was a roller coaster ride but we were able to work through all of the surprises and get this one closed!  Thank you for your loyalty and for trusting us with the sale of your most prized possessions, Brian and Cindy!

Bonita Springs Estero Real Estate Market Report October 2022 Post Hurricane Ian

Click the image above to download the graphs in a readable .pdf format.

Also, Watch this video:

Lakes of San Souci Estate Home For Sale

Lakes of San Souci Estate Home For Sale on 3.2 acres! Nearly 3,000 sf under air. Swimming pool,  lake, fruit trees,  6 bedrooms!  Learn more about Lakes of San Souci, here: Lakes of San Souci.

Just Sold in Bonita National Golf & CC

• Lake View
• Social Membership
• Nearly brand new
• Turnkey furnished
• Summer kitchen

We are so fortunate to have past clients who enjoyed their home buying experience with us that trust us enough to recommend us to their friends. We were delighted to help a lovely Wisconsin family purchase this beautiful home in Bonita National.  These buyers started out not quite sure of  what they wanted so on day one we looked at about a half dozen communities that mostly fit their haves and wants list.  As we were able to eliminate a few older bundled golf communities in Bonita  Springs we sort of narrowed out search to Bonita National.  One of the assets of working with an experienced real estate agent is that they will know where you will find similar product in different neighborhoods.  The Maria floor plan which is at Bonita National is also at The National at Ave Maria.  We looked there but ended up back in Bonita National because this property checked a few more boxes and offered the convenience of being furnished. The buyers could literally walk in the door with a bag or groceries and not have to shop for furniture, pots/pans or a blender. Can you get more convenient than that? Also, the guest bedrooms are sizeable enough to host a king size bed in each.  That’s Florida living at it’s best.  If you’re looking for a Bonita Springs home or would like to see the great floor plans at Bonita National give Chris a call at 239-273-7430 or schedule a strategy session today. 

Just Sold in Huntington Lakes Naples Florida!

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  6625 Huntington Lakes Cir #202
• Huntington Lakes – Naples
• Central Location
• Low Fees
• Sold over list price!

Put aside all of the mainstream headlines and clickbait you’ve seen about the real estate market! The sellers of this lovely Huntington Lakes condo called us to list, market and sell their home. We immediately collaborated on real estate market statistics and how to best ready this condo for the real estate market. The seller trusted our direction by minimizing and decluttering the condo and allowing it to be staged with the items inside the unit. Then the condo was cleaned and activated in the MLS with a variety techniques to ensure there would be a lot of traffic and interest generated. There were multiple offers on this unit. This property sold above list price with very tight contingency terms. It may surprise some buyers and potential sellers to learn that the winning contract on this unit was actually a financing buyer! The buyers and the buyers agent were thorough and did everything asked of them in order to finance and close on time. The quality and professionalism of the buyers agent was also a deciding factor for the seller, too! This was a win/win for both the buyers and the sellers.

If you’re thinking about selling your home or condo call us. We can share the winning strategies we are using to generate great offers and multiple offers even in this evolving market. Learn more about The Griffith Group at: Huntington Lakes Listing Agent

Here’s the July 2022 Bonita Springs real estate market report. This is a video edition. Click the link to watch, Bonita Springs Market Report July 2022!  Also, subscribe so you get notified of new uploads reports, visual tours and local footage of things going on in Bonita Springs, Florida.

6625 Huntington Lakes Cir 204 Pending!

✨✨✨ Another Condo Sold!✨✨✨

✔ 3 bedroom

✔ 2 bathroom

✔ Carport

✔ Deed parking

✔ Second Floor

✔ Gated Community

✔ Great amenities

✔ Low Fees

This Huntington Lakes condo went very quickly!  The seller of this Naples condo allowed us to work our magic to prepare and stage the property.  Our professional team of photographers swooped in and captured beautiful images of this condo in both still shots and on video tour.  They even snapped a few shots of the amenities.

In spite of what the press claims, in spite of what the click bait shouts, the real estate market isn’t tanking. This condo contracted over list price and generated multiple offers.  That means there are buyers who desire to be in Huntington Lakes and they’re waiting for another listing to come to market.  Let us work our magic for you, too!  Give us a buzz if you’d like to learn more about buying or selling a condo in Citadel call or text 239-273-7430 or 239-728-7599.