
01 Aug Bonita Bay Real Estate News | August 2021
Your Bonita Bay REALTOR®,
Ed Gongola
SUMMARY OF BONITA BAY HOME SALES
If you are considering selling your Bonita Bay home, here are some statistics that may help you decide to place your home on the market:
- Within the last 12 months, there were 91 sales with an average sales price of $390,845; these condos were on the market an average of 75 days; combined days on the market is 151.
- During the 12 months previous, there were 72 sales with an average sales price of condominiums was $401,558; these homes were on the market for 85 days; combined days on the market is 148.
- During the last 12 months, there were 101 sales with an average sales price of $1,408,782; these homes were on the market an average of 155; combined days on the market is 218.
- During the 12 months previous, there were 51 sales with an average sales price of $1,392,440; these homes were on the market for an average of 152 days; combined days on the market is 267.
- During the last 12 months, there were 101 sales with an average sales price of $1,643,238; these homes were on the market an average of 75 days; combined days on the market is 158.
- During the 12 months previous, there were 55 sales with an average sales price of $1,288,765; these homes were on the market for an average of 105 days; combined days on the market is 191.
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August 2021 Market Update
Sales of $1M-Plus Homes Soar
Some Americans did well during the pandemic, boosting demand for luxury housing – a segment that doesn’t face the same supply shortages as lower-priced homes.

WASHINGTON – Unlike past housing booms, the real estate market is seeing a surge in sales at the very top of the housing market. More expensive properties are selling nearly twice as fast as lower- and mid-priced homes.
“Wealthier Americans have benefited greatly during the pandemic thanks to the rising stock market, which typically helps grow net wealth,” says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors®. “So there’s greater demand for luxury housing now, and that sector isn’t as hamstrung by inventory shortages as the rest of the market.”
Record-setting real estate transactions are occurring across the country. The number of home sales in the U.S. priced above $1 million surged 244.4% year over year in May, according to NAR.
The number of sales is outpacing sales in the $250,000 to $500,000 price range. Homes in that segment saw a 47.9% increase in May compared to a year earlier, NAR’s data shows.
“What we’re seeing now at the top of this market is a 100% escalation,” Aldo Martinez, a real estate broker in Las Vegas and president of Las Vegas Realtors, told The Washington Post.
Initially, the pandemic’s buying frenzy was mostly centered in suburban areas, but that has since spread across the market, including the priciest homes for sale. Like other price points, the luxury market is also reportedly seeing more bidding wars than it traditionally does.
In Maryland’s Chevy Chase Village in Montgomery County, the owners of a five-bedroom home for sale accepted $4.54 million for their home. That was $1 million above the home’s asking price after only a week on the market, The Washington Post reports.
“We’re actually beginning to see the kind of inventory shortage at the luxury end of this market that we would typically see at the middle and lower ends,” says Christie-Anne Weiss of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty in Washington, D.C.
Americans have been craving more space since the pandemic began, and they’re snatching up larger homes while many people continue to work from home. Low mortgage rates and stock market gains may have put more of these $1 million homes within reach.
Source: “Luxury Home Sales Hit New Highs Despite Pandemic Worries,” The Washington Post (July 29, 2021)
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Frenzy Fades to a Simmer as Inventory Dips Going into Summer Frenzy
With less than a one month supply of inventory available, the Naples area housing market experienced a 14.5 percent decrease in overall pending sales in June to 1,256 pending sales from 1,469 pending sales in June 2020. Low inventory levels in June also contributed to a 7 percent decrease in showings for the month. This simmering of activity has broker analysts who reviewed the June 2021 Market Report certain that the wild housing market frenzy that began about a year ago – peaking in March – is now decelerating and being replaced with a new level of activity that reflects improved market equity for sellers and sustained buyer interest from people seeking permanent residency.
“Inventory is turning over daily,” said Brenda Fioretti, Broker Associate at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty. “That’s an important point for buyers to understand because many people think the inventory number we report is all that is available for the month. But that’s not true. Multiple home buying opportunities are a daily occurrence with new listings coming on the market continually. So buyers shouldn’t give up hope when inventory is low because their dream home might become available tomorrow. Though they need to be prepared to move quickly before the home sells.”
According to the report, overall inventory decreased 78.8 percent to 1,271 homes in June from 6,003 homes in June 2020. As expected going into summer, new listings decreased 12 percent in June to 1,147 new listings from 1,303 new listings in June 2020. However, in the first six months of 2021, new listings have increased 9.9 percent to 8,744 new listings compared to 7,957 new listings reported during the first six months of 2020. In fact, the number of new listings during the first six months of 2021 was actually higher than the number of new listings reported in the first six months of any year in the last five years.
“Last year, the second half of the year was better than the first,” said Mike Hughes, Vice President and General Manager for Downing-Frye Realty, Inc., who added, “but I think we will probably see the opposite this year.” Hughes prediction might be accurate because according to the SWFL MLS data, it is unlikely we will be able to match the sales activity witnessed over the last year anytime soon. For example, closed sales in Naples increased 85.1 percent in the first half of 2021 to 9,414 closed sales from 5,086 closed sales in the first half of 2020 (during the height of COVID-19). For added perspective, in the first half of 2018 and 2019, there were about 5,400 total closed sales reported, respectively. Also, the year-end report for 2020 showed 15,582 total closed sales for the year, which means over 10,500 closed sales took place during the second half of 2020. When the buying frenzy began a year ago in June, Naples had a 7.3 month supply of homes. As a result of the impressive year-long sales activity, our area now has a .9 month (less than 30 days) supply of homes.
But the tight inventory isn’t squelching demand quite yet. Closed sales in June increased 67.8 percent to 1,505 closed sales from 897 closed sales in June 2020.
“Sellers are capitalizing on the current market,” added Hughes, “but buyer demand has simply stripped our inventory. Since April, we’ve seen a 55 percent drop in inventory.” Hughes pointed out that the June report showed Naples had four times the inventory but only 200 more sales last June than what was reported during June of 2021.
According to Adam Vellano, a Naples Sales Manager at Compass Florida, “Due to the current inventory shortage, the overall percentage of current list price received was 99.4 percent in June. Buyers are willing to overpay, but not grossly overpay. So our advice to sellers is that ‘if your home doesn’t sell in the first couple of weeks, then it’s either overpriced or needs work to become more desirable.”
“The positive news is that report also showed an extremely high percentage of cash transactions [58.3 percent],” said Vellano, who added, “which indicates that buyers are confident our market has value and equity.” The NABOR® June 2021 Market Report provide 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:
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The veteran Naples brokers who review the market report each month also said buyer demographics have changed in the last year. Dominic Pallini, Broker at Vanderbilt Realty, summed up their thoughts by remarking, “More people are coming here to live full time and they are willing to pay the price for a home in paradise.”
The median closed price in June increased 30.3 percent to $465,000 from $357,000 in June 2020. However, for the 12-months ending June 2021, the median closed price for condominiums over $2 million actually decreased 9.4 percent. Sales of condominiums during June skyrocketed 98.7 percent to 767 closed sales of condominiums from 386 closed sales of condominiums in June 2020.
Geographically, the Ave Maria/Immokalee area reported the highest increase in new single-family home listings for June with a 52.4 percent increase, followed by the Central Naples area (34104, 34105, 34116), which reported a 37.5 percent increase in new single-family home listings for the month.
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Homeowners Want to List – but They Fear What Comes Next
MANY OWNERS WOULD LOVE TO GET TOP DOLLAR FOR THEIR HOME, BUT THEY WEIGH THAT PERK AGAINST THE DOWNSIDE – BUYING ANOTHER HOME – AND FEARS OUTWEIGH THEIR DESIRE TO LIST.

NEW YORK – Some homeowners are reluctant to sell amid a hot housing market because the profit they stand to make is less of a concern than the burden of finding a new home.
Selling appears easy right now – list, accept multiple bids, and sell for top dollar. But the prospect of fierce and expensive bidding wars to secure their next home is discouraging.
Thad Wong, co-founder of @properties, says that “even with low rates and the appreciation of their home, they can’t find something better than what they live in right now.”
With so many homeowners unwilling to sell, housing inventory is extremely tight; the number of existing homes on the market at the end of April was down 20.5% year over year, while the number of listed homes plunged to record lows earlier this year. The low stock underpins continuing home price appreciation, making homeownership too costly for many buyers.
The timing of dual transactions – selling one home and buying another at the same time – contributes to the problem since many families can’t afford to buy a new property without selling a current one first. And since sellers often receive multiple bids in the current market, agents say offers with contingency clauses are likely to be rejected.
The supply shortage is particularly pronounced at lower price points. The National Association of Realtors said the supply of existing homes on the market priced between $100,000 and $250,000 fell more than 30% in April from a year earlier, while the stockpile of homes listed for over $500,000 grew.
“I don’t think we can really alleviate the shortage until people feel like they can sell their home and move,” says Meredith Hansen with Keller Williams Greater Seattle.
Source: Wall Street Journal (06/04/21) Friedman, Nicole
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