Florida

Affluent Second-Home Buyers Are Back in Droves

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Lesley Deutch

February 17, 2014

The Naples housing market is firing on all cylinders this year, with strong demand from retirees, second-home buyers, and snowbirds. Here are some indicators:

  • Prices continue to rise approximately 0.5% per month, according to our Burns Home Value Index™.
 
  • Incentives/discounts are minimal, based on my tour of almost every community in the market.
 
  • Employment growth of 7.7% year over year in December outpaces all other major MSAs in the country.
 
  • Minimal resale inventory is on the market, as months of supply declined to 4.0 months from 6.4 months one year ago.
 
  • Visitors are back! Southwest Florida International Airport deplanements rose 3% year over year in 2013—- the largest increase since 2007. We see a strong correlation between airport traffic and home prices in Naples, as many visitors to Naples eventually buy a house for retirement or a second home.
 

All of these indicators bode well for the Naples housing market in the near term and for the second-home and luxury markets for the rest of year. We are watching carefully for signs of overheating, but today the market remains one of the healthiest in the country.

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Lesley Deutch
Managing Principal
Lesley has more than 25 years of experience consulting with executives in the finance and real estate industries throughout North America. She works across a wide spectrum of industries including apartments, for-sale housing, high-rise development, urban projects, single-family rental, building products, and commercial developments.

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