Charlotte Sports Park
Florida saw a reduction of population between 2008 and 2009, but the University of Florida expects the population to have grown from April 2009 to April 2010 by 23,000 residents. The drop off was the first recorded in 50 years, after recording strong growth year after year. The states loss of residents was viewed by many including Time magazine, who questioned if Florida had lost its luster and had become the “Sunset State”. Well it looks like the sunshine and balmy climate has worked its charm and has lured folk back to the great state of Florida. But are there additional factors driving Florida’s population growth?
No question, economic issues in Florida along with difficult times in other states will influence Florida’s future growth, slowing it to more sustainable levels. However for most, Florida and its ideal weather, just right for boating, golfing and any outdoor activity under the sun as well as it’s recovering real estate market (ie. Punta Gorda Real Estate) is hard to resist.
As an example, how’s this sound for an early March day in Punta Gorda. Baseball fever returns to Port Charlotte with the Tampa Bay Rays returning to Charlotte Sports Park. The newly renovated park is the spring training home to the Ray’s and is the home of the Charlotte Stone Crabs. Today Judy and I enjoyed a beautiful ride to the park on our motorcycle to partake in “America’s favorite pastime” of baseball, with the Ray’s hosting the Boston Red Sox’s. On a classic picture perfect day, a standing room only crowd saw the home team beat the Red Sox.
I think this is a good illustration of how real estate value is tied to the local community and it’s investments. Visiting the Charlotte Sports Park was simply a home town event. We met a number of folks who traveled hours to enjoy the game. Those of us who own homes in Punta Gorda directly benefit from this particular investment not only in the form of a short ride to the park but in real estate home values and marketability.
When you’re looking for your next home carefully evaluate the big picture, get a pulse of the city or town and what it has to offer. The real estate in and around the Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda area is blessed with an abundance of natural beauty, rich history, coupled with character and charm. Translation, great place to live and own a home.
To learn more about the incredible real estate values available in our area, or to view Punta Gorda property for sale, please routinely visit www.paradiseinpuntagorda.com or email me at ken@paradiseinpuntagorda.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 941-661-9773.
Real Estate market trends for January 2010 are sending mixed signals, this should not come as a surprise, considering the overall economy. Recovering from the long and painful fall from the peak of the housing bubble will most likely have some up’s and down’s. The three major communities of Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and Northport had a 29% drop in sales from December 2009. Recording sales of 249 homes of all types was the lowest amount since January 2009.
Contrasting the decline in housing sales, January enjoyed a 9% gain in average sale price of all housing, over the same period last year. Average home sales prices have increased every month since September. Many consider this upward trend in value a clear signal we’ve reached bottom and in the future this maybe identified as the turning point of the housing market. Others view these mixed signals as a reminder that our economy remains unstable and vulnerable to another dip in activity.
Despite an unseasonably cool January and February local realtors are reporting brisk activity throughout the region. Port Charlotte named “best place to retire” last year in CNN’s Money Magazine provided significant national recognition. Punta Gorda on numerous occasions has had the national spotlight place on her and continuing that tradition next week Punta Gorda is slated to be feature in a USA Today article.
Pin pointing the bottom of the housing market will not be clearly identified until months after it’s occurred. What is known, when comparing the Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and North Port housing market to any other, our real estate values cannot be beat.
Punta Gorda Florida will always be an attractive place to live. Blessed with some of the finest weather anywhere, world class fishing and boating, coupled with real estate values considerable below the national average make this the place to live.
To learn more about the incredible real estate values available in our area, or to view Punta Gorda property for sale, please routinely visit www.paradiseinpuntagorda.com or email me at ken@paradiseinpuntagorda.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 941-661-9773.
Punta Gorda Potpourri is a great place to shop for items you wouldn’t normally find anywhere else. Punta Gorda Potpourri is located 5260 Duncan Road (Next to th Galleria Antique Mall) On Hwy. 17. 941-575-8600
Hot weather is coming and what better way to endure the upcoming heat than with the latest in gauze fashion. You can find the best selection of Gauze clothing at Sassafras Boutique located in the Fishermens Village in Punta Gorda. 941-575-0000
The Basix is an awesome little shop where we can find those items that bring us that sense of pride not just in having it but knowing it was handmade right here in the good old U.S.A. Located at 124 Cross Street in downtown Punta Gorda. 941-575-1661
When we want to find our homemade items, items made to last, we now have a place to go find them. Thank you Chris and Steve for bringing us that touch of home that we all need to connect with, but haven’t the time to make for ourselves. If you have never been to The Basix, you don’t have to wait till you get that disconnected feeling again, go on over and grab yourself a Yo Yo doll or a nice cotton rug to curl your toes in and get grounded again in that feeling of home.
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Search intensifies for missing girl - MyFox Tampa Bay PUNTA GORDA - Pilar Rodriguez was 3 years old when she disappeared nearly 11 years ago. It’s a cold case, but it appears there are new developments that could finally provide a break in the case. Tuesday afternoon, Charlotte County investigators
Delinquent bill payer breaks 4 locks to reconnect water - WINKNEWS.com It’s a pretty simple arrangement. You pay your bill, you get your water. You don’t pay, and your water is shut off. But one Punta Gorda man found a way to cheat the system. After Scott Bishop racked up nearly $500 in unpaid bills, the city
Prairie View s Sister City - Houston Community Newspapers Prairie View recently entered into a Sister City agreement with Punta Gorda, Belize, following an international and commerce symposium between Belize and the United States, held Oct. 14-17 in Houston. Pictured, from the right, inside the Prairie View
Punta Gorda Police crack down on sex offenders - NBC 2 PUNTA GORDA: With Halloween only two days away, Punta Gorda Police are hitting the streets and paying a visit to each sex offender’s home. “We’re going to make sure there’s nothing to entice kids to go to their house,” says Officer George Karaffa
New search for evidence in missing girl cold case - 10Connects.com PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Southwest Florida deputies are searching a Punta Gorda property for evidence in the cold case of a missing 4-year-old girl. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office and NecroSearch International, a nonprofit organization, are using
Possible Break In Missing Child Cold Case - CBS 4 South Florida There could be a break in the case of a young South Florida girl who disappeared in 1999 while visiting Punta Gorda in Charlotte County with her babysitter. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that crews are searching a property
Tip thaws Punta Gorda cold case from 1999 - Herald Tribune CHARLOTTE COUNTY - After years without a break, investigators of the 1999 disappearance of 4-year-old Pilar Rodriguez from Punta Gorda got a tip that could help them solve the case. On Tuesday, Charlotte County sheriff’s deputies, the FBI and others
Search for girl focuses on yard - News-Press 1:10 A.M. The search for a girl’s body continues today after the first bit of dirt was removed Tuesday from the yard of a home near Punta Gorda, to connect the dots in the disappearance of Pilar Rodriguez, a 4-year-old who vanished 10 years ago
Crews responding to fiery crash in Punta Gorda - News-Press 7:35 A.M. Emergency workers are responding to a fiery crash in Punta Gorda at the intersection of S.R. 31 and Suzan Dr., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Reports say a large truck - possibly a semi or dump truck - has rolled over and the
Punta Gorda GetDown earns praise - Herald Tribune This letter is in defense of Nick Nemec and Zack Clark, organizers of the highly successful Downtown GetDown, held in Punta Gorda on Oct. 24. The event’s well-publicized intent was to bring big-city entertainment to Punta Gorda in the form of an
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Market goes sour on entrepreneur Sarasota Herald-Tribune … he was able to buy a majority stake in the largest Dunkin' Donuts chain on Florida's west coast — a chain with 18 stores from Bradenton to Punta Gorda…
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