Local News
Pending Sales at Three Year High
The sales for February were the highest they have been in the previous three years according to the Naples Area Board of Realtors. The Overall Pending sales continue an upward trend in February. The overall pending sales increased 69 percent compared to February 2008. Pending sales are a key indicator of buyers activity. All around…
Read MoreNaples Winter Wine Festival auction
The Naples Winter Wine Festival auction is an annually held auction which was created in 2001. The auction was created to benefit the poorest kids in Collier County. Every year many extravagant items put up for auction to try and fetch large sums of money for charity. Overall, there was a good turnout and this…
Read MoreThe Mercato: coming soon
The Mercato, which will feature shops, restaurants and 175 luxury living units, is nearing completion. For residents of Park Shore and the Moorings, this means another nearby option for fine shopping and dining, in addition to the Waterside Shops, 5th Avenue, and of course the Village on Venetian Bay. According to one article in the…
Read MoreNaples Beachfront OK after Fay
Tropical storm Fay was hardly gentle, criss-crossing Florida and dropping feet of rain in some areas, but the Park Shore and Moorings developments experienced little more than a few hours of tropical storm force winds. In fact, twelve hours after landfall, the legacy of Fay on the Naples beachfront had been reduced to choppy surf,…
Read MoreBuyers, get ready…
There’s no hiding it: around the nation, the real estate slump continues. While certainly bad news for most of us, to prospective buyers it couldn’t be better: with home prices lower than they have been in several years, we are fast approaching the perfect time to make a lasting real estate investment! And that’s not…
Read MoreHappy Easter from Naples!
Naples Daily News wins prestigious photo contest
The Pictures of the Year International competition, celebrating overall achievement in journalistic photography during the course of each year, has three categories: Magazines, newspapers of circulation greater than 100,000, and smaller newspapers. This year, the 65th of the competition, the winners in each category were National Geographic, The Los Angeles Times….and the Naples Daily News.…
Read MoreBig signing day for Collier County
Collier County has been the home and training ground of many highly prized college football recruits, include current NFL stars Edgerrin James and Fred McCrary. No surprise then, that this year’s signing day was a big event in town. No less than seventeen local seniors signed letters of intent today to play football at the…
Read MoreI’m Dreaming of a …Tropical Christmas?
While those living in northern latitudes celebrated Christmas in the cold (and in the snow, ideally), some Naples residents and visitors opted to embrace a style more in tune with our climate. The “Tropical Christmas” service, held in Lowdermilk Beach Park on Christmas Eve, attracted about 3,000 people. Christmas just not the same without snow…
Read MoreHurricane Season over for Southwest Florida!
After a lengthy Thanksgiving hiatus, the Roorda.com blog returns with a gust of good news! Admittedly, that was awful. But this isn’t: for the second year in a row no hurricane came anywhere near Naples, FL. In fact, the Collier County area experienced minimal tropical activity of any type. A little wind from the fringes…
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