Southwest Florida residential activity surges amid pandemic

Transactions and permit levels soar as a result of in-migration and low interest rate environment.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. November 13, 2020
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COURTESY PHOTO — Residential developments like Ave Maria, in Naples, have gained in popularity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
COURTESY PHOTO — Residential developments like Ave Maria, in Naples, have gained in popularity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Throughout the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has rocked business and sent much of the commercial real estate industry reeling.

But in Southwest Florida, overall real estate activity — as measured in deed transactions and permits — has increased considerably since the start of the health crisis in March.

 

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