Real Estate
Bonita Springs, Florida is located between Naples and Ft. Myers, and offers a wide variety of real estate to suit your needs and price range. Whether your budget is under $100k or up to $20 million, you can find a place to live in this wonderful community, especially in the current real estate environment of Southwest Florida. It is said that Bonita Springs offers the amenities of a large city, but still maintains that small town feel. It also helps that Bonita Springs borders the white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, and features some fantastic shopping centers.
Whether deciding if you want to live in a house, condo, villa, or purchase a lot, you also want to consider (depending on your lifestyle) whether you want to live near or on a golf course, have a beachfront view, live close to the beach, have boat access, or live in a gated community. There are many vacation rentals available in these locations as well, and the rental prices vary depending on the time of year (January through April is very popular).
There are many older homes located near U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) in comparison to the modern designs of homes that are found in the many gated communities. If you are looking for a beachfront view, consider the beachfront homes and condos on Bonita Beach or Barefoot Beach where the views overlook the warm blue waters and white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. If golf is your passion, you may want to check out some condos or homes located in The Brooks, which consists of three communities for golfers, or any of the other golfing communities. A large portion of Bonita Springs real estate is located in gated communities such as Bonita Bay or Pelican Landing to list a few of the dozens of communities. As a general rule, the closer that your home is to the Gulf of Mexico, the more expensive the property, and it is even more expensive if you can walk to the beach.
It has been reported that the total inventory of available homes in Bonita Springs, Florida was 3,397 as of February of 2010. Resold homes made up 1,697 of the total inventory (49%). The remainder of the inventory consisted of foreclosures and new homes. As with the rest of Florida, there are big discounts on property in Bonita Springs due to the real estate bust with many short sales, foreclosures and bank owned properties being sold for dirt cheap compared to the past. People are buying these properties at discounted prices for permanent homes, vacation properties, and investments. While prices are way down in Southwest Florida, sales are beginning to pick up especially properties priced under $400,000.
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