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Happy August 😎
I hope you're all keeping cool!
I have to say it doesn't feel so bad down here, along the coast, because of the breezes and dramatic rainstorms refreshing us all on a daily basis. The key is to keep moving, I think.
Not so much in Europe...my daughter says it's so hot in Milan (and of course very little air-conditioning) that she and her work-mates rented a house on the sea for a few days so they could work out of the pool lol.
(They create social media content for International customers like their customer, Ferrari, who spends millions on Social a year!)
They also were led to believe there would be A/C but sadly that turned out to be a nope.
Anyway, back to SouthWest Florida where at this time of year I am generally in complete stress mode wondering where my next paycheck is coming from. But that's not the case THIS Summer. What I am seeing is that folks buying with a mortgage are here getting great deals, necessary due to the almost 7% rates right now (30 yr. fixed), and a fair amount of upper luxury sales customers who seem to be almost entirely made up of folks looking to do some "Wealth Transfer" into somewhere other than the financial markets...and there seems to be no limit to the prices they are paying to be here for that reason.
If you are one of those Buyers,
please remember your friendly author-Realtor down here (smile).
Overall, our Inventory has decreased substantially after a very healthy first half of the year. Downing-Frye has hit our Billion dollar sale mark early and are planning the usual celebration of getting together over a beer for a toast. (Very humble company, which I love.)
Bottom line, choices are far thinner than earlier in the year, but Sellers would LOVE to hear from you and are negotiable!!
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