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Another Sunny, Make You Smile Kind of Friday on Sanibel & Captiva Islands

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Another Friday here already? How can it be? It may be that with the onset of spring, a few winter residents are leaving Southwest Florida. At my off-island dry cleaners last night they said they saw a huge drop in business this week. We haven’t seen much of a drop on the islands though. Traffic continues to be a challenge and our pals in the rental business say there will be another big turn-over of vacationers tomorrow.

Office Happenings This Week

SANSLogoSeason is flying by with The SanibelSusan Team’s time this week filled with showings, opening listings for showings, chasing down feedback, tracking tenants, updating pro forma/fliers, home inspections, monitoring contracts, and even a couple of listing presentations. Not the usual time of the year for new listings, but as the saying goes, “it pays to be the first born, the second wife, and the third listing agent.”  I expect we have a couple of those to announce in the weeks to come. (“Those” being new SanibelSusan listings, as the first two requirements of that saying are already met.).

Photos below taken by Dave from his cell phone from the roof of Bldg 1 at Seascape during the home inspection this afternoon by Ron Dehler, Horizon Home Inspection Service. It’s a gorgeous beach day!

Seascape Boardwalk

Seascape Bldg 1 roof 3-20-15

The week’s activity posted in the Sanibel and Captiva Islands Multiple Listing system is after a few other news items.

Sanibel & Captiva Islands Association of Realtors® March Membership Meeting

SanCapAssnLogoGood sales activity and again several price reductions were announced at our March Association of Realtors® Breakfast Meeting yesterday. There were two speakers at our meeting, both home inspectors. Their topics were radon and formaldehyde. Here are a few tidbits from their presentations:

  • Radon: Radon is the 2nd largest cause of lung cancer (smoking being first). The results of radon testing are tracked by state Departments of Health & EPA facilities. Interestingly the inspector, Adam Dalton with AmeriSpec, said that of the radon tests performed in Lee County 28.8% tested high for radon. (What is not known is how many are not tested. From my experience that answer is “many” or the majority by far.) He also said that the most radon has been found in high-rise condos. The composition of the concrete in the basic structures being the culprit. He also offered that the typical wood piling home on Sanibel with open lower level is probably the least likely to have a problem because this gas likely would dissipate because of the airspace below. When asked if granite – so popular in today’s remodels can be a cause – he said, “yes”. He also said that airing out a property before a radon test (rather than leaving it closed up for 12 hours as the test requires) will not produce a better reading, because the test protocol does not begin counting the test measurements until 4 hours into the test. The test is over an extended period (usually several days) and hourly records the amount of radon gas, temperature, pressure, and humidity. He also said that radon readings are usually higher during rain when the gas moves up.
  • Formaldehyde: Jonathan Tongyai with SanCap Inspections spoke on this subject. He said the formaldehyde scare is fairly new. As recently reported in a segment of “60 Minutes”, a synthetic wood floor product sold by Lumber Liquidators has tested high for formaldehyde. The company has been accused of selling contaminated laminated flooring made in China. As this inspector said, when in doubt have a test performed, but usually the smell is obvious when the product is new. Common sense should prevail for the consumers and inspectors, but when in doubt, test.

Florida Realtors logoFlorida Association of Realtors® 2015 Honor Society: At the same meeting, several Realtors® from our Association were presented with Florida Realtors® Honor Society pins. Local Association President Eric Pfeifer reminded members that only 20 of our 291 Sanibel/Captiva Realtor® members achieved local Honor Society status for their work in 2014, so to have several members also achieve state recognition is huge.  He then prefaced announcing that this is my 16th-year in Florida’s state Honor Society, by saying SanibelSusan is an old-timer. He can expect pay-back for that. Others in attendance and also receiving that state recognition are shown in the photo below: Jim Hall, yours truly, Eric Pfeifer, Toby Tolp, David Schuldenfrei, and Shane Spring. Congratulations to all!

2015 FL Realtors Honor Society

Favorite Refuge: Vote ‘Ding’

Ding roseate“Ding” Darling counts among the top 20 contestants for Favorite National Wildlife Refuge in USA Today’s Readers Choice Awards and is currently in 2nd place. They need our daily votes. Click here to vote once a day until noon on Monday, March 30, 2015. We know “Ding” Darling is the best, help them let the whole country know!

The Families Have Voted: These Are Their Favorite Destinations

Many locals have remarked this year that “since the islands keep making those lists, more people have come, and that’s why the traffic is so bad in-season.” If that’s the case, here’s yet another one. I saw the below article posted by Yahoo’s Travel Editor on-line yesterday.

“Sanibel, Fla., with its abundant seashells, was named the top overall family attraction. (Photo below by: Thinkstock)

Photo Thinkstock beach

“If you’re thinking of a family trip and wondering where in the U.S others are taking the kids these days, one survey suggests they favor an itinerary like this: picking up seashells on a small Florida island, observing animals in a rain forest, and of course, eating at the Cheesecake Factory.

“FamilyFun magazine just announced its travel awards, the result of polling 2,000 American families to rate their favorite destinations across five categories. The top overall winner was Sanibel, Fla., an island town with ample white beaches and seashells, and the power to chill out even the most high-strung parents and kids. The magazine reports one Texas mom as saying, “It’s just a relaxing place that lets kids be kids.”

Also ranking in the top three for favorite tourist towns were Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Savannah, Ga….”

50th Anniversary of Island Water Association

island waterIf you have not taken a tour of the Island Water Association facility on San-Cap Road, be sure and add it to your “do list”. SanibelSusan has toured it several times and always found the whole process of producing island water to be fascinating and the facility to be amazingly clean! Here is some info from the “IWA Pipeline” Spring 2015 edition:

“This year marks 50 years of The Island Water Association providing fresh drinking water to its members. IWA was incorporated on January 19, 1965, as a not-for-profit association (501(c)4) whose purpose was “To construct, maintain, and operate a water system for the supplying of water for domestic, commercial, agricultural, industrial, and other purposes to its members….”  Its founders and first Board of Directors were John Kontinos, E. G. Konrad, C. Smith Kauffman, Francis Bailey, and Paul Stahlin.

“IWA’s first franchise agreement was granted by Lee County in July of 1965. Our first water supply came from the Pine Island Water Treatment Plant via an 8” subaqueous pipe laid across the bay from St. James City to the end of Dixie Beach Rd.  The pipe and all valving are still in place, but leaks in the pipe prevent its use. Our last gallon of usable water from Pine Island was obtained in 1983.

“By 1972, IWA realized it needed its own supply of water, as the 8” line from Pine Island was becoming insufficient to meet demand, and the price of bulk water was becoming prohibitive. An Electro-Dialysis plant was completed in 1973, drawing well water from the Hawthorn aquifer. It was able to produce around 1MBD of water, which served the population throughout the 1970’s. In the late ‘70’s, it was obvious the ED plant would not keep up with current population growth, so a reverse osmosis plant was commissioned on the present day site of IWA. It opened in 1980, originally producing about 1MGD, adding to the ED plant production. When the RO Plant was up to full production by 1992, the ED plant was shut down forever. The RO Plant is now capable of producing around 5.9MGD, although current demand is around 3.3MGD. It draws its feed water from 14 active production wells.”

Island Water Meter Access

Island Water logoFollowing up on the article above, here is a real-estate related article from the same IWA newsletter.

“When a new home is built on Sanibel or Captiva, or a water meter is upgraded due to a home remodel, the Island Water member must sign a Water Users Agreement. Item C.6 of the agreement states: “The Member shall keep an area clear and accessible for 2 feet on all sides of the water meter and backflow prevention device.” Before we changed all of our meters to radio read meters, Scott, our meter reader, had to hand read every meter, and often had to trim overgrown vegetation to access the meter. With the new remote read meters, inaccessible meter boxes and backflow devices have now become a problem for our Distribution Technicians when there is an issue that demands access to the meter or backflow device, such as high usage or a leak. Also, as a courtesy to our members, our technicians test the backflow devices on a semi-annual basis. We are the first to admit that we are not landscape experts, so we would prefer the homeowner maintain the 2’ radius surrounding the meter and backflow device. In addition, please make sure we have a clear path 3’ wide and 7’ tall to the meter and backflow device. Thanks!”

Is That Closet Worth More Than a Prime Location? Apparently Yes!

realtor logoSometimes the articles posted in real estate trade journals are not a fit for our island resort community, so it was with interest that I saw the above headline in an article in the March on-line REALTOR® Magazine. Of course location remains the most, if not one of the most, important considerations in Sanibel and Captiva real estate. Here, it is all about, location, location, location.

The rest of the article had some valid points, however. Island buyers are looking for these things too, just perhaps not as a compromise to location:

“So what features are so important that they are willing to make such big sacrifices as the location of the home? Here are the top items that home owners said they’d be willing to make sacrifices on location in order to have:

  • Move-in ready home: 64%
  • At least one bathtub in a home: 54%
  • More space than their current residence: 51%
  • His and her closets: 23%
  • Spa-like master bedroom: 23%
  • Large eat-in kitchen area: 23%
  • Kitchen island: 22%

“In addition to the more common home options, we’re starting to see regional trends emerging among homebuyer preferences,” says Ryan Marshall, executive vice president of homebuilding operations, marketing and sales for PulteGroup. “From outdoor kitchens in Florida, to spice kitchens in California, shoppers are increasingly discerning when it comes to home features that could be the deciding factor in their next move.”

Other popular regional trends the survey identified were accordion-style glass doors in the Southwest; multi-generation floor plans and screened-in porches in the Southeast; balconies off the kitchen and rooftop terraces in the Northeast; and “Jack n’ Jill” bedrooms and coffee bars in the Midwest.

“Overall, the most important areas to home buyers when choosing a new home: kitchen (29%), bedroom (22%), and living room (18%).”

Free Homeowners’ Seminar – Insurance Panel

SanCapAssnLogoThe Sanibel and Captiva Islands Association of Realtors® is sponsoring a free seminar at The Community House on Wednesday, March 25, from 10 to 11:45 am. Information will be provided by a panel of Association Affiliate Members who work in the insurance field. Enjoy coffee at the “meet and greet” from 10-10:15, followed by the seminar from 10:30-11:45. Join these seasoned insurance professionals for updates and answers to important questions and news on properly insuring your home and valuables. Featured speakers are: David Arter with Private Client Insurance Services, LLC; Chris Heidrick with Heidrick & Company Insurance; Angela Roehl with Rosier Insurance; and Dawn Zettler with Insurance and Risk Management Services.

Sanibel – New Residents’ Reception

Sanibelcityseal logoHosted by Sanibel Mayor Kevin Ruane and City Councilmembers Mick Denham, Chauncey Goss, Marty Harrity, and Jim Jennings, new residents of the island (within the past 24 months) are invited to attend a New Residents’ Reception at City Hall on Thursday, April 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. Please RSVP by April 3 to sancouncil@mysanibel.com or 239-472-3700.

Sanibel & Captiva Multiple Listing Service Activity Mar 13-20 

Sanibel

CONDOS

3 new listings: Cottage Colony West #102 1/1 $649,946; Coquina Beach #2C 2/2 $729K; Seascape #201 3/3 $1.849M.

5 price changes: Sanibel Arms #E7 1/1 now $365K, Sundial #O201 2/2 now $699K, Sundial #F201 2/2 now $799K, Compass Point #111 2/2 now $1.95M, Sanibel Sunset #202 3/2 now $1.745M.

5 new sales: Colonnades #11 1/1 listed for $195K, Spanish Cay #B2 2/2 listed for $394K, Sanibel Siesta #701 2/2 listed for $525K, Beachcomber #C102 2/2 listed for $1.575M, Sedgemoor #206 3/3.5 listed for $2.499M.

7 closed sales: Sundial #F406 1/1 $329K, Sanibel Arms West #G5 2/2 $490K, Seawind II #2 2/2.5 $635K, Sundial #Q205 3/2 $800K, Kings Crown #317 2/2 $920K, Gulfside Place #125 2/2 $1.17M, Yacht Haven #1 3/2 $1.5M.

HOMES

4 new listings: 9248 Dimmick Dr 3/3 $649.9K, 5749 Pine Tree Dr 3/3 $749K, 1237 Isabel Dr 5/6.5 $2.995M, 1306 Seaspray Ln 3/4 $4.195M.

10 price changes: 4636 Buck Key Rd 2/2 now $419K, 220 Palm Lake Dr 3/3 now $580K, 2220 Camino Del Mar Dr 3/3 now $599K, 9012 Mockingbird Dr 3/2 now $619K, $603 N Yachtsman Dr 3/2 now $670K, 1182 Kittiwake Cir 3/3 now $699K, 9445 Beverly Ln 3/2 now $775K, 1528 Angel Dr 3/2 now $799.5K, 1048 Fish Crow Rd 3/2 now $815K, 1204 Isabel Dr 3/3.5 now $3.895M.

8 new sales: 1677 Sabal Sands Rd 3/2 listed $440K, 257 Daniel Dr 3/2 listed for $649K, 3131 Twin Lakes Ln 3/2 listed for $689K, 2210 Camino Del Mar 3/2 listed for $695K, 6101 Castaways Ln 4/2 listed for $850K, 820 Sand Dollar Dr 3/2 listed for $989K, 4308 West gulf Dr 3/3.5 listed for $1.879M, 1136 Golden Olive Ct 4/4.5 listed for $2.4M.

9 closed sales: 918/920 Main St 5/5 multi-family $380K, 320 Palm Lake Dr 2/2 $424K, 1613 Sand Castle Rd 3/2.5 half-duplex $455K, 739 Elinor Way 3/3 $550K, 218 Daniel Dr 2/2.5 $750K, 3840 West Gulf Dr 3/2.5 $849K, 1287 Par View Dr 3/2 $865K, 836 Sand Dollar Dr 3/2/2 $1.195M, 561 Lighthouse Way 5/4 $1.75M.

LOTS

3 new listings: 915 Main St $199K, 2133 Starfish Ln $399K, 2479 Harbour Ln $599K.

No price changes.

3 new sales: 1299 Par View Dr listed for $229K, 6411 Pine Ave listed for $339,999, 2494 Blind Pass Ct listed for $649K.

1 closed sale: 2403 Blue Crab Ct $470K.

Captiva

CONDOS

No new listings or price changes.

2 new sales: Bayside Villas #5222 1/2 listed for $322K, Lands End Village #1654 3/3 listed for $1.685M.

3 closed sales: Tennis Villas #3232 2/2 $440K, Gulf Beach Villas #2012 2/2 $583.5K, Captiva Shores #5C 2/2 $837.5K.

HOMES

No new listings.

4 price changes: 16785 Captiva Dr 4/3.5 now $1.63M, 11500 Chapin Ln 4/4.5 now $1.995M, 15009 Binder Dr 4/5.5 now $3.75M, 11530 Paige Ct 4/5.5 now $4M.

No new or closed sales.

LOTS

No new listings, price changes, or new sales.

1 closed sale: 16915 Captiva Dr $1.195M.

This representation is based, in whole, or in part, on data supplied by the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Association of Realtors® or its Multiple Listing Service. Neither the association nor its MLS guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the association or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market. The information provided represents general real estate activity in the community and does not imply that SanibelSusan Realty Associates is participating or participated in these transactions.

Sun clip artUntil next Friday, here’s hoping your weekend is sunny too.

Susan Andrews, aka SanibelSusan

 

 

 

Island Real Estate, Black Bear, Weather, Tarpon, & Other Scoop

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Sanibel & Captiva Real Estate This Week

It was another very quiet week here on the real estate front. Too quiet! Even our monthly Association of Realtors® membership meeting yesterday had little activity reported with just a handful of new listings announced in the 2-week period since our last caravan. Our speaker was Chauncey Goss, son of Sanibel first mayor and past CIA Director Porter Goss.  Chauncey and his family live on Sanibel and he is running for Congress, though he could not speak to us from a candidate perspective (one of those rules we have for our membership meetings). With much of Chauncey’s professional work directly related to fiscal policy analysis and federal budgeting, his presentation was called “Budget 101”. It was quite an eye-opener, even for those of us who follow the Washington grapevine, an excellent presentation though with disheartening content about the country’s financial woes.

Sanibel Bear

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Our big news yesterday afternoon was that the Sanibel bear (a juvenile male black bear) was captured near the lighthouse, tranquilized by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission employees (FWC), and relocated off island to an undetermined wilderness area. The bear was first detected on the island last June, when a remote wildlife camera at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge caught it on a night camera when it was roaming preserve land. It was photographed then by a motion-activated infrared camera at the Bailey Tract. Since last year, there have been sightings with the bear living quietly in and around the Wildlife Refuge. Few people actually saw it.

In recent weeks, however, it was spotted in different east-end locations, roaming beyond the Refuge and conservation land, and over the past 10 days, it began to demonstrate nuisance behavior. The City of Sanibel Natural Resources Department, Sanibel Police Department, Public Works Department and the National Wildlife Refuge, worked in conjunction with FWC to safely relocate the bear off-island.

According to Mike Orlando, the FWC assistant bear program coordinator, it was a dispersing bear (looking for its own territory) and almost certainly swam to the island. “We know that bears swim well,” Orlando said. “We’ve found them many miles offshore swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Why, we don’t know. Whether it came over from St. James City or up from Big Cypress, where there is a very healthy bear population, through Bonita, that swim is nothing for a bear.”

Over the next year, it was a “good bear,” Orlando said, but about two weeks ago, it started moving around, and Sanibel city officials started getting calls. “Most likely, it started getting restless, looking for a female,” Orlando said. “He changed his behavior from being reclusive to wandering all around.”

Though it never actively threatened anyone, with the bear being around people, officials decided to capture and relocate it. “The bear was never a threat to humans,” Orlando said. “We got within 10 feet of it (Wednesday), and it just took off.” Sanibel environmental planner James Evans saw the bear Thursday morning near Sanibel’s Lighthouse Beach and called FWC wildlife officials, who shot the animal with a tranquilizer dart at about 12:30 p.m.

“We’re helping this bear off the island,” Orlando said. “It might have left on its own. We’re just making it a little quicker.” Orlando measured the bear (6.2′ long), estimated its weight (250 pounds) and age (2½ to 3½ years), clipped a tag to its ear, tattooed its lip, pulled some hair for genetic analysis and a tooth to determine its age. Orlando wasn’t sure where the bear would be released. “We know it won’t be Big Cypress,” he said. “There’s a population of about 800 bears down there, and adding yet another dispersing bear wouldn’t be wise.”

In making this announcement on http://www.mysanibel.com/Departments/City-Manager-s-Office/News/Sanibel-Black-Bear-Relocated-Off-Island, Sanibel City Manager Judie Zimomra said, “Through our Vision Statement, the City of Sanibel places the highest priority on protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat. In the case of this black bear, over the past two weeks, it became very clear his opportunity to live a long happy life would be best off-island where he can find a mate and live the remainder of his years happily and safely in a more natural, non-residential bear habitat.” Zimomra further stated, “Over the last several days as the bear began to frequent neighborhoods, including porches, our community was extremely helpful in detecting the bear’s patterns with their prompt phone calls to the Sanibel Police Department, reporting the whereabouts of the bear. Additionally, through their knowledge of our island and habitat, our City employees were particularly useful partners to the FWC during this endeavor.”

Black bears are native to Florida and are protected under state and federal laws. Dwindling populations in Florida has caused this sub species to be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. It is illegal to approach or harass this animal.

Island Weather

This week while our local weather stations have reported hot weather throughout much of the U.S., it seems that the makings for a tropical depression were forming in the gulf. Island weather all week has been high 70’s to low 80’s, partly cloudy with an occasional shower, enough to make vacationers at times unhappy, but really just typical Florida in the summer. This morning there were rumblings that the same weather will probably continue for the next few days with a greater possibility of that depression forming over the next day or so. It is just the time of the year when we need to keep a close eye on the weather channel. We received our hurricane passes from the City this week so we hope that being prepared works like bringing your umbrella into the office to prevent the rain. That did not work too well today as a steady rain began at noon. It is now expected to continue until this storm makes its next move or disperses. Here is a link to the National Weather Service’s Hurricane Center.

What To Do On Sanibel

As I learn more and more about social media and how to become a better blogger (i.e. better business person), I occasionally come across someone else’s blog that I find worth sharing. Here is one that I happened upon this week. It is written by journalist gal who specializes in world travel and has come to the islands many times. She has some good points about the islands and in this blog responds to the question “What to do on Sanibel Island?”  “Chris Around the World, Your Guide to Value Luxury Vacations”

 Another July 4th Happening

For the holiday early birds, it was announced this week that on July 4th, before the parade, the Sanibel Community Church will host a pancake breakfast to benefit the Sanibel campus of Summit Christian Preschool. From 7 to 9 a.m., the community is invited to enjoy a hearty all-American breakfast with all donations to support the preschool which is located at the church (1740 Periwinkle Way, next to Jerry’s Supermarket).

The day of the 4th now is filled with events from morning until night with this breakfast, morning parade, noon road rally, afternoon holiday party, and fireworks at dusk.

Tarpon Fishing

I heard some rumblings this week about Doc Ford’s pulling their entry out of a recent local Tarpon Tournament, so I checked out Randy Wayne White’s website for more info. Many of you know that Randy was a local fishing guide, before he became such a renowned author and co-owner of the Doc Ford’s restaurants (named after his books’ main character). Fishermen interested in tarpon, may find the article posted on Randy Wayne White’s Doc Ford’s Website fascinating. Local book worms may also enjoy reading about Randy’s latest book. When Elise’s family was vacationing on the island last week, they were happy to meet Randy in person when they stopped at Doc Ford’s on Sanibel, and a discussion about sharks ensued.

Sundial Resort Scoop

I recently ran into a couple of the principals involved in the purported upcoming sale of the resort. Since Realtors® try to be cognizant of the confidentiality in announcing a pending transaction, my lips are sealed on the details; but stand by for some good news regarding Sundial. There should be more to report in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, here is a quick update of Sanibel inventory and sales this year, compared to 2011, followed by the activity announced this week in the Sanibel and Captiva Islands Multiple Listing Service.

SANIBEL SALES STATS

                                 CONDOS              HOMES               LOTS        
                               No./Avg Price $     No./Avg Price $     No./Avg Price $                  
For sale:                 176/639,341          205/1,238,924        84/610,979
Pending sales:        20/577,945           31/1,026,722           4/631,000
Sold & closed in:
2012 thru 6/22       100/560,593           97/817,087              19/391,621
2011 all year          142/591,861           179/826,130            19/363,729

Sanibel & Captiva Islands Multiple Listing Service Activity June 15-22:
 

Sanibel
CONDOS
No new listings.
2 price changes: Sundial #G207 1/1 now $239.9K, Sundial #D412 1/1 now $305K.
4 new sales: Captains Walk #F7 2/1.5 listed for $227K, Kings Crown #212 2/2 listed for $599K (our listing), Sand Pointe #212 2/2 listed for $629K, High Tide #B202 2/2 listed for $1.4775M.
5 closed sales: Seashells #26 2/2 $242.5K, Sanibel Moorings #1412 1/1 $260K, Tennisplace #C31 2/1.5 $255K, Kings Crown #215 2/2 $550K, Sundial #T207 2/2 $818K.
 
HOMES
5 new listings: 1193 Kittiwake Cir 4/3 $699K, 1441 Causey Ct 3/2 $739K, 1234 Middle Gulf Dr 3/2 $795K, 804 Birdie View Pt 3/3 $1.199M, 912 Almas Ct 3/2.5 $1.249M.
5 price changes: 1125 Captains Walk St 2/2 now $499.9K; 2166 Egret Cir 3/2 now $539,555; 1263 Par View Dr 5/2.5 now $699K; 2449 Harbour Ln 2/2 now $895K; 6440 Pine Ave 3/2.5 now $1.85M.
5 new sales: 1603 Sand Castle Rd 3/3 half-duplex lissted for $445K, 561 Lake Murex Cir 3/2.5 listed for $629K, 591 Boulder Dr 4/3 listed for $629K, 2294 Wulfert Rd 4/4 listed for $998K, 2228 Starfish Ln 3/2.5 listed for $1.25M.
1 closed sale: 4630 Rue Bayou 4/4.5 $1.145M.
 
LOTS
1 new listing: 4771 Rue Helene $436K.
No price changes.
2 new sales: 5044 Joewood Dr listed for $499K, 568 Lighthouse Way listed for $1.3M.
2 closed sales:  637 Sea Oats Dr $250K, 2251 Starfish Ln $261.9K.

Captiva
CONDOS
1 new listing: Gulf Beach Villas #2004 2/2 $679K.
2 price changes: Bayside Villas #5308 3/3 now $579K, Captiva Bay Villas #2 3/3.5 now $1.998M.
1 new sale: Captiva Bay Villas #D 3/3.5 listed for $2.995M.
1 closed sale: Bayside Villas #5234 1/2 $262.5K. 

HOMES
No new listings.
1 price change: 56 Sandpiper Ct 2/2.5 now $669K.
1 new sale: 11514 Andy Rosse Ln 4/4 listed for $2.395M.
No closed sales.

LOTS
Nothing to report.

This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Association of Realtors or its Multiple Listing Service. Neither the association nor its MLS guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the association or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market. The information provided represents the general real estate activity in the community and does not imply that SanibelSusan Realty Associates is participating or participated in these transactions. If your property currently is listed with another broker, this is not intended as a solicitation of that listing.