Greg Snow - Southwest Florida Real Estate Expert provides real estate services to Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva Islands

  Do you remember Aldous Huxley's " Brave New World",  published in 1931 with London as a backdrop for a futuristic society that would anticipate developments in sleep learning and reproductive technology,www.huxley.net/bnw/index.html - Cached. I'm not against "sleep learning"(as long as I am not falling from high places), and the technology advancement we have experienced in the last twenty years would surprise A.H. , even with his vision described in his work. Locally, in southwest Florida, our real estate market is emerging from a freefall in values and wrecked financial investments, to seeing "the eyes of the oyster", as we swim  toward the surface.Our local MLS, www.swflrealtors.com, indicates we have closed more than 5500 single family residences selling for under $100k, and 3555 that sold for more. The volume is healthy as many agents have adopted to the agonies of short sales, REO's, and distressed properties. The surprise decision on Monday to not continue with the $281 million worth of utility expansion leaves half of Cape Coral on well and septic, and many property owners overjoyed that they don't have to find up to an extra $17,000.

 Forty year ago, U.S. astronaunts walked on the moon for the first time. I was a summer in the U.S Capitol and many of the blue collar workers did NOT believe it, even as they watched on T.V. They felt they were being tricked (our government has a reputation you know) . Today in our beautiful Lee County, Florida, we have a confluence of events contributing to our lives, from no Baltimore Orioles, to Fort Myers Beach manager getting fired because his wife works in the adult entertainment business, to decreased revenue from falling values , to over worked teachers, police, and fire officers, and our Clerk of the Court to 12-13 % unemployment to endless road construction to myopic local politicans and 47 candidates to take Don Stilwell's job, and the National Football League is still 53 days and nights from playing a meaningful game. Let's hope the Steelers starting QB is available on 9/13/09.