How’s the Real Estate Market?

The national real estate market has a big impact on Second and Vacation Home Buyers. Those looking to sell elsewhere and make your Move to Useppa Island - Find Out What the Experts Are Saying.

As we head into summer, it is a great time to review how the 2017 real estate market is doing so far. Here is what the experts are saying:

Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae Chief Economist

“Positive demographic factors should continue to reshape the housing market, as rising employment and incomes appear to be positively influencing millennial home ownership rates.”

Diana Olick, CNBC

“Even as more homes come on the market for this traditionally popular sales season, they're flying off fast, with bidding wars par for the course. Home prices have now surpassed their last peak, and at the entry level, where demand is highest, sellers are firmly in the driver's seat.”

Daren Blomquist, Senior VP at Attom

"I am guessing we will see it get even better… If you are considering moving, it could be a really good time to sell."

Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist

"The early returns so far this spring buying season look very promising as a rising number of households dipped their toes into the market and were successfully able to close on a home last month. Although finding available properties to buy continues to be a strenuous task for many buyers, there was enough of a monthly increase in listings…for sales to muster a strong gain. Sales will go up as long as inventory does."

Mark Fleming, First American Chief Economist

“Despite higher mortgage rates, the potential for home sales increased on an annual basis driven by steady income and job growth, along with a surge in building permits. While it may be a little late for this spring, the increase in building permits is a welcome sign that some relief may be in sight for the inventory shortages that are holding back many markets from realizing their full potential this spring.”

Keeping Current Matters - May 25, 2017

Romantic Hideaway with a Private Beach on Useppa Island

123 Useppa Island Just Listed

Romantic Hideaway beautifully updated with a private beach. Surrounded by tropical foliage and boasting hardwood floors, wood-burning fireplace, open kitchen, breakfast bar and granite, vaulted ceiling and spacious screened decks offering amazing waterfront views.

Offered for $750,000
Property Details

Spacious attached Villa offers 2 bedrooms and 2. 5 baths in an inverted floor plan with the main living areas on the second level.

Ready to Build Your Vacation Home on a Private Island?

Over sized building lot in the 6-lot Collier Preserve (aka The Airstrip) section of Useppa Island. Level, 200 feet of frontage facing east on Pine Island Sound, 100 feet deep. Land includes riparian rights, previously approved dock plans are presently in renewal process. 

407 Useppa Island - Now offered for $399,000

Property Details

Living areas above BFE will enjoy 300 degree water views, including Cayo Costa and Cabbage Key, Captiva Pass, Captiva Island, and Little Bokeelia and Pine Islands. All utilities are available and underground.

Boasting outstanding amenities, Useppa is the perfect paradise. Private island and club with marina, sand beach, restaurant, tennis, pool, croquet and bocce courts, fitness center, walking and bike trails. A well staffed service department provides home and landscape care. Only 3 miles from the mainland and the Gulf of Mexico.

Find Your Secret Hideaway on Useppa Island

Do you remember when you were a child, with your own secret hideaway? It was that place where you always felt safe, calm, warm and protected. A place where you could dream and imagine….anything! Under a blanket as a fort, in a closet, behind a chair, beneath, or up in a tree; wherever that place was, it was your “secret escape.” 

Now, you’re grown and you haven’t thought about that childhood secret place for a very long time. It still may be your secret. 

Busy with life, work, children and responsibilities of all kinds, you need a secret place; a great escape – now more than ever.
Maybe you’ve thought about a quiet retreat on the beach, with warm sunshine, soft breezes and swaying palms. But where do you find a place to relax when all the beaches are jammed with traffic, high rises and crowds? 

Useppa Island is that place; the hideaway, getaway, dream place that time forgot. That place where you, family and  friends, can Relax and Imagine in tropical tranquility.
Truly timeless, Useppa is a snapshot-in-time that will not change. There is no room for change. This tiny jewel has no available land for strip malls, condos or fast food joints.

Already devoid of automobiles, there’s only the quiet padding of feet on pathways, a beach bike slowly cranking, the soft whine of a golf cart, the melodic sounds of nature and laughter.

Useppa Island is that secret escape where you can relax and reconnect with yourself and your family; a hideaway that makes for stronger relationships and lasting memories.
Accessible only by air, or water, this private island has no crowds, no cars and no high rises. There are no stop signs…only Turtle Crossings.

Make your escape to Useppa Island.
Paradise Without A Passport!