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Location
Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, USA. As of 1st July 2006, the US Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,804. Naples is a Principal City of the Naples-Marco Island, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated total population of 314,649 on 1st July 2006. Despite being the largest city in Collier County, the city of Naples is not its county seat; rather the county seat is located east of the city in unincorporated East Naples.
Naples was founded during the late 1880s by former Confederate general and Kentucky U.S. Senator John Stuart Williams and his partner, Louisville businessman Walter N. Haldeman, the publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Throughout the 1870s and '80's, magazine and newspaper stories telling of the area's mild climate and abundant fish and game likened it to the sunny Italian peninsula. The name Naples caught on when promoters described the bay as "surpassing the bay in Naples, Italy".
The economy of Naples is largely based on tourism. Along with Marco Island and the Everglades, the city makes up the popular vacation area known as the Paradise Coast. Fortune 1000 company Health Management Associates is located just north of the city limits.
The beach on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico is more than 10 miles long, and is noted for its cleanliness and pristine white sand. In 2005, Naples was voted the best beach in America by the Travel Channel
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Area Map
Map courtesy of Microsoft MapPoint
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Transportation
Naples Airport is located in the heart of Naples and is a convenient taxi ride away from the local beaches hotels, resorts and golf clubs. Local bus services operate. Naples Municipal Airport is open 24-hours per day. The air traffic control tower operates from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., seven days per week. There is a voluntary jet curfew for all operations from 10 p.m. until 7 a.m. |
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Housing
The Naples housing market includes traditional Florida single family home neighborhoods, high rise communities and golf communities together with larger homes on acreage. As a second home buyer’s destination, Naples has a wide range of housing choices, including beach communities, boating communities and golf course communities. The beach condo is becoming very popular with second home buyers as the location and ocean views make the re sale values secure. The beaches are divided into communities and include, Olde Naples, Coquina Sands, the Moorings, Park Shore, Naples Cay, Pelican Bay, Bay Colony, Vanderbilt Beach and Barefoot. A little further inland are the ever popular golf communities, generally when you buy on a golf community you become a member to the golf club. Living on a golf club community provides plenty of extra green space, nature trails, retention ponds and preserves therefore living on a golf community can provide additional privacy and relaxation benefits.
The local Collier County Property Appraiser can give additional information into local taxes and assessed property values.
Many options are available for financing on properties, overseas investors should consider all financing options as many lenders are requiring a higher than normal deposit for foreign national mortgages. A popular mortgage is a multi currency mortgage allowing the buyers to switch between currencies taking an advantage of currency exchange gains. To receive information on a multi currency mortgage Click Here
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Attractions
From bird watching to deep sea fishing Naples has it all and within easy reach to the popular Everglades adventures. Literally within minutes you can be in a Kayak or camping out at night with nature. The Naples Zoo is also a great place to experience the outdoor world in a controlled environment. With an abundance of local parks there will never be a time you have nothing to do. The Everglades air boat tours are the quickest way to see the wet land adventures
The beaches are the most beautiful sights you could imagine, Naples Beach, Vanderbilt Beach, Delnor Wiggins Beach, Clam Pass Park Beach and Lely Barefoot Beach give you miles upon miles of clear sand coastline. Golf is one of the biggest attractions to the many retirees who have made Naples their new home.
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Golf
Naples is a big retirement area and relaxing on one of the many championship golf courses is a full time event for many people who visit or settle down in the area. To name just a few great courses Arrowhead, Windstar, Hibiscus, Ironwood, Valencia, Naples Grande Beach Resort and Tiburon. Many of the golf clubs are also residential communities so you can literally walk out your front door and be right on the green.
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Testimonials
“We were introduced to John McLoughlin by a UK based Estate agent as John was considered as an expert in the area that we were looking for a property. He assisted us finding our dream home and was able to negotiate a very good price for our long term investment. Throughout the process we found his services to be very professional and we will be using him again for our next purchase.”
Bill & Lan Edwards (UK) Purchase in Windermere Florida
“We were referred to John McLoughlin by another UK South Florida based Realtor as we wished to purchase in the Kissimmee area. Johns experience in construction & real estate quickly assisted us identify properties that were not suitable for our needs and he found us a property that matched our criteria perfectly, we would not hesitate to recommend John”
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