Naples and North Port took the top two spots on The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index for the fourth quarter of 2021. Florida actually ended up with three markets in the top ten followed by California and North Carolina who each had two…
Some households that were planning to move to Florida upon retirement have moved up their time lines, either retiring earlier than planned or working remotely, said Brenda Fioretti, broker associate at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty in Naples. “In years past, if you left the Northeast and came to Naples, you would take about a 50% pay cut, and that’s the price you paid to relocate here,” she said. “But now that’s not necessary.”