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  • Buyers Undeterred in Ian’s Hardest-Hit Areas

    10/14/2022 3:23:02 PM PDT · by Jacquerie · 11 replies
    Florida Realtors ^ | October 13th 2022 | Kimberly Miller
    FORT MYERS, Fla. – In the month before Hurricane Ian hurtled into southwest Florida, shredding Lee County and destroying or damaging more than 32,000 homes, the area reigned as having the most overvalued real estate in the nation. Two weeks after Ian’s Category 4 wrath, economists and Realtors said the Sept. 28 storm may be a pause in Florida’s humming housing market but is unlikely to have long-term impacts because “people want to live near saltwater in a warm and business-friendly climate,” said Ken H. Johnson, an FAU housing economist. In the near term, however, Ian could bolster unaffordability in...