Info about Marco Island Real Estate
Marco Island is a truly unique island. It is the largest of Florida’s amazing Ten Thousand Islands chain that stretches from Everglades City in the north to Flamingo, the island has a large number of historical landmarks to keep city residents enamored with the quaint community for a lifetime.
Part of the Wilderness Waterway, Marco Island’s varied animal life alone is astounding. There are gigantic mounds of sand, pine forests, fields and pristine sandy beaches, and a mangrove swamp. Many people come to see the burrowing owls–wildlife enthusiasts report that Marco Island is the only one in the Ten Thousand Islands chain to host these unique birds.
The City of Marco Island provides a full range of services, with an excellent school system and utilities infrastructure. Residents can find plenty of activities on Marco Island, including snorkeling, kayaking, water skiing, sport fishing, and much more. There are even archaeological excavations thousands of years old from Native American tribes, such as the Calusa Indian burial mound and the famous “Marco Cat” found at the Frank Cushing Archaeological Site.
The uniquely habitable islet was home to nearly 15,000 residents in the 2000 census, but new census data to be released on December 21, 2010 is expected to show significant growth in that number. The boom in real estate in the new millennium led to economic and population growth from the Naples, Florida metro area, with many gorgeous homes commissioned during that time. With the subsequent housing pullback, many exclusive parcels of Marco Island real estate can be found that are priced very attractively. In fact, Marco Island condos and bank owned properties are some of the best priced listings available on the market.
Prices on Marco Island homes at the time of this writing range from about $70,000 for a 460 s.f. townhouse to $10,500,000 for a 11,000+ s.f. luxurious waterfront estate. There is an abundance of properties on the island with water frontage, many with private access to the beautiful and temperate Gulf of Mexico waters.
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