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2 hours ago
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Homes in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Lee, FL sold for lower prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from for March shows that potential buyers and sellers in Lee County saw lower home sale prices than the previous month's median of $380,000. The median home sold for $370,000, an analysis of data from shows. That means March, the most recent month for which figures are available, was down 2.6% from February. Compared to March 2024, the median home sales price was down 5.1% compared to $390,000. sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months' delay in the data. The statistics don't include homes currently listed for sale and aren't directly comparable to listings data. Information on the local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Here is a breakdown on median sale prices: Looking only at single-family homes, the $389,262 median selling price in Lee County was down 2.7% in March from $400,000 the month prior. Since March 2024, the sales price of single-family homes was down 5.1% from a median of $409, hundred thirty-two single family homes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to 152 recorded transactions of at least $1 million in March 2024. Condominiums and townhomes decreased by 9.4% in sales price during March to a median of $290,000 from $320,000 in February. Compared to March 2024, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes was down 14.5% from $339,000. Twenty-four condominiums or townhomes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to 40 recorded transactions of at least $1 million in March 2024. In March, the number of recorded sales in Lee County dropped by 11.4% since March 2024 — from 2,203 to 1,951. All residential home sales totaled $975.7 million. Across Florida, homes sold at a median of $380,614 during March, a slight increase from $379,999 in February. There were 32,971 recorded sales across the state during March, down 10.6% from 36,887 recorded sales in March 2024. Here's a breakdown for the full state: The total value of recorded residential home sales in Florida increased by 64.2% from $15.1 billion in February to $24.9 billion this March. Out of all residential home sales in Florida, 9.77% of homes sold for at least $1 million in March, up from 9.12% in March 2024. Sales prices of single-family homes across Florida slightly increased from a median of $399,985 in February to $402,281 in March. Since March 2024, the sales price of single-family homes across the state was down 1.8% from $409,600. Across the state, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes dropped 1.5% from a median of $310,758 in February to $306,057 during March. The median sales price of condominiums and townhomes is down 5% from the median of $322,280 in March 2024. The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Fort Myers real estate home sales prices down in March 2025
Yahoo
a day ago
- Automotive
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The $45,000 EV That Could Change Everything: Latest Rivian R2 Details Unveiled
The $45,000 EV That Could Change Everything: Latest Rivian R2 Details Unveiled originally appeared on Autoblog. Rivian announced its new R2 midsize SUV in March 2024, and now, the electric automaker has updated the public on the model's progress leading up to its planned launch during the first half of 2026. The car manufacturer's newest information on the R2 includes insider looks at the SUV's design studio, powertrain test lab, and electrical lab. According to Rivian, its in-house design studio spent hundreds of hours creating sketches to form the R2. Rivian described the design studio as a space where creativity meets feasibility, and one of its primary challenges with the R2 was acknowledging and working with its cost constraints without compromising appeal. The automaker's design studio works on and approves solitary segments ahead of time so that there are 'no surprises at the end,' with smaller elements like a glovebox receiving high amounts of individual attention. The powertrain test lab's highlights featured a closer look at Maximus, Rivian's in-house next-generation drive unit, primarily serving in its upcoming R2 and R3. Improvements from the last drive unit, Enduro, include Maximus's smaller size, lighter weight, lower cost, and simpler manufacturing, achieved by reducing its fasteners by 30%. Maximus's inverter, converting direct current (DC) energy to alternating current (AC) energy, is now side-mounted, providing additional clearance for the lower R2. Rivian noted that the R2's drive unit uses a continuous winding e-machine, generating higher performance and further simplifying manufacturing by reducing the number of welds. According to its manufacturer, Maximus is 40% more power-dense than its predecessor, much cheaper, and easier to build—all of which facilitate scaling, something Rivian struggled with while producing its R1T and R1S models. Rivian said the Enduro was its first drive unit to transition directly to hard tooling, meaning it went straight from digital designs and engineering to building production-ready manufacturing tools used for high-volume creation. Maximus is undergoing month-long testing in extreme high and low temperatures, along with simulated rainfall conditions. Rivian's electrical lab works on the R2's stack, or integrated hardware and software acting as the vehicle's brain. The automaker has spent the last few years vertically integrating its tech and zonal architecture as well as organizing electronics by location, which helps it design a stack entirely in-house. Rivian uses a midsize platform lab car for active R2 development and testing, where it can evaluate harnessing, endpoint devices, and everything on the low-voltage side that code from the SUV's brain touches. A Rivian mule bridges the midsize platform lab car stage and design validation builds just before mass production. One of Rivian's mules, 3.2, shows seats, screens, motors, and more that will be represented on the design validation build while still allowing design accessibility. Last month, reports emerged that Rivian remains on track to sell the R2 for $45,000, with a newly completed extension at the automaker's Normal, Illinois, plant housing R2 production. LG Energy Solution's batteries for the R2 will initially come from South Korea before being sourced from LG Energy Solution's new Arizona factory. The $45,000 EV That Could Change Everything: Latest Rivian R2 Details Unveiled first appeared on Autoblog on Jun 17, 2025 This story was originally reported by Autoblog on Jun 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
CNA
7 days ago
- Health
- CNA
Growing up, my father was always quiet – but his love for us was always loud
In March 2024, I became a father. Now, one year and three months on, I'm still figuring things out day by day. Curiously, I now find myself looking back more often than ever before – back to my own childhood with my own father. In my secondary school years, I had a close friend who was both my classmate and teammate in our co-curricular activity, basketball. My friend's father would come to watch all our basketball games and, afterwards, would talk extensively and openly about how he felt our team and my friend had performed. Whenever father and son had differing opinions, they would have a healthy debate about it, and were comfortable doing so even in front of others. They shared a rapport that seemed so vibrant and dynamic. My own father, on the other hand, was never the loud or demonstrative type. My teenage self might have described him as reserved, perhaps even stern. He never criticised me in front of others, but neither did he praise me. Most of the time, he just quietly listened to me talking about what had happened in school and rarely voiced his thoughts or opinions (unless they were about his personal passion, aircraft). But today, with a son of my own in my arms, I see the deeper truth: My father's love wasn't lesser for being quieter. It wasn't loud because it didn't need to be. It was reliable, patient, and quietly powerful. SHOWING UP AGAIN AND AGAIN Growing up, I had scoliosis, which meant frequent hospital visits and brace fittings. My younger brother suffered from asthma and often needed urgent care or hospitalisation. My dad worked rotating shifts and took on as much overtime as he could to earn more money for our care. He'd take me to all my doctor's appointments, wait patiently with his foldable chair in cold hospital corridors when my brother was warded, and after each visit for either of us, he would make a call from the public payphone to update my mother on how things went. No loud fuss. No big drama. Just my father, showing up – again and again. As a child, I didn't always understand or appreciate the sacrifices Dad made. It took me becoming a dad to really, fully understand how deeply love was embedded in those simple acts of him being present. It couldn't have been easy for him to adjust his schedule and work long hours, but somehow he was always there for us when it mattered most. Medical needs aside, he would also often scrimp on himself, bringing yesterday's leftovers to work for lunch so that my brothers and I could have fresh food. He worked long hours and rarely spent money on himself, saving it all for us. Like many fathers of his generation, he didn't always articulate his love in words – but now, as a father myself, I see how he lived it every single day. PARENTING IS NOT ABOUT PERFECTION Today, my wife and I are fortunate to have more flexibility in our work schedules than my father ever did. We take turns during those tough newborn nights of changing diapers, soothing cries, and rising early to prep and play before the workday begins. I take a day off each week just to be present with my son – not doing anything special or extraordinary, but just being there and spending time with him. Over the last year or so, I've come to realise what my dad always knew: Parenting isn't about perfection, it is about presence. It's about being there for your child, consistently and compassionately. I used to see my father's selflessness as old-fashioned – perhaps even boring, compared to some other dads I knew. But now I see that it was profoundly brave. Now, whenever I'm doing something 'boring' for my son Noah – packing his bag for a family day out, or making another adjustment to our home so he can safely explore it on his unsteady feet – I think of my dad and how he worked so hard behind the scenes so I could have a loving childhood. LET GO OF EGO Fatherhood is a daily exercise in humility, where we need to let go of ego and embrace patience. Noah's favourite person in the world is my wife, his mother. As it goes with all young children, there are moments when I feel rejected by him – when he clings only to his mother, refusing to be comforted by me. As much as I would like my son to like me just a little more even at this young, irrational age, I have to remind myself that love isn't always returned in the way we expect it to be. My own dad never complained, never demanded thanks or gratitude from us, and never once asked to be repaid for all he gave us. He taught me that, as parents, our love doesn't have to be loud or immediate – what matters most is that it runs deep and strong. No matter our frustrations, we must show up anyway because that is the true essence of fatherhood. REAL STRENGTH IN LOVE AND CARE There's one specific quality my dad modelled that I try to carry forward each day: To make the people we love feel seen. My practical, pragmatic father always supported my choices – even the big, uncertain ones like leaving a corporate career to start my own business. When we began Anglo Caregivers, he even opened up his own home to temporarily house caregivers engaged by us, before they started officially working with their employers. In a period where I was wrestling with doubt and uncertainty, his quiet trust and belief in me gave me the courage to keep going. Today, I try to offer that same grounding presence to my son. He's still too young to speak, but I make sure to look him in the eye. I slow down when I hold him. I offer soft words and steady hands. Even before they understand language, children understand love. They feel it in our tone, our gaze, our touch and our attention. The love and care my father showed me has become such a core part of who I am today. It's what I want my son to feel from me as his father; it's what I want to show my wife as her partner in this life. It's even what I want the families I work with through Anglo Caregivers to experience for their elderly loved ones. To my dad – thank you for teaching me that strength isn't about being seen, but about seeing others.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Homes in Tulare County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from for March shows that potential buyers and sellers in Tulare County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month's median of $356,500. The median home sold for $372,000, an analysis of data from shows. That means March, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 4.3% from February. Compared to March 2024, the median home sales price was up 1.6% compared to $366,000. sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months' delay in the data. The statistics don't include homes currently listed for sale and aren't directly comparable to listings data. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Here is a breakdown on median sale prices: Looking only at single-family homes, the $372,000 median selling price in Tulare County was up 4.8% in March from $355,000 the month prior. Since March 2024, the sales price of single-family homes was up 1.9% from a median of $365, single family homes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to two recorded transactions of at least $1 million in March 2024. In March, the number of recorded sales in Tulare County dropped by 14.2% since March 2024 — from 374 to 321. All residential home sales totaled $128.6 million. Across California, homes sold at a median of $750,003 during March, a slight increase from $744,894 in February. There were 24,738 recorded sales across the state during March, down 4.5% from 25,904 recorded sales in March 2024. Here's a breakdown for the full state: The total value of recorded residential home sales in California increased by 10.4% from $26.8 billion in February to $29.6 billion this March. Out of all residential home sales in California, 34.26% of homes sold for at least $1 million in March, up from 30.91% in March 2024. Sales prices of single-family homes across California increased by 2.2% from a median of $743,292 in February to $759,972 in March. Since March 2024, the sales price of single-family homes across the state was up 5% from $723,575. Across the state, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes dropped 3.1% from a median of $748,400 in February to $725,055 during March. The median sales price of condominiums and townhomes is slightly up from the median of $719,833 in March 2024. The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: Homes in Tulare County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Business
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Homes in San Joaquin County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from for March shows that potential buyers and sellers in San Joaquin County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month's median of $501,000. The median home sold for $519,000, an analysis of data from shows. That means March, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 3.6% from February. Compared to March 2024, the median home sales price was down 10.6% compared to $580,500. sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months' delay in the data. The statistics don't include homes currently listed for sale and aren't directly comparable to listings data. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Here is a breakdown on median sale prices: Looking only at single-family homes, the $525,000 median selling price in San Joaquin County was up 2.9% in March from $510,000 the month prior. Since March 2024, the sales price of single-family homes was down 10.9% from a median of $589, single family homes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to 84 recorded transactions of at least $1 million in March 2024. Condominiums and townhomes decreased by 13.4% in sales price during March to a median of $281,500 from $325,000 in February. Compared to March 2024, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes was down 21.8% from $360,000. Five condominiums or townhomes sold for $1 million or more during the month, compared to six recorded transactions of at least $1 million in March 2024. In March, the number of recorded sales in San Joaquin County dropped by 25.8% since March 2024 — from 624 to 463. All residential home sales totaled $263.7 million. Across California, homes sold at a median of $750,003 during March, a slight increase from $744,894 in February. There were 24,738 recorded sales across the state during March, down 4.5% from 25,904 recorded sales in March 2024. Here's a breakdown for the full state: The total value of recorded residential home sales in California increased by 10.4% from $26.8 billion in February to $29.6 billion this March. Out of all residential home sales in California, 34.26% of homes sold for at least $1 million in March, up from 30.91% in March 2024. Sales prices of single-family homes across California increased by 2.2% from a median of $743,292 in February to $759,972 in March. Since March 2024, the sales price of single-family homes across the state was up 5% from $723,575. Across the state, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes dropped 3.1% from a median of $748,400 in February to $725,055 during March. The median sales price of condominiums and townhomes is slightly up from the median of $719,833 in March 2024. The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on The Record: Homes in San Joaquin County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
