West Jefferson property transfers for Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 | Home/Garden

West Jefferson property transfers for Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 | Home/Garden

by Home And Garden

Below is a compilation of properties sold in West Jefferson Parish from Nov. 3-9, 2022. Data is compiled from public records

WEST JEFFERSON

Transfers for Nov. 3-9 

AVONDALE

Church St. 204: Derrick Christian and Kenya C. Christian to Aracely J.Z. Rivas, $22,000.

BARATARIA

Privateer Blvd. 3105: Keenon Leblanc to Chantel L. Hatten, $128,000.

BRIDGE CITY

Belt Bridge subdivision, lot 13, square 9: Randy Fanara and Paula C. Fanara to Patrick R. Wilbratte, $95,000.

GRAND ISLE

Amaris Isle Plantation subdivision, lot 43: Amaris Isle Plantation LLC to Carlos M. Aguilar and Zamira S. Aguilar, $55,000.

Amaris Isle Plantation subdivision, lot 44: Amaris Isle Planatation LLC to Carlos M. Aguilar and Zamira S. Aguilar, $55,000.

Fig St. 142: Mellisa M. Esponge to Jamie M. Freeman, Jessica Freeman, Kendall P. Rebstock and Rachel Rebstock, $60,000.

LA. 1 2233: Lonnie W. Matherne and Pamela H. Matherne to Delos M. Blackwell, $50,000.

Ocean Beach subdivision, lot 7, square B: Marilyn M. Matherne and Michael J. Gambino to Bryan J. Ponville and Kathy R. Ponville, $40,000.

Tiger Lane 104: Mack J. Rodrigue Jr. and Dolly Rodrigue to Richard H. Pokojski Jr. and Esther E. Pokojski, $130,000.

GRETNA

19th St. 917: Cheramie Trust to Francisco R. Yannini, $125,000.

Briant St. 161: Carolyn L.L. Melling to Mistich Trio LLC, $181,500.

Cook St. 1322: Dominion Priorities LLC to Juan A.A. Matamoros and Enmer A.A. Matamoros, donation.

Deerfield Road 601: Gina Tran and Tung Nguyen to Phuong B. Le, $200,000.

Fairfield Drive 768: Devon Bank to Belal Hammad and Eliana Hindi, $300,000.

Fairfield Drive 768: 7200 Downman Road LLC to Devon Bank, $300,000.

Fairlawn Drive 621: Myrna H. Montiville to Jaime A. Barahona, Jamie B. Acosta and Vilma G.M. Escobar, $249,000.

Faith Place 1809: Claudia Haupt to Brian Colvay, $269,900.

Fried St. 120: Eric M. Escher and Ashley Escher to Andrew D. Wallis and Caroline G. Nielsen, $315,000.

Glenbrook Drive 2981: Riba Pittman to Dwayne McDuffey, $171,000.

Lake Lynn Drive 3625: Henry B. Williams and Lesa Williams to Canaan LLC, $280,000.

Rue St. Louis 2409: Steve S.A. Nguyen and Tina Nguyen to Laura Nguyen and Van H. Nguyen, $260,000.

S. Carlisle Drive 2728: Johnny B. Cappell Sr. and Margaret R. Cappell to Chambliss Professional Services LLC, $175,000.

Uakdale, no further data: Crucial Inc. to Crucial Real Estate LLC, $680,000.

Village of New Mechanickham subdivision, lot 9, square 14: Gary P. Hess to Brianna F. Hardy, donation.

Weyer St. 824-26: Heavens Gate Realty LLC and Jessica Bagneris to St. Cajetan LLC, donation.

Willow Drive 174: Kori J.K. Digiovanni to Kari R.S. Miller, $325,000.

HARVEY

Bridgewater Drive 3412: Janet Jedziniak to Jade Nguyen and Hieu Le, $375,900.

Glenoak Drive 3832: John V. LLC to Cianjanae Purvis, $258,000.

Leson Court subdivision, lot 3: Robert D. Anding and Bettye T. Anding to SKSS Properties LLC, $375,000.

Lynnbrook Drive 2488: Kelly R. Crais & Barbara M. Crais Revocable Living Trust, Kelly M. Crais and Kurt W. Stier to Alan Corbeille, $165,000.

Orchid Drive 1013: Brenda M. Zappulla to Edward G. Pattin III and Lori M.P. Deforest, $80,000.

Orchid Drive 1305: Hiep Doan and Dung K.T.N. Doan to Brandon T. Greco and Sydnee E. Delger, $284,500.

S. Windmere St. 4060: Tyrone Harrell to Matthew Q. Whitehouse and Markisha D.I. Whitehouse, $247,000.

Stall Drive 2105: Theresa Barrilleaux to Diana Caminita, $160,000.

Tulleries Garden Lane 24: Devan D. Johnson Sr. and Tanyika R. Johnson to Qasem Qatoum and Basema Q. Qatoum, $350,000.

Vulcan St. 2652: Ronald D. St. Pe, Kerry M. St. Pe, Marvin J. St. Pe, Mervin J. St. Pe, Byron J. St. Pe and Camille S. Howard to Universal Home Restorations LLC, donation.

W. Friendship Drive 2552: Michael A. Licciardi and Nancy Licciardi to Rene Marroquin, $340,000.

West Parc Green St. 3409: Jamar R. McKneely to Diab A. Hamed, $255,000.

LAFITTE

Cody Ryan W. 1767: Bradley M. Bosch and Chastity N. Bosch to Carla B. Creppel, Rick P. Creppel and Carla C. Bourgeois, $435,000.

Jean Lafitte Blvd. 1143: Robert R. Verdin Sr. and Martha C.M. Verdin to Jeanne M. Zar, $218,000.

Marie Court 3346: Kimberly A.W. Casbon to Michael S. Bush, $113,000.

MARRERO

Ames Farms, no further data: K Bar Inc. to GCW Properties LLC, $391,406.

Barataria Blvd. 4261: Joshua C. Encalade and Enid V. Encalade to Bradley M. Bosch and Chasity N. Bosch, $470,000.

Bayou Des Familles 4609: Vallery S. Jenkins to Paul Belton Jr., $185,000.

Bayou Lours Court 2746: Mindy L.M.L. Simon to Vanessa B. Zimmerman, $247,000.

Cardinal Drive 2809: Maribel Garcia to Adriana Garcia, donation.

Farrington Drive 1005: Stephanie Organ to Glenn G. Guidry, $146,500.

Highland Drive 5133: Brandon T. Greco and Sydnee E. Greco to Peter T.D. Ngo and Nga N. Ngo, $216,000.

Misty Meadows Drive 2600: Garrett L. Toscano and Tiffany L. Dinette to Johnathan Slappey, $227,000.

Pearl subdivision, lot 95, square 7: Anthony R. Collura and Cheryl A. Collura to Anthony R. Collura & Cheryl A. Collura Revocable Living Trust, donation.

Peregrine Circle 2207: Thao Dang to Phuong T. Nguyen and Thuy T.T. Nguyen, $244,489.

Robinson Ave. 1020: Percy Hudson Jr. to Donna P. Hudson, donation.

Rue Jesann 2605: Albertine B. Jackson to Albertine Jackson Living Trust, donation.

Sand Bar Lane 2648: Rebecca Meyers and Cade D, Meyers to Brian K. Alexander Sr., $270,000.

Warwick Drive 5105: Nawal H. Yousef, Anwar Khader, Younis Sheikh, Azhar Sheikh and Manal Sheikh to Ali Yousef, donation.

TERRYTOWN

E. Butterfly Circle 416: Robert S. Abba Jr. and Michaela Allen to Duglas A.A. Orellana and Dunia M. Machado, $200,000.

WAGGAMAN

Live Oak Plantation Estates, Addition 2, square B, lots 1 through 16: Lakewood Development LLC to Coast Builders LLC, donation.

WESTWEGO

Ave. A 649: Victoria M. Frickey to Donna Landry and Darren Frickey, donation.

Defourneau Place subdivision, lot 4, square 2: Kevin S. Diggs Sr. and Felicia V. Diggs to Restlawn Park Cemetery Inc., $15,000.

Goldenrod Lane 5: Cornelius J. Leblanc III to Mohammad Khan and Noleta K. Khan, $260,000.

Paradise Caminada Estates subdivision, lot 7B: Larry H. Barnett and Janice T. Barnett to Fesi Enterprises LLC, $112,409.73.

River Road 2319: Melissa Layman and Christopher O. Fernandez to Morteza Farr, $965,000.

S. Kenner Ave. 127: Milioto Custom Homes LLC to Sedric Stewart and Jacqueline W. Stewart, $367,000.

Segnette Estates subdivision, lot 3A, square 3: Marrero Land & Improvement Association Ltd. to Bon Builders LLC, $62,916.

Senate Drive 220: Trinity Gulf Coast Development LLC to Kenia Ross, $35,000.

West Drive 903: Richard J. Guillot and Linda Guillot to Francisco P. Perez and Maria G.S. Campos, $175,000.

West Rowan Home and Garden recognizes real-life Wonder Woman during Mother’s Day Festival – Salisbury Post

West Rowan Home and Garden recognizes real-life Wonder Woman during Mother’s Day Festival – Salisbury Post

by Home And Garden

MOUNT ULLA — As an only kid, Brandy Smith usually dreamed of getting a residence total of young children when she grew up.

“I received it,” Smith stated.

Smith is the biological mother of one son and is at present fostering 3 other small children, with options to undertake the oldest. Her passion for increasing young children and means to “thrive in chaos” is why Smith was acknowledged on Saturday as Wonder Lady of the Yr by West Rowan Property and Garden.

The Mount Ulla retailer and community hub hosted a Mother’s Day Festival entire with a bouncy property, distributors and a performance by the West Rowan Elementary Faculty Ukulele Club. A costumed Wonder Girl snapped images with youngsters.

“It’s our way to give back to the group,” explained Elsie Bennett, owner of West Rowan Residence and Garden.

Bennett solicited nominations for the Question Female of the Calendar year on the store’s Fb website page and lots arrived in. What separated Smith from other fantastic nominees, Bennett stated, was the reality that she was nominated by numerous people today independently of each and every other.

“(Smith) was nominated by two unique folks who did not know the other had nominated her,” Bennett claimed.

Smith was place up for the award by the two her childhood friend and her mother, Linda Layok. Layok is a very pleased mother.

“The detail about Brandy is, I elevated her as a solitary mom and now right here she is with all of these young ones performing so great,” Layok explained. “I look at her and she just amazes me. She just proves it can be done. She’s obtained so a great deal patience and love for these youngsters it’s wonderful. And they enjoy her way too.”

Smith and her husband, Evan, commenced fostering young children above a calendar year back immediately after the initial wave of the pandemic. She claimed the system of remaining a foster guardian wasn’t as grueling as some assert it to be.

“If you open up to them, it is a incredibly easy procedure,” Smith stated.

The family enjoys excursions, such as picnics at local parks and tenting trips. Smith and her loved ones stopped by West Rowan House and Backyard garden just before heading to the mountains for the working day.

Previously mentioned all else, Smith claimed the children just want to be handled like kids.

For successful the Speculate Girl of the 12 months title, Smith will acquire a $50 shopping spree at the store.

There ended up loads of other festivities having put at the keep. Inside the antique barn, about two dozen pupils from West Rowan Elementary Faculty executed a range of music applying their ukuleles and voices. Alex Day, the tunes instructor who runs the ukulele club, stated his pupils have been practising alongside one another since the start out of the year. In entrance of their people, together with several moms, learners performed tracks together with “Can’t Assist Slipping in Love” and “Don’t Fret Be Pleased.”

The club will complete together once more at Earth Working day Jam at Bell Tower Inexperienced on Saturday.

Also in the antique barn, showcased artisan Joe Owen showed off his handcrafted home furnishings. The retired woodworking trainer specializes in functional reproductions of home furniture that would have been generally applied in the 1800s and 1700s. Owen’s cupboards, benches and more can be observed anytime at the retailer.

Inside the retailer, Linda Holshouser and Darcy Ward battled for the title of finest baker with two scrumptious cakes. Under a gentle rain outdoors, distributors offered food items and items and a bouncy home gave kids a area to engage in.

West Rowan Household and Backyard garden will host a very similar competition for Father’s Working day on June 11.

Florida’s West Coast Cities Top WSJ/Realtor.com’s Housing Index

Florida’s West Coast Cities Top WSJ/Realtor.com’s Housing Index

by Real Estate News

Cities on Florida’s west coast climbed to the top of The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index, boosted by the growth of remote work and warm weather in the Sunshine State.

High-end markets and vacation spots dominated the ranking in the fourth quarter. Luxury-home sales have climbed in the past year as wealthy households benefited from stock-market gains and low borrowing costs. Warmer markets are also typically active in the winter months, when home sales slow in colder states.

Naples, Fla., was the top-ranked market for the quarter, followed by North Port, Fla.; Kahului, Hawaii; San Luis Obispo, Calif.; and San Jose, Calif.

Three other Florida markets—Cape Coral, Punta Gorda and Sebastian, a city on the state’s east coast—also made the top 20.

U.S. home sales rose to a 15-year high in 2021 as home-buyer demand surged because of low mortgage-interest rates. As more employees opted to work remotely, they were willing to move farther from their jobs in search of a lower cost of living or different lifestyle.

Downtown Naples. The market’s median home-sale price increased 20{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} last year.

Florida has been a major beneficiary of this migration, and economists expect home-buying demand in the state to remain strong.

Zillow Group Inc.

named Tampa its hottest housing market for 2022, and

Redfin Corp.’s

list of the 10 hottest neighborhoods for 2022 included eight in Florida.

The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index identifies the top metro areas for home buyers seeking an appreciating housing market and appealing lifestyle amenities.

The top-ranked markets in the fourth quarter had faster home sales and more shopping interest from international buyers than the market as a whole, said

Danielle Hale,

chief economist at Realtor.com.

News Corp,

parent of The Wall Street Journal, operates Realtor.com.

RANK CHANGE AREA STATE
1 ▲ Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island FL
2 ▲ North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton FL
3 ▲ Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina HI
4 ▲ San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande CA
5 ▲ San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA
6 ▲ Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL
7 ▲ Fort Wayne IN
8 ▲ Huntsville AL
9 ▼ Raleigh NC
10 ▼ Burlington NC
11 ▲ Yuma AZ
12 ▼ Elkhart-Goshen IN
13 ▲ Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA
14 ▲ Vallejo-Fairfield CA
15 ▲ Punta Gorda FL
16 ▲ Waco TX
17 ▼ Rapid City SD
18 ▼ Colorado Springs CO
19 ▲ Sebastian-Vero Beach FL
20 ▲ Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA
21 ▼ Durham-Chapel Hill NC
22 ▲ Fresno CA
23 ▲ Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL
24 ▼ Topeka KS
25 ▲ Knoxville TN
26 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol TN-VA
27 ▲ Visalia-Porterville CA
28 ▲ Lakeland-Winter Haven FL
29 ▲ La Crosse-Onalaska WI-MN
30 ▼ Manchester-Nashua NH
31 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin TN
32 ▲ Port St. Lucie FL
33 ▲ The Villages FL
34 ▼ Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia NC-SC
35 ▲ Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton NC
36 ▲ Chattanooga TN-GA
37 ▼ Decatur AL
38 ▼ Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR-MO
39 ▲ Elizabethtown-Fort Knox KY
40 ▼ Johnson City TN
41 ▲ Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort SC
42 ▲ Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL
43 ▲ Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade CA
44 ▼ Columbia SC
45 ▲ Santa Maria-Santa Barbara CA
46 ▲ Killeen-Temple TX
47 ▲ Homosassa Springs FL
48 Modesto CA
49 ▲ Gainesville GA
50 ▲ Spartanburg SC
51 ▼ Billings MT
52 ▼ Lafayette-West Lafayette IN
53 ▲ San Diego-Carlsbad CA
54 ▼ Jefferson City MO
55 ▲ Savannah GA
56 ▲ Bakersfield CA
57 ▼ Wilmington NC
58 ▲ Longview TX
59 ▲ Yakima WA
60 ▲ Springfield MA
61 ▼ Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise NV
62 ▲ Bowling Green KY
63 ▲ Prescott AZ
64 ▲ Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL
65 ▲ Olympia-Tumwater WA
66 ▲ Ocala FL
67 ▲ Joplin MO
68 ▼ Boulder CO
69 ▼ Reno NV
70 ▼ Columbus OH
71 ▲ Bremerton-Silverdale WA
72 ▲ Pueblo CO
73 ▼ Tyler TX
74 ▲ Springfield MO
75 ▼ Austin-Round Rock TX
76 ▲ Athens-Clarke County GA
77 ▲ Stockton-Lodi CA
78 ▲ Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX
79 ▲ Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ
80 ▼ Ogden-Clearfield UT
81 ▼ Spokane-Spokane Valley WA
82 ▼ Salt Lake City UT
83 ▼ Denver-Aurora-Lakewood CO
84 ▼ Jacksonville NC
85 ▲ Greensboro-High Point NC
86 ▼ Worcester MA-CT
87 ▲ Wichita Falls TX
88 ▼ Appleton WI
89 Winston-Salem NC
90 ▲ Evansville IN-KY
91 ▼ Rocky Mount NC
92 ▲ Fayetteville NC
93 ▲ Green Bay WI
94 ▼ Canton-Massillon OH
95 ▼ Oshkosh-Neenah WI
96 ▼ Janesville-Beloit WI
97 ▲ Memphis TN-MS-AR
98 ▼ Greenville NC
99 ▼ Dayton OH
100 ▼ Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna CA
101 ▲ Yuba City CA
102 ▼ Bellingham WA
103 ▼ Columbia MO
104 ▲ Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson IN
105 ▲ Eugene OR
106 ▼ Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL
107 ▲ Wausau WI
108 ▼ Rochester NY
109 ▲ Albuquerque NM
110 ▼ Louisville/Jefferson County KY-IN
111 ▼ Salinas CA
112 ▲ Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin SC
113 ▲ Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL
114 ▼ Concord NH
115 ▲ Abilene TX
116 Tucson AZ
117 ▲ Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA
118 ▲ Santa Fe NM
119 ▼ Lynchburg VA
120 ▼ Springfield OH
121 ▼ Clarksville TN-KY
122 ▼ Charleston-North Charleston SC
123 ▲ South Bend-Mishawaka IN-MI
124 ▲ San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward CA
125 ▲ Santa Rosa CA
126 ▲ Chambersburg-Waynesboro PA
127 ▼ Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC-NC
128 ▼ Akron OH
129 ▼ Jacksonville FL
130 ▲ Roanoke VA
131 ▼ Grand Junction CO
132 ▲ Amarillo TX
133 ▲ Eau Claire WI
134 ▼ Portland-South Portland ME
135 ▲ Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV
136 ▲ Norwich-New London CT
137 ▼ Providence-Warwick RI-MA
138 ▲ Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ
139 ▼ Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford VA
140 ▼ Boise City ID
141 ▼ Coeur D’Alene ID
142 ▼ Provo-Orem UT
143 ▲ Rochester MN
144 ▼ Grand Rapids-Wyoming MI
145 ▼ Monroe MI
146 ▲ Racine WI
147 ▲ Chico CA
148 ▲ Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway AR
149 ▲ Lancaster PA
150 ▼ Madison WI
151 ▼ Asheville NC
152 ▲ Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell GA
153 ▲ Richmond VA
154 ▲ Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC
155 ▼ Kennewick-Richland WA
156 ▲ Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA
157 ▼ Greeley CO
158 ▼ Sioux City IA-NE-SD
159 ▲ Harrisburg-Carlisle PA
160 ▼ Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT
161 ▲ Florence SC
162 ▼ Lake Havasu City-Kingman AZ
163 ▼ Salem OR
164 ▲ Reading PA
165 ▲ Wichita KS
166 ▼ Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH
167 ▲ Laredo TX
168 ▼ Burlington-South Burlington VT
169 ▲ Springfield IL
170 ▼ Merced CA
171 ▲ Lubbock TX
172 ▲ Lebanon PA
173 State College PA
174 ▲ York-Hanover PA
175 ▼ Gainesville FL
176 ▲ Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA
177 ▲ Claremont-Lebanon NH-VT
178 ▼ Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin FL
179 ▲ Johnstown PA
180 ▲ Florence-Muscle Shoals AL
181 ▼ Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA
182 ▲ Sioux Falls SD
183 ▼ Traverse City MI
184 ▼ Pottsville PA
185 ▼ Bloomington IN
186 ▲ Jackson MS
187 ▲ Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC
188 ▼ Omaha-Council Bluffs NE-IA
189 ▼ New Haven-Milford CT
190 ▼ Panama City FL
191 ▲ Montgomery AL
192 ▼ Cedar Rapids IA
193 ▲ Bloomington IL
194 ▲ Monroe LA
195 ▼ Fort Smith AR-OK
196 ▲ Auburn-Opelika AL
197 ▲ Morgantown WV
198 ▼ Kalamazoo-Portage MI
199 ▲ Oklahoma City OK
200 ▼ Ann Arbor MI
201 ▲ San Antonio-New Braunfels TX
202 ▲ Charlottesville VA
203 Albany GA
204 ▲ Redding CA
205 ▼ College Station-Bryan TX
206 ▼ Cincinnati OH-KY-IN
207 ▲ Birmingham-Hoover AL
208 ▼ St. Cloud MN
209 ▲ Macon GA
210 ▼ Terre Haute IN
211 ▼ Saginaw MI
212 ▼ Tulsa OK
213 ▼ Bangor ME
214 ▼ Dothan AL
215 ▲ Duluth MN-WI
216 ▼ Hilo HI
217 ▼ Brownsville-Harlingen TX
218 ▼ Barnstable Town MA
219 ▼ Texarkana TX-AR
220 ▲ Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT
221 ▼ Columbus GA-AL
222 ▲ Tallahassee FL
223 ▼ Warner Robins GA
224 ▼ Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV
225 ▲ Las Cruces NM
226 ▼ Fort Collins CO
227 ▼ Niles-Benton Harbor MI
228 ▼ Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI
229 ▲ Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA
230 ▼ Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton PA
231 ▲ Muskegon MI
232 ▼ Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH
233 ▼ Salisbury MD-DE
234 ▲ Lincoln NE
235 ▼ Rockford IL
236 ▲ Battle Creek MI
237 ▼ Toledo OH
238 ▼ Dover DE
239 ▼ Lexington-Fayette KY
240 ▲ Tuscaloosa AL
241 ▼ Kansas City MO-KS
242 ▼ Daphne-Fairhope-Foley AL
243 ▼ Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI
244 ▼ Mobile AL
245 ▲ Houma-Thibodaux LA
246 ▲ Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach FL
247 ▼ Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA
248 ▼ Bend-Redmond OR
249 ▼ Wheeling WV-OH
250 ▼ Lansing-East Lansing MI
251 ▼ Detroit-Warren-Dearborn MI
252 ▼ Torrington CT
253 ▼ Erie PA
254 ▼ Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land TX
255 ▼ East Stroudsburg PA
256 ▼ Cleveland-Elyria OH
257 ▲ New Orleans-Metairie LA
258 ▲ Mcallen-Edinburg-Mission TX
259 ▼ Tupelo MS
260 ▲ Urban Honolulu HI
261 ▲ St. Louis MO-IL
262 ▼ Medford OR
263 ▲ Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula MS
264 ▲ Des Moines-West Des Moines IA
265 ▲ Lafayette LA
266 ▼ Hattiesburg MS
267 ▼ Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls NY
268 ▼ Anchorage AK
269 ▲ Bismarck ND
270 ▼ Baltimore-Columbia-Towson MD
271 ▼ Pittsfield MA
272 ▲ Corpus Christi TX
273 ▼ Fargo ND-MN
274 ▼ Charleston WV
275 ▲ Baton Rouge LA
276 ▼ Peoria IL
277 ▲ Utica-Rome NY
278 ▼ Binghamton NY
279 ▼ Ottawa-Peru IL
280 ▼ Iowa City IA
281 ▼ El Paso TX
282 ▼ Syracuse NY
283 ▲ Lake Charles LA
284 ▲ Shreveport-Bossier City LA
285 ▲ Midland TX
286 ▼ Beaumont-Port Arthur TX
287 ▼ Atlantic City-Hammonton NJ
288 ▼ Trenton NJ
289 ▼ Champaign-Urbana IL
290 ▼ Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN-WI
291 ▼ Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD
292 ▼ Flint MI
293 ▼ Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY
294 ▲ Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL
295 ▲ Odessa TX
296 ▼ Kingston NY
297 ▼ Alexandria LA
298 ▼ Jackson MI
299 ▼ Pittsburgh PA
300 New York-Newark-Jersey City NY-NJ-PA

In the Naples area, which has a population of about 393,000 residents, home sales in 2021 rose 26{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} from a year earlier, according to the Naples Area Board of Realtors. The median home-sale price for the year rose 20{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} to $445,000.

Naples and nearby cities in southwest Florida are known for their golf courses, water sports and miles of white sandy beaches.

“Naples was always a luxury area, but it was, I think, a well-kept secret,” said Realtor Denny Bowers, at Compass in Naples. “That secret is out, obviously.”

About 82{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} of page views on Naples-area property listings came from outside the metro area in the fourth quarter, according to Realtor.com. The top metro areas for interest in Naples listings included places with colder winter climates, such as New York City, Chicago and Boston. But nearby—and more expensive—Miami was second, after New York.

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Midwesterners have long vacationed on Florida’s west coast, Mr. Bowers said, but he is now seeing more buyers from the East Coast and California.

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{d4d1dfc03659490934346f23c59135b993ced5bc8cc26281e129c43fe68630c9} pay cut, and that’s the price you paid to relocate here,” she said. “But now that’s not necessary.”

U.S. home prices hit an all-time high in 2021, but those increases are expected to slow in 2022 thanks to a number of economic factors. Here’s what’s driving the housing market and what that could mean for prospective buyers and sellers. Photo: George Frey/Bloomberg News

Households have also been drawn to Florida’s lower taxes and relaxed Covid-19 policies, she said.

Tim and Megan Cook decided to move from Illinois to Florida in late 2020 because they wanted their teenage daughter to be able to attend school in person and spend more time with her grandparents, who live in Florida. They sold their house near Chicago in December 2020 and bought a home in Naples. They are now planning to move to nearby Bonita Springs to be closer to the beach.

“On June 1 of 2020, if somebody said, ‘You are going to be living in Florida by December,’ I would have been like, ‘You’re crazy,’ ” Mrs. Cook said. “Thank gosh we did what we did.”

Not everyone expects Florida home prices to keep charging higher at this rate. Lakeland, Tampa and Fort Myers are the most overvalued housing markets in the state, according to an analysis from Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University.

“I think we’re going to see a slowdown” from last year’s price growth as mortgage rates continue to rise, said

Ken H. Johnson,

a real estate economist at Florida Atlantic University. But he doesn’t expect prices to slump in those areas, because of the strong projected population growth.

“People are moving to the state in massive, massive numbers,” he said.

Some highly ranked destinations in the index in the third quarter slipped. Elkhart, Ind., Rapid City, S.D., and Topeka, Kan., surrendered the top three spots from the previous quarter and fell out of the top 10 after their price growth remained closer to the average and their homes were on the market for at least two more weeks.

The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index ranks the 300 biggest metro areas in the U.S. In addition to housing-market indicators, the index incorporates economic and lifestyle data, including real estate taxes, unemployment, wages, commute time and small-business loans.

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Write to Nicole Friedman at nicole.friedman@wsj.com and Inti Pacheco at inti.pacheco@wsj.com

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