Stephen Frater and Michael Pollick:
The Naples Area Board of Realtors has long wanted to report that city's results undiluted by lower-priced and worse-performing neighbors.In fact, for the past few months, the board has refused to submit its sales and price numbers to the Florida Association of Realtors for its comprehensive monthly reports.
Marla Martin, an FAR spokeswoman, said the Naples board -- representing the wealthiest median home sales prices in Florida -- had raised issues with the state association relating to the presentation of the board's sales and price data.
Martin said there have been recent meetings about the matter, and she expected some resolution soon.
Observers say that Naples' strong, expensive but medium-small market does not want to be lumped into any other database because it could drag down the statistics.