Longtime area homeowners can’t afford to move

Longtime area homeowners can’t afford to move

Fast-rising home prices make it just as difficult to relocate in Southwest Florida as it is to buy a home for the first time.

“I have been in my Cape Coral home 24 years,” said Carol Glazer, who opted for a major renovation over a move.

She couldn’t find another house where she wanted to live in Cape Coral that “was enough to my liking to justify in my mind the huge increase in property tax I would have to pay,” she said.