The rule of thumb for the real estate market after 2007 was that those areas whose prices had risen the fastest and farthest to that point wound up falling quicker and deeper post 2007. Think Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami and Naples. But after paying the piper for those wild swings upward, those markets are seeing some of the most robust price increases in the last couple of years as baby boomers who put their retirement relocation plans on hold in order to rebuild their portfolios are back in motion again. Naples, for example, is hot again, according to the latest data from the local Board of Realtors.
