The Charlotte Sun today reported that “The Punta Gorda metropolitan area which includes all of Charlotte County, was added to a list of 76 cities with real estate markets that are “on the road to recovery” according to an index compiled by a national builders group.” The president of our local Board of Realtors said the number of housing sales and prices each went up 11 percent in November, the last month in which statistics were available. Hooray! It’s great to hear some positive news!