January 2022

Happy weekend to all readers of the Cape San Blas blog. Chris Petrie here, reporting for my first weekly real estate update. As a brief introduction, I’m a 25-year resident of Indian Pass, FL who originally moved to the area to help start a family business, the Turtle Beach Inn ...

I have always maintained there is an art to knowing when to leave a party. In early 2020, just as we were all trying to get our heads around coping with Covid, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, a condition about which I knew nothing at the time. In the ...

Buyer demand continues to far outweigh supply as listings are snapped up almost as soon as they hit the market.  This week was no exception, as we closed four sales and put thirteen properties under contract. Sellers added eleven new listings, (one of which is already under contract), and made ...

   We saw a lot of action in our market this week and I’m wondering if some of it may be spurred on by buyers reacting to climbing mortgage rates. Since last we met, four sales closed and eleven properties went under contract. We have been begging for more inventory and sellers obliged by ...

My colleague Chris Petrie has generously contributed a great Year in Review for us today detailing and analyzing all the amazing numbers our market experienced in the wild ride in real estate that was 2021.  Chris is an Associate Broker with Coastal Realty with whom I’ve worked for a number ...

Happy New Year!!!!  A lot of people welcomed 2022 with a trip to the Cape to buy property. We only had one sale close but that really isn’t surprising with two back-to-back truncated work weeks.  However, what is impressive, is that agents put seven properties under contract. Sellers added seven ...

2021 went out with a bang with so many parties wanting to close before the end of the year.  We logged an impressive twenty sales, wrote up two new contracts, entered five new listings, and changed three prices. Our inventory fell by nine, closing the year at 104, with 24 ...