Author: Sherri Dodsworth

.What a difference a week makes – much quieter this week, with somewhat slower sales activity compared with what we’ve been seeing recently, with only one sale and one new contract, and just four new listings and three price changes. As a result, our inventory is virtually unchanged, up just ...

OK – by Cape standards, summer officially began, Saturday, June 19, because it was the first day of the 2010 Scallop Season. The governor decided to move the date up by nearly two weeks to encourage visitors to come down early. Our beaches are still beautiful and open for business, ...

I owe my readers an apology for not posting my weekly update on Saturday as I have since August 2007. I have had a few rare Sunday posts since then, but never missed my deadline entirely as I have this week. Truth is, I hope to have my weekly post ...

The headlines haven’t scared off buyers but seem to actually be fueling increased interest in real estate around here as sales remain strong. We had a better than average week, with three sales and three new contracts, eight each new listings and new price tags. Not much change in our ...

Tourists may be looking elsewhere for their summer vacations but buyer interest has definitely stayed focused on the Cape with temptingly low prices on quality coastal properties. Only one closing, but we have an impressive six new contracts. We added five new listings to the mix, and four sellers lowered ...

WOW! You might think it was the 4th of July instead of Memorial Day with all the figurative fireworks going on around here. I think we set a sales activity record this week: we had five closings and four new contracts. That’s a lot of real estate changing hands. In ...

I am hearing from a lot of people who are torn over whether they should plan on visiting or cancel their vacations here at the Cape as a result of the oil spill. So far the Forgotten Coast has been blessed and it continues to look as if the spill ...

Somebody flipped the switch from winter to summer this week and it has been hot hot hot. Luckily our real estate market hasn’t cooled off much either, as we had another good week with one closing, two new contracts, eight new listings, and a dozen price changes. Our inventory of ...

Another gorgeous week in paradise with crystal blue skies, cool breezes and so far not a drop of oil in sight. The headlines haven’t kept the buyers at bay and we remain busy in the real estate business with buyers taking advantage of some of the great investment opportunities around. ...

While much of our focus this week has been on keeping an eye on the oil spill, buyers haven’t been deterred from shopping for real estate and we had a good week with two sales, two new contracts, thirteen new listings and six price changes. All that activity added to ...

I have been receiving numerous requests for info on the oil spill; the following is a directory of sources for official information to help people stay up to date with the latest developments. I will post Gulf County news updates as I get them. GULF COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FSU OIL ...

After two back-to-back weeks with no sales we finally had a closing this week. The new contracts kept rolling in at a good pace with three news ones being penned. Five each new listings and new price tags. Our inventory remains basically unchanged, down only one since last Saturday, to ...