Category: Cape San Blas

The big news around here this week was NOAA finally acknowledging the obvious: Michael was a category 5 hurricane when it slammed into the panhandle, making it one of only four cat 5’s to ever hit the US, the last being Andrew in 1992, preceded by Camille in ’69, and the Labor Day ...

  Wednesday marked the 6-month anniversary of Hurricane Michael and a lot of folks showed their commitment to our recovery by claiming a stake in our community with real estate. We closed three sales and buyers wrote up seven new contracts. Sellers listed thirteen properties, and changed prices on four ...

 This week marks six months since Michael tore up the Forgotten Coast. I am proud of this community and the progress we have and are making. We are definitely recovering, rebounding and on the mend. Our real estate market has seemingly shrugged Michael off as it continues to behave as ...

While some may sing “Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens” etc. to the tune of “My Favorite Things”, around here those lyrics go more like “Drywall and shingles and porches with railings, workers who show up on time without failing”. Nearly six months out from Michael the small talk ...

Reminder – If you would like to read this with the links to the various listings, I can only email them to you now with our new MLS which I’ll be glad to do. Just let me know by sending me a request to [email protected] and I’ll set you up ...

  This was an historic week for Cape San Blas and Gulf County as we finally won the first round of a 37-year battle to extricate ourselves from the Coastal Barrier Resource Act, CBRA, designation. On Wednesday afternoon, the president signed legislation passed by the House and Senate removing 40 ...

  Warmer spring-like weather may be slowly returning, but our market is red hot. We closed five sales, wrote up six new contracts, added a whopping twenty-one new listings, and made four price changes.  Our inventory of MLS listings in the Cape San Blas, Indian Pass and C-30 market closed the week at 233, ...

The calendar may have said late February, but the weather said spring as we’ve had warm albeit damp weather, resulting in the return of oh so welcome glimpses of greenery to our landscape. Many of our scrub oaks, barren and brown since Michael, are showing signs of recovery with little ...

Quick note to let you know it has been one crazy busy week for both our real estate market and me personally. Lots to write about for you, more than I can do justice to starting this late on Friday night, so I am going to finish up in the ...

  We locals were all happy this week to have the roadway through Simmons Bayou re-open so we could say good-bye to the dreaded detour through Country Club Road, and the road repairs along Constitution Ave./Hwy. 98 being completed so the irritating temporary stoplights in Port St. Joe that have ...

   Our road to recovery this week manifested itself literally in our roads being recovered, with major impressive shoring up underway through not just Stumphole, but also along 98 through Simmons Bayou, with the detour route along Country Club Road receiving reinforcements to its shoulders, and repairs to 98 along ...

  Florida’s famous sunshine found us once again this week here along the Forgotten Coast, and its bright and warming presence was welcomed by all. I saw folks lounging in their lawn chairs out in the driveway or side yard soaking up rays, not needing to head all the way ...