Category: Cape San Blas

Even though people may have had shopping for turkey and trimmings on their minds this week they nonetheless took time out to shop for real estate. We closed three sales and wrote up four new contracts. Sellers added eight new listings, and changed price tags on nine others. With all those new listings and so few new contracts, our ...

What a beautiful autumn week we’ve had on the Cape.  Cooler days, crystal clear skies, and chamber of commerce perfectly calm emerald-green gulf waters.  It was enough to entice a number of people to claim a piece of this paradise for their own, as we had two sales and four ...

Halloween goblins didn’t scare off our buyers this week as we closed five sales, and wrote up three new contracts. Sellers listed seven properties and changed the prices on nine others. Our inventory took a nice little dip, closing the week down by five at 283,  with 80 houses and 203 lots listed for ...

   We’ve enjoyed a beautiful week of autumn weather and it apparently put a lot of folks in the mood for wanting a place of their own to stay her.  One buyer went to closing, and six others wrote up contracts.  Sellers added three new listings and made one price ...

October may just be my favorite month of the year here on the Forgotten Coast. The air is cool, the humidity low, and the skies crystal clear. It just puts you in a good mood. Seems a lot of folks were feeling pretty good about the area this week, too, ...

Real estate has been very quiet around here this week and I can’t pinpoint any specific reason as to why that may be the case. Rentals seem to be strong, the weather is good, and interest rates are unchanged. Nonetheless, we only managed two sales and one new contract. Sellers ...

We had lots of visitors around the Cape this week, with some areas in Georgia reportedly on Fall break.  Property managers were busy, but the out-of-towners apparently were here to soak up the sun and surf rather than snapping up properties as none of them wrote up new contracts.  We ...

Our real estate market returned to a more normal pace during the first full week of autumn, turning in three sales and six new contracts. Sellers added five new listings, and tried price adjustments on four others.  Our inventory barely changed, shedding only one, closing the week at 300 total, ...

The Cape got some great news this week – we’re going to have a scallop season after all!  Albeit only for 16 days, beginning today, September 23, and running through and including October 8.  By starting the season this late in the year, the scallops should be pretty good size.  ...

Florida experienced a historical week. From the northernmost regions of our state in deluged Jacksonville to our southernmost points in devastated Key West, to the hard-hit southwest Naples/Fort Myers region, so many areas are reeling in the destruction left in Irma’s wake. The sheer geographical magnitude of the storm was ...

All focus has been on Hurricane Irma this week and as I write this we’re keeping our eye on its track, trying to estimate just what impact we can expect here.  All the talk of storms didn’t deter folks from finding their piece of paradise along our coast, though, as ...

As we head into the Labor Day Weekend, summer may officially be coming to a close, but luckily buyers didn’t get that memo as they were still here snapping up great real estate deals.  After several quiet weeks, we seem to be back on track, closing four sales and adding ...