Category: FEMA

I have to admit being several hundred miles from New Orleans we weren’t expecting all that much action from Gustav, but the wind has been blowing hard and steady since late Friday afternoon and waves continue to pound away at our beaches even at mid-day on Labor Day. The combination ...

Fay has dominated the scene for more than a week now as she’s made her agonizingly slow and meandering path to the panhandle. We’re all just ready for her to be gone. As I’m writing this on Saturday morning we’ve only had about 3 inches of rain, but the heavy ...

It’s been a rainy, soggy week along the Forgotten Coast, and with Miss Fay cruising through the Caribean this morning it looks as if we’re in for yet another rainy week. The rain didn’t dampen interest in people looking for coastal real estate, though, as we have three new contracts, ...

The kids started heading back to school this week in North Florida and Georgia so it was a bit quieter around here with a noticeable dip in the amount of visitors out and about. Quieter on the market side as well, with only one sale and no new contracts, twelve ...

The one question I hear more than any other is “has the market reached bottom yet?”. I believe that the past is the best predictor for the future and therein may lie our answer. Looking back we can clearly see that the local market peaked in late 2004, but robust ...

Beach restoration is well underway, beginning near Eagle Harbor in the park and working its way steadily southward, already nearing Secluded Dunes. With as long as this project has been in planning you would think the county would have already notified beachfront owners of what they needed to do with ...

As veteran slugger and baseball philosopher Yogi Berra once said, this week it’s “deja vu all over again”. For the thrid week in a row our inventory remains steady at 480, with a few more homes (181 vs. 178) and a few fewer lots (299 vs. 302). Just like last ...

Lots of activity around the Cape this week: construction on phase two of the bike path is underway, road crews are just about finished widening the road and shoulder between the Tradin’ Post and Stumphole, the beach renourishment equipment has been moved into place up in the state park, and ...

Another beautiful week on the Cape, cool, crisp, sunny days, tailor-made for strolling our beautiful deserted winter beaches. Our real estate market was a little bit warmer with one new contract and one sold. Sixteen Sellers dropped their prices (some significantly – we’ll take a closer look in just a ...