Category: Forgotten Coast

The last full week of July seems to be riding some recent market momentum after a slow start to the month.  It was another productive week for new contracts in our comparative market, while 2 previously executed contracts made it to closing in the past 7 days on all of ...

The fireworks have faded, and we are well into the second half of the summer peak visitor season here in Gulf County, FL.  There was only one recorded sale on all of Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, and the CR/SR 30-A corridor this week, here are the details: 9910 CR ...

The hot summer season continues, and unfortunately we’re only referencing temperatures, not market activity.  It was another scorcher on the coast without much new activity to report on Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, and the CR/SR 30-A corridor from the past 7 days.  4 previously executed contracts did make it ...

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Independence Day with friends and family.  It was definitely one of the busiest tourism weeks I’ve seen in the past 25+ years at the beach over here on the not-so-Forgotten Coast.  Now that we’ve turned the corner on 2024 with the first half in ...

It’s unreal how quickly this year is moving – here we are in the last full week of June, and 2024 will be half-way home after the weekend.  Our next weekly update will include some 6 month statistics for this morphing market which should add some perspective to what we ...

The summer solstice arrived this third week of June, marking the official start of summer although the vacationers, temperature, and sunshine have been representing since Memorial Day weekend.  After an encouraging previous update with 7 new contracts, our comparative market returned to the slower pace of only a couple new ...

The Federal Reserve met this week and decided to stand firm on interest rates, but noted “modest further progress” in bringing down inflation to the 2% target, which is an improvement from previous meetings describing a “lack of further progress”.  The forecast still includes the possibility of a rate cut ...

The first week of June brought more of the same in our comparative real estate market of Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, and the CR/SR 30-A corridor, with an underwhelming number of new contracts and 4 previously executed contracts making it to the closing table.  Summaries of the 4 recorded ...

Farewell to May and welcome to June.  Coming off the holiday weekend there are still plenty of folks in town for our busy summer vacation rental season, as the beaches, boat ramps, shops, stores and restaurants are all in good company.  We saw a few more recorded sales in our ...

The summer season is officially here – schools are out in Gulf County, FL and it’s already Memorial Day weekend.  It’s a busy time on the not-so-Forgotten Coast, so I’ll get right to it.  There were 5 recorded sales on all of Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, and the CR/SR ...

The unsettled weather pattern we’ve experienced this past week at the beach seems to reflect our current market conditions as we continue to transition away from our previously familiar sellers’ market.  As soon as buying activity picks up lately, it seems to slow down again before gaining any consistent momentum.  ...

This past week provided an early preview of the summer heat and humidity which was followed by a storm front on Friday to cool things off a bit for Mother’s Day weekend.  After a hot start to the month of May, our comparative real estate market also cooled off a ...