Category: Forgotten Coast

Another great week here on the Cape with clear skies, clean beaches, happy vacationers and folks shopping for real estate. We had one person go to closing, two new contracts, thirteen new listings, and seven price changes. Our inventory shot up over three per cent, unfortunately, gaining 13 over last ...

Our beaches were busy this morning with crews of turtle patrol volunteers, representatives from NOAA, The Interior Department, National Fish and Wildlife, Florida Fish and Wildlife, news crews from CNN and the AP, FED EX PR guys and curious onlookers. The assembled were all there to either participate in or ...

The watching and waiting continue as we still remain mercifully untouched by the oil. There are small armies of BP contractors patroling the beaches daily even though the nearest oil reported is all the way over on the western edge of Panama City Beach. So our beaches are still beautiful ...

.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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apparently I was right in suspecting we had a real-estate-buying spring break crowd this year as the breakers have all gone home now and our sales for the week have finally slowed down a bit compared to what we’ve been seeing lately. Nobody went to closing this week but we ...

With all the sales activity we’ve had during spring break I’m beginning to think Savvy Real Estate Investing 101 must be a popular new course on campuses this year. We’ve had another great week, with three sales and four new contracts, six new listings and nine price changes. Very little ...

It has been another busy week here for real estate and this week it was all about Cape San Blas lots, where one lot sold and four others went under contract. Our inventory of active MLS listings in the Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, C-30 Corridor area inched down by ...