Category: Forgotten Coast

We had a water-logged start to the week with heavy rain all day Monday, Tuesday and the better part of Wednesday, but the rain apparently wasn’t enough to dampen buyers’ appetites for real estate as we managed to have a respectable showing, with one closing and four new contracts. I ...

Quite a busy week here around the Cape what with Scallop Season getting underway on Wednesday and folks pouring in for the 4th of July celebration this weekend. But even with everything else going on, some folks still found time to work some real estate deals and we had another ...

No new listings but there was one sale at Barrier Dunes since my last update on the 19th, and we also have a number of price changes. A 2-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath townhouse in the back on Parkside listed for $218,000 sold on the 23rd for $204,500. There are currently ...

Today is my birthday which each year is celebrated locally with the opening of scallop season. : ) Luckily, the weather forecast looks good for people to get out in the bay and play. If you’re new to scalloping, here are a few guidelines to get you going. First of ...

Our brisk pace continued this week with buyers stepping up to the plate and writing offers, and we also started to see some making it to closing. Overall a very good week, with three closings, two more contracts, only three new listings, and six price changes. Even our inventory returned ...

The only thing hotter than the weather here this week has been real estate as we have another record-breaking week for sales activity (record breaking for the nearly 2 years I’ve been writing this blog, that is), with two closings and seven new contracts. We also have fifteen new properties ...

A quiet week at Barrier Dunes with the only action being gulf front unit #172 at 138 Sabal Circle coming back on the market after being under contract subject to contingencies which apparently didn’t work out. I wasn’t involved in this transaction so I’m not sure what the contingencies were ...

Hot! Hot! Hot! I’m talking about both the weather and our real estate market this week. The trend of the past couple weeks continues with lots of buyer interest returning. Our inventory is starting to reflect that as well, ending the week down ten from last week, with 401 active ...

I’ve gotten so much positive feedback on the “Whats’s For Sale at Barrier Dunes” post I did recently I’ve decided to make it a regular feature. Each Friday I will update the following graphic to give you a glimpse of what’s available where and for how much. Right now there ...

Saw this on the WMBB Twitter feed tonight and thought it important enough to share in case you missed the mention I tweeted several days ago. Could save you big $$ if you have cars/boats/trailers registered in Florida. 06/10/09 – 04:14 PM Allyson Walker – WMBB You will soon be ...

Wow! What a week. The buyers are definitely back and while they may be making low offers, at least they’re offering something, and a lot of them are turning into contracts. We had our best week yet in the nearly two years I’ve been writing this blog, with four closings ...

Summer arrived right on time after a rain-soaked and windy Memorial Day weekend. The weather ever since has been sunny and hot and happily so is local real estate. No change in our inventory of active MLS listings in the Cape San Blas, Indian Pass and C-30 Corridor market since ...