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Louise Bolger

Louise Bolger

August 17, 2017
Louise Bolger is The Sun’s Real Estate columnist.
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July 17, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Appraisals an art form

The last time I did a column about property appraisals was almost four years ago in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic when the real estate market was all over the place and a fair appraisal was dif…
July 9, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Bargains on the beach

Realtor.com is part of my everyday life. I check it for new listings, sold listings, open houses and sometimes just to look at the pictures on what may be an otherwise slow day. Sometimes I even lea…
July 1, 2024
By Louise Bolger

The three-month sofa

Tomorrow is July 4, a festive day for the country and Anna Maria Island, where small-town vibes and celebrations still happen. Flags flying, parades, fireworks and barbecues will be on full display…
June 25, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Home sales and hurricanes

This is one of those times when I just want to put my head in the sand or at least lay on top of it and totally zone out. The weather is hot, hot, hot, the real estate market is cold, cold, cold and…
June 19, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Roofs: Need I say more?

It’s Florida, it’s hurricane season and your insurer is taking a good look at the most important thing over your head, and it’s not your favorite baseball cap. It used to be that a roof needed to be…
June 11, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Reinsurance causing rate hikes

I know, not more talk about insurance, especially a week after the beginning of hurricane season. But if the Wall Street Journal can put it on their front page, I can report it. Reinsurance is appar…
June 3, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Reverse mortgage loans explained

Anyone who considers themselves a senior, which I certainly do, at some point will probably have considered a reverse mortgage. It’s not a conventional mortgage designed for the majority of home purc…
May 28, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Everyone’s talking about home prices

I challenge you to enter a room with at least four adult homeowners and not hear the conversation eventually gravitating to the price of homes. Some of the conversation centers on fear that what the…
May 21, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Lower your mortgage rate – it’s possible

Last week the big news was the escalation of mortgage rates and the prediction by the mortgage “experts” that we’re not seeing them being lowered anytime soon. This week we’ll touch on ways to maybe…
May 14, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Buyers losing hope

Tired of waiting for mortgage rates to come down? You’re not alone. Every potential buyer out there is waiting for the same thing, the problem is the Federal Reserve isn’t moving the needle, so it mi…
May 7, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Boomers continue to boom

Just when you think they’re too old to influence the smart, better-educated and computer-savvy younger generations, they raise their grey and balding heads again to remind their kids and grandkids th…
April 30, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Florida insurance ground zero

We are on the brink of hurricane season and this year promises to be an active one, so what goes hand in hand with hurricanes? Insurance. We’re talking here about homeowners’ insurance, although flo…
April 22, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Cost of American dream rising

Owning a home of your own has been the American dream for over 75 years. It’s so embedded in our culture that it can create stress and feelings of low self-worth if you don’t own your own home. Unfor…
April 15, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Prepare for hurricane season

Call me crazy, but whenever the hurricane predictions are disclosed for the impending hurricane season it seems to always be the highest number of storms EVER. Well, this year’s predictions are again…
April 8, 2024
By Louise Bolger

New world of home sales

The world is changing so fast with artificial intelligence, electric and self-driving vehicles and instantaneous information on every subject at our fingertips. For professionals who are members of t…

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