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Marketing for the new year

Jan 13, 2026 – Louise Bolger
December 16, 2025
By Louise Bolger

What’s the future of housing?

Everyone who owns real estate, lives in real estate, finances real estate or sells real estate is buying crystal balls for Christmas; 2026 was expected to be a steadier housing market, but so far, th…
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December 9, 2025
By Louise Bolger

List too high, sell too low

Why is it that every home seller always thinks their property is worth more than the identical one next door? Much of selling real estate is an art as much as a financial transaction; that’s why no t…
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December 2, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
‘Captain Anthony’ hopes to land paid parking lot

‘Captain Anthony’ hopes to land paid parking lot

ANNA MARIA – Pending city com­mission approval, Anthony and Joann Manali plan to operate a 26-space paid parking lot on their commercially-zoned property at 105 Spring Ave. The couple owns and opera…
November 25, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Rotary, Chamber present annual business awards

Rotary, Chamber present annual business awards

HOLMES BEACH – This year’s Rotary Club of Anna Maria Island and Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce annual business awards ceremony was a celebration of com­munity and resiliency in the wake of las…
November 25, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
The Rod & Reel restaurant sets sail

The Rod & Reel restaurant sets sail

HOLMES BEACH – The Rod & Reel restaurant is now open as a landlocked affiliate of the Rod & Reel Pier in Anna Maria that awaits replacement after its destruction by Hurricane Milton last year…
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November 25, 2025
By Louise Bolger

We all should be thankful

It’s Thanksgiving, and we in Florida have enjoyed a more than spectacular run of weather somewhere between good and fantastic. However, the most fantastic thing we have to be grateful for is no hurri…
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November 18, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Everything old is new again

How much faith do you have in the Federal Reserve continuing to cut rates? It’s not often we believe what our government tells us, but this time, there is a fair amount of faith among borrowers. In t…
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November 11, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Can you put yourself on the market?

If you lived in a waterfront condo and a developer offered you fair market value for your unit – and everyone else in the building – what would you do? There are condo owners who are being faced wit…
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November 4, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Let there be light

It doesn’t seem possible that we were blessed with a mild hurricane season and a drop in interest rates practically within the same month. But so far, home sales and a quiet hurricane season are both…
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November 2, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Are you planning on outliving your mortgage?

In the olden days right after World War II when houses were coming out of the ground like spring flowers, homebuyers were typically in their 20s and fully intended to pay off their mortgages. Now, ho…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting