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Castles in the Sand

July 15, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Look to the future

Time to talk about Cortez again in view of the monumental changes being made on the Cortez peninsula and, by extension, within the fishing village. The changes will affect all Cortez residents and ma…
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June 30, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Big holiday, not so big housing market

July Fourth is this week, so fire up the grill and hang up the flags, but go easy on the fireworks. You may not need real fireworks after reading the May sales statistics for Manatee County and the g…
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June 9, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Are you tired of homeownership?

Everyone who has owned prop­erty – whether it’s a condo or a single-family home or investment property – has had those days when you have no idea why you’re doing this. Isn’t renting easier, less str…
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June 2, 2025
By Louise Bolger

New take on hurricanes

I love to write. I didn’t come to writing from anything I learned in “J” school, where I never went, but rather in the school of hard knocks, working in business in New York City. Funny thing about w…
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May 20, 2025
By Louise Bolger

All real estate is local, especially now

My favorite real estate expression is “all real estate is local,” which I have used in this space many times. But what exactly does that mean? Essentially it means that real estate markets are signi…
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May 11, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Florida condo owners getting a break

It hasn’t been pretty for condo owners in the Sunshine State since the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in 2021. After this tragedy, laws were passed requiring “milestone inspections” of older…
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May 6, 2025
By Louise Bolger

The end of another era

I live in Cortez and was never a fan of the Seafood Shack restaurant, although it did come in handy on occasion. Well now, if you didn’t already know, the “shack” has been demolished. It sustained a…
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April 22, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Tariffs: The great unknown

No one likes uncertainty, not stock investors and certainly not homebuyers. Nevertheless, here we are, six months after devastating storms and facing another, what appears to be active hurricane seas…
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April 14, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Condo ownership challenging

If you like the condo lifestyle and you live in Florida, you’ve landed in the right place. But even what seems to be the right place can have challenges, especially in the environment we’re currently…
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April 7, 2025
By Louise Bolger

The new real estate reality

It’s been six months since Hurricane Milton invaded us and every day we still feel the effects of the storm. Most of us are either continually rebuilding, cleaning up or juggling finances to get our…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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