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Preparedness for COVID-19, hurricanes not the same

May 4, 2020 – Louise Bolger
March 30, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

April real estate fools

Well here we are; it’s April 1st, April Fools’ Day, and most of us are camping out in our homes while some of the best spring weather is outside our doors. Fortunately, this is Florida and you can st…
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March 22, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Just tell me what you want

Remember the movie, “What Women Want” with Mel Gibson about 20 years ago? He suddenly acquired the ability to read women’s minds, not men’s minds, just women. There are real estate professionals out…
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March 16, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Million-dollar homes and curb appeal

Three months pass by really quickly. Just think about where you were three months ago mid-December; wrapping Christmas gifts, planning a New Year’s Eve party, getting your heating system checked for…
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March 9, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Real estate in the time of coronavirus

Last week I wrote about a seller’s market, which we are in at this moment in time. I cautioned about sellers not getting too smug about the value of their property, and how markets can turn on a dime…
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March 2, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Seller’s market?

We’re in a seller’s market, words that every homeowner wants to hear. But even a seller’s market needs to be handled with care and respected; it can turn on a dime on so many factors, quickly depleti…
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February 25, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Florida’s in the tax driver’s seat

It’s almost tax time again so why not talk again about Florida’s advantageous tax position and the influx of new residents. I like to tie in our growing population with real estate sales statistics s…
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February 17, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

The greying of the mortgage market

As we age, there are physical restrictions on what we can achieve. Tennis may be more difficult, so we switch to pickleball; jogging is a knee killer but walking works; sleeping eight hours straight…
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February 11, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Credit scores have new meaning

Just when you think your credit score is safe, you get pulled back in and find out you may not be as safe as you thought. If you have anxiety about your creditworthiness you have yet another reason t…
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February 3, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Let’s all just take a breath

How would you feel lounging on your deck overlooking the shining waters of the Gulf of Mexico and reading this headline: “As seas rise, your coastal home in Florida could lose value by 15% by 2030?”…
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January 27, 2020
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Broken record analysis

It seems like every other week or so I’m writing about the influx of new residents to Florida from high tax areas of the country. Forgive me if I sound like a broken record, but I’m not the only one…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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