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February 19, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Insurance premiums painful

There are few things related to the real estate industry that I can’t figure out. That may sound like an overabundance of hubris, but what it is, is decades of experience and mind-bending research. T…
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February 14, 2024
By Louise Bolger

In love with luxury

Happy Valentine’s Day! Every year this day is put aside for the lovers of the world and the greeting card companies. But this year, deep-pocket lovers have even more to be in love with, since luxury…
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February 5, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Condominium disclosures a different animal

There are loads of different animal species in the world and although some are part of the same group, like mammals, they still have differences within their group. This is the same with real estate…
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January 29, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Disclosure vital in ‘stigmatized’ property sale

You may think in the land of sunshine, surf and sand there can be nothing defined as stigmatized. Maybe not, since the word can mean different things to different buyers. The National Association of…
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January 23, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Changing tides

Every day I watch the tides change. Sometimes they’re low, sometimes they’re high, and every day is different. You could say almost the same thing about mortgage interest rates, but the tides for rat…
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January 16, 2024
By Louise Bolger

New world order: Renting

Like fashion, real estate goes in and out of vogue. What was all the rage in one decade can be out the next. Well, now the real estate reset is homeownership. My parents grew up in a big city that…
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January 9, 2024
By Louise Bolger

The heat is on

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its population statistics for the year 2022 to 2023. All I can say is the heat is on in the South. The takeaway here is that Texas and Florida’s population grew b…
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January 1, 2024
By Louise Bolger

Happy new real estate year

Despite homeownership being a pipe dream for many Americans, there is good news on the horizon. If you’re a first-time buyer and are still stuck on the sidelines, this may be the time to get started…
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December 19, 2023
By Louise Bolger

It’s a wonderful Island

Although most Americans didn’t realize it then, the holiday season of 1946 was the opening bell of some of the most prosperous decades in our history. World War II had just ended, and men and women w…
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December 13, 2023
By Louise Bolger

Working in paradise

This may seem redundant, but Anna Maria Island is an island and, like every island in the world, it’s surrounded by water. There are two bridges to the Island from Bradenton, one north and one south…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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