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Nov 25, 2025 – Joe Hendricks
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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October 29, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Bridge Tender Inn hosts Halloween party

Bridge Tender Inn hosts Halloween party

BRADENTON BEACH – The 2024 hurricanes may have taken the animatronic figures, the bubble machine and the hearse that the Bridge Tender Inn was known for at Halloween, but the party will still go on t…
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October 27, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Cool market, maybe?

All national and local publications and real estate websites cover the real estate market. And as I’ve said many times, all real estate is local, so a small town on Big Sur in California will be wild…
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October 21, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Duncan Real Estate celebrates return to Pine Avenue

Duncan Real Estate celebrates return to Pine Avenue

ANNA MARIA – Duncan Real Estate celebrated the recent reopening of its hurricane-damaged Anna Maria office with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a champagne toast, Chick-fil-A appetizers and the 7 Better D…
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October 21, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
The Feast approved for additional outdoor seating

The Feast approved for additional outdoor seating

HOLMES BEACH – City commis­sioners unanimously approved a request from The Feast restaurant owners to expand their outdoor seat­ing capacity from eight to 28 seats. City commissioners approved the r…
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October 21, 2025
By Louise Bolger

For sale: Haunted house

Every year I try and write a light column at the end of October about disclosure of what I’ll call “stigma­tized properties.” Last year, I skipped this topic for about three weeks since most of us we…
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October 14, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Mortgage rates: How did we get here?

On Sept. 17, when the Feds lowered the benchmark rate, I thought, about time. Although the ¼ point reduction wasn’t enough to bring buyers out of the closet, it was the Feds’ promise of two more rate…
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October 6, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Drift-In AMI to celebrate 100 years on Saturday

Drift-In AMI to celebrate 100 years on Saturday

BRADENTON BEACH – One year to the day that Anna Maria Island reopened for business after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Drift-In AMI will be celebrating its 100-year anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 11…
October 6, 2025
By Louise Bolger

What are capital gains?

I’m always surprised when I talk to people who have owned a home for maybe decades but have no clue what their tax responsibility will be if they sell that property. No one wants to think about givin…
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September 28, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Finally, meaningful declining mortgage rates

The Federal Reserve finally graced us with a lower interest rate bone on Sept. 16 that should make everyone happy. The reason this ¼ point reduction is important is that the Federal Reserve all but p…
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