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Jun 5, 2023 – Louise Bolger
May 8, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
BACVB first in Florida to partner with Leave No Trace

BACVB first in Florida to partner with Leave No Trace

SARASOTA – The Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau’s (BACVB) Love it Like a Local campaign, launched in 2022, has helped visitors to Anna Maria Island and other area destinations understand…
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May 1, 2023
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

One country, two housing markets

The trend has been obvious for a while, east coast versus west coast with COVID-19 accelerating the movement. In fact, the March sales statistics are still showing that home prices are declining the…
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May 1, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Tourism numbers in for February

Tourism numbers in for February

BRADENTON – Research Data Services’ (RDS) Ann Wittine presented an optimistic state of tourism update to the Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC) on April 24. According to the latest ava…
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April 26, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
Big changes could be coming to the Coquina Beach Trail.

TDC approves proposal to use Coquina Beach Trail for shuttles

BRADENTON BEACH – The Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC) is recommending a plan to Manatee County commissioners to widen the Coquina Beach Trail for shuttles. The trail is a paved pa…
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April 25, 2023
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Baby boomers continue to influence

Is the baby boomer generation ever going to disappear? Well, they surely will, but it could take another 40 years since the youngest of this influential generation is only 58. This large generation b…
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April 17, 2023
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Contingency clauses

The word “contingent” is defined as “subject to chance,” something that no one wants to hear in a real estate transaction. However, every contract to purchase real estate is likely to have contingenc…
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April 10, 2023
By Jason Schaffer
April brings big crowds, heavy traffic

April brings big crowds, heavy traffic

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Local observation and tourism statistics have long pointed to mid-March as the height of tourist season, but last week, April 3-9, brought what could be the largest crowds, longes…
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April 10, 2023
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Honesty is such a lonely word

In 1978, Billy Joel won a Grammy Award for his song “Honesty.” The premise of the song was how dishonest relations between lovers can be. But honesty, integrity and straightforwardness of conduct are…
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April 3, 2023
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Real estate potpourri

Think of the real estate market as one big pot. Into the pot you throw in the asking price of a property, selling price, availability of properties, mortgage interest rate and your personal credit sc…
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March 27, 2023
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Rate sensitive

Mortgage rates appear to be controlling the real estate market across the country. My new favorite term is “rate sensitive.” This means that a buyer who would have been happy at 6.75% ran f…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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