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Nov 14, 2022 – Louise Bolger
October 25, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Hurricane Ian brings surge of tourism

Hurricane Ian brings surge of tourism

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Hurricane Ian may not have flooded the Island with water, but there has been a different kind of surge since the storm’s passing – tourism. Island residents are accusto…
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October 17, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Higher mortgage rates affect everything

Think of an octopus – the head of the octopus is the housing market and the tentacles are all of the industries dependent on the housing market. Too much of a stretch? You get the idea. Anyone who…
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October 10, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

The Ian effect

My friend who lived near me in Cortez calls it the “Cortez Effect.” The legend is that the Native Americans who inhabited the Cortez peninsula put a curse on the storms so they wouldn’t come ashore i…
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September 19, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Credit scores can spoil deals

You finally found the house, negotiated a price and the contract is signed. What can go wrong from this point? Plenty. You may have read about a little glitch involving credit scores back…
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September 12, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Crashing real estate waves

We don’t have a lot of serious wave activity here on the Gulf coast; most of the big rollers are on the Atlantic Ocean side, especially north of Florida. However, if you’re talking real estate wave a…
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September 5, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Real estate websites changing our lives

In the good old days of the late 1980s when the state of New York told me I was now capable of selling residential real estate, I knew they had no clue. Of course, I also had no clue, but that was pa…
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August 29, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Is Florida the new New York?

What’s happened in the last two years with the rise of COVID-19 has changed our culture, our housing and our geography so much that it’s hard to wrap your brain around it. Everything we do has the…
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August 22, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Waterfront home buyers have lots to learn

To say that waterfront living is not for the faint of heart would not do justice to fainting. It’s more like a daily swoon, especially in storms or high tides. But even just plain old daily living ca…
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August 22, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
SRQ works to meet demand

SRQ works to meet demand

ANNA MARIA – Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ), one of the primary arrival points for people visiting Anna Maria Island, continues working to improve the facility to boost air travel. S…
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August 16, 2022
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Renovations, teardowns rampant on Island

I challenge you to take a ride around Anna Maria Island and find a street where there are no properties either being currently or recently renovated or torn down. I can’t guarantee you won’t find any…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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