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Piney Point spill may have ripple effect on tourism

Apr 12, 2021 – Jason Schaffer
March 14, 2021
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

And the million-dollar beat goes on

Well, here we are again; three more months have passed as we fight our way through the biggest pandemic in more than a century, but Anna Maria Island’s real estate market hasn’t blinked. The price…
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March 7, 2021
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Look before you leap

In case you haven’t noticed, there is a pandemic housing fever going around the country. This is putting a lot of pressure on buyers to buy fast, buy online, compromise, and – probably the biggest mi…
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February 28, 2021
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Cold month, hot market

I have always found real estate to be a very exciting profession. What other job allows and encourages you to peek into people’s closets and check out their favorite shampoo? And right now, real esta…
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February 22, 2021
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble

If you think Macbeth’s witches had trouble, just wait. If the COVID-19 housing bubble bursts, it could be a replay of 2008. To be fair, not everyone thinks there is a bubble. Many real estate prof…
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February 15, 2021
By Joe Hendricks
Slicker's Eatery opens in Cortez

Slicker’s Eatery opens in Cortez

CORTEZ – Owned and operated by Bob Slicker, Slicker’s Eatery is now open. Located at 12012 Cortez Road W., Slicker’s latest culinary adventure set sail on Tuesday, Feb. 9 with a ribbon-cutting cer…
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February 14, 2021
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Not a good time to fall in love

Stressed-out seems to be the condition we’re all living with. It may not be an actual medical term, but if you have it, you know it. One of the fastest ways to catch “stressed-out” is to try and buy…
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February 8, 2021
By Cindy Lane

COVID-19 impact on 2020 visitation slight

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – COVID-19 had little impact on tourism to the Island, where one of its three cities enjoyed an increase in visitors, according to tourist tax collections records. The coronaviru…
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February 7, 2021
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Boomers rule – again

Babies born after World War II between 1946 and 1964 are generally considered Baby Boomers. Since their numbers were so enormous, they had an effect on the prices of everything from baby furniture to…
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February 1, 2021
By Sun staff
Beach umbrella

Tourist tax collections 2020

2020 tourist tax collections compared to 2019 January Anna Maria ↑ 13% Bradenton Beach ↓ 1% Holmes Beach  ↑ 35% Manatee County ↑ 19% February Anna Maria ↑ 30% Bradenton Beach ↑ 4%…
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January 31, 2021
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Real estate outside the box

The first time I heard the expression, “think outside of the box,” was in a real estate seminar when I first moved to Florida. It’s a thought process that can be applied to almost anything in life, f…
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