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Proposed cruise port prompts threats to county staff

Feb 11, 2026 – Leslie Lake
January 13, 2026
By Louise Bolger

Marketing for the new year

It’s a new year and time for new marketing ideas. You may think you’ve tried everything to sell your home, but you’ll be surprised at what you may have overlooked. For about 25 years of my working l…
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January 5, 2026
By Louise Bolger

Castles in the Sand: Sunny-side Up

Last week’s column was a bit of a downer. I’m not saying it wasn’t true, only that real estate sales need a sunnier pathway in order to encourage motion, so let’s see if we can let the sun shine in…
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December 30, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Financially irrational real estate market

New Year’s Eve is tradition­ally the night of hope for the new year, resolutions and good wishes. When it comes to the real estate market, 2026 isn’t promising much of a variation from the old year…
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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 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 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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September 26, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Beachfront property now vacant due to hurricane

Beachfront property now vacant due to hurricane

BRADENTON BEACH – Hurricane Helene’s storm surge left behind several condemned homes and structures that were damaged beyond repair and were later demolished or still await demolition. Some of the h…
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