Skip to main content

Real estate | Development

May 11, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Florida condo owners getting a break

It hasn’t been pretty for condo owners in the Sunshine State since the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in 2021. After this tragedy, laws were passed requiring “milestone inspections” of older…
, ,
April 14, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Condo ownership challenging

If you like the condo lifestyle and you live in Florida, you’ve landed in the right place. But even what seems to be the right place can have challenges, especially in the environment we’re currently…
, ,
April 7, 2025
By Louise Bolger

The new real estate reality

It’s been six months since Hurricane Milton invaded us and every day we still feel the effects of the storm. Most of us are either continually rebuilding, cleaning up or juggling finances to get our…
, ,
April 1, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Buyers, sellers, hurricanes – and remorse

Remorse is the feeling of regret, second thoughts or disappointment in a decision recently made. When it comes to buying and selling real estate, it’s difficult not to have some level of remorse abou…
, ,
March 25, 2025
By Louise Bolger

It’s the buyers turn

Balance of power is something we usually talk about as it relates to international positioning between powerful nations. Now the phrase is lending itself to the real estate market and the buyers are…
,
March 25, 2025
By Louise Bolger

It’s the buyers turn

Balance of power is something we usually talk about as it relates to international positioning between powerful nations. Now the phrase is lending itself to the real estate market and the buyers are…
,
March 19, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Tax relief on the beach

It’s tax time again and tax time is never fun, but this year could be particularly not fun. In view of the 2024 storms, this tax filing season could be quite a bit different in addition to the normal…
,
March 11, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Time for a kitchen redo

I don’t know about you, but I’m just now getting my condo back in pre-Milton shape. It took five months and there are still a few jobs to finish up, not to mention the dust that has settled in the cr…
,
March 3, 2025
By Louise Bolger

Life-changing events can reset priorities

To say that a combination of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton less than two weeks apart changed the lives of everyone on Anna Maria Island and most of the coastal areas of Manatee County would b…
,
February 26, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Vacation rental registration fees increased

Vacation rental registration fees increased

ANNA MARIA – The City Com­mission unanimously established the occupancy-based annual vacation rental registration fees that take effect on April 1 and remain in place through March 31, 2026. Adopted…
,

Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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