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It has been awhile since I blogged about the state of the real estate market in the Florida Keys.  As you are aware, there are two components to this market, listings and sales.  Regarding listings, they definitely have been dwindling for a myriad of reasons which I will discuss later.  As to sales, they have […]

WOW…What a week last week was for not only the financial markets but the real estate market as well.  I believe it was historic as chairman Bernanke basically went what I call “All In”.  The best analogy I can muster is a poker player who believes he has by far the best hand and takes all […]

Next year Key Colony Beach Realty will be celebrating its 30th year in business in the fabulous Florida Keys.  I am proud to be a second generation business owner in the company that my father and mother founded back in 1983.  As a matter of fact, our rental division still resides in the same building […]

Well Isaac has come and gone regarding the Florida Keys, leaving behind hot and muggy weather for sure.  Now the Gulf Coast is facing the storm and preliminarily it looks like it will be more of a rain event than a wind event.  The media, IMHO, has been really doing a disservice to the general […]

Here we are once again in the “thick” of hurricane season which runs from June 1st through November 30th every year.  I know we’re in the thick of it because we’re squarely in the “cone of probability” of Hurricane Isaac. It’s too soon to get out the hurricane shutters, but it does make me reflect […]

Many people ask me, “What is it like living in the Keys?”  My family moved down here over 40 years ago, and I have to say….well…there is no place like home.  I’m not talking Kansas here either!!!  The Keys are unlike any other place I have lived or traveled.  Everyday, I drive by looking over […]