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This is my 4th trip to Italy in four years. Each trip as entertaining, rewarding and beautiful as the previous. At every turn I am charmed by the graciousness of the ... read more >
Posted: Jul 24, 2017
There are six neighborhoods in Old Town Key West; The Meadows, Old Town - North, Truman Annex, Bahama Village, Casa Marina and Old Town - South. Here's a map. Des... read more >
Posted: Jul 05, 2017
Seventy-four single family homes have sold in the Old Town area January - June 2017, three less than the 1st Half of 2016 and nine less than the 5-year mid-year average. Two bedr... read more >
Posted: Jul 03, 2017
Historically, May has the highest number of homes sold in Old Town at an average of seventeen per year. May 2017 had seventeen home sales, not only equaling this trend but ... read more >
Posted: Jun 05, 2017
In January 1884 a single black woman, Esther Ann Jones, bought a small cottage bordering the Key West Cemetery on the (then) outskirts of town. Through death, estate, marri... read more >
Posted: May 25, 2017
The Immigrant Investor Program, also known as “EB-5,” was created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by imm... read more >
Posted: May 15, 2017
Single family home sales in Old Town Key West continue slow-steady. The number of homes sold in April trails previous figures modestly; 14% less than the 5-year January to ... read more >
Posted: May 04, 2017
In the Old Town area of Key West there are six neighborhoods; The Meadows, Old Town - North, Truman Annex, Bahama Village, Casa Marina and Old Town - South. Here's a ma... read more >
Posted: Apr 05, 2017
It was a January down, February up, March flat/down. Single family home sales in Old Town for the 1st Qtr 2017 finished with 31 sales, down 16% from the 5-year, 1st Qtr average o... read more >
Posted: Apr 03, 2017
For many property owners in Key West and the Florida Keys, purchasing a property is merely Objective 1 in a multi-objective Game Plan that leads to the long-term Goal of having a... read more >
Posted: Mar 25, 2017
For many years, owners of historic homes in Old Town Key West who wanted to upgrade aging windows and doors were caught between conflicting Key West organizations; HARC, who want... read more >
Posted: Mar 19, 2017
The historic charm and value of Key West architecture is unlike any in the Florida Keys. The unique beauty of Key West’s historic architecture attracts visitors and home bu... read more >
Posted: Mar 15, 2017 / Key West
February's 13 Sales were the highest since August 2016 and place the year-to-date Sales total at 20, which matches the 5-year 1 Jan to 28 Feb average. Three of February's... read more >
Posted: Mar 03, 2017
From January 1, 2015 until February 28, 2017, seven B&B's, Guesthouses and Inns Sold in Key West. Sale prices ranged from $2.675M to $9M. Presently five such properties a... read more >
Posted: Mar 01, 2017
B&B's, Guesthouses and Inns provide a highly personalized experience for Key West vacationers. For B&B owners and investors, each business component; Average Da... read more >
Posted: Feb 28, 2017
January 2017 was fifth month in a row, Sept 2016 - Jan 2017, with less than ten sales in the Old Town area. Not in the past ten years has there been five consecutive months of sa... read more >
Posted: Feb 06, 2017
In the Old Town area of Key West there are six neighborhoods; The Meadows, Old Town - North, Truman Annex, Bahama Village, Casa Marina and Old Town - South. Despite the clo... read more >
Posted: Jan 11, 2017
Every Quarter in 2016 had fewer sales than the same quarter in 2015. Yet, for each quarter, average sale prices were equal to or significantly higher than the same quarter ... read more >
Posted: Jan 05, 2017
For the third year in a row I traveled to beautiful Italy in search of sites, sounds, food, drink and real estate. In 2014, my trip started as part of an Amalfi Coast-Rome-... read more >
Posted: Dec 31, 2016
In 1913 the Ferdinand Hirsch Cigar Co., Inc owned and operated one of the most succssful cigar manufacturers in Key West and the US. So successful, that they owned the entire blo... read more >
Posted: Dec 21, 2016
For the 3rd month in a row, Old Town single family homes sales have been less than ten. Historically September, October and November sales have been less than ten per month... read more >
Posted: Dec 03, 2016
September, October and November are the slowest months for single family sales in Old Town Key West with a 5-year average of less than 10 closings per month. Five closings in Sep... read more >
Posted: Nov 02, 2016
Thirty-five single family homes sold in the Old Town area in the 3rd Qtr of 2016. The 5-year, 2011 - 2015, average is 31. But, the average Sold price of these 35 homes was a whop... read more >
Posted: Oct 02, 2016
There is no denying, the architecture of the Old Town area of Key West is singular to this 190+ year old town. Some grand homes were built in the Bahamas in the early 1800&... read more >
Posted: Sep 14, 2016
For the 3rd month in a row, single family home sales in the Old Town area of Key West topped the 5-year average. Additionally, August's 16 sales were double the number ... read more >
Posted: Sep 07, 2016