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You won the Lotto. Or, you're quiting your job, selling all your stuff and moving to the Florida Keys. Or, island property you vaguely remember visiting with your Grandfather... read more >
Posted: Jul 20, 2022
Fifteen single family homes sold in the Old Town Key West area in June bringing the 1st Half total to 110 sales, the second highest number of 1st Half sales ever and 21% above th... read more >
Posted: Jul 04, 2022
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 is a map. Despit... read more >
Posted: Jul 03, 2022
If singers can insure their voice and dancers their legs, airlines their aircraft and land-based solar farms their acres of solar panels, why not insure the reef along the Florid... read more >
Posted: Jun 14, 2022
There were 13 single family homes sold in Old Town Key West in May. Thirteen is five less than the 5-year (2017-2021) average of 18 and brings the Jan-May total of sales to 95.&n... read more >
Posted: Jun 02, 2022
Twenty-nine single family homes sold in the Old Town area in April, tops for the year, bringing the YTD total to 82 homes sold. Eighty-two sales is 105% above the 5-year (2017-20... read more >
Posted: May 04, 2022
Is the added expense of converting your chlorine pool to a saltwater pool worth it? According to Pool & Spa News, since 2016, seven out of ten new pools in the US have been s... read more >
Posted: Apr 06, 2022
Twenty-four single family homes sold in the Old Town area in March, bringing the 1st Qtr total of sales to 53, 2nd highest ever behind 1st Qtr 2021 (71). These 53 sales topped th... read more >
Posted: Apr 03, 2022
A national marine treasure lays just 70 miles west of Key West. Accessible by seaplane or boat, the Dry Tortugas National Park is a treasure not to be missed on any trip to... read more >
Posted: Mar 11, 2022
Sixteen single family homes sold in the Old Town Key West area in February, five more than February's 5-year (2017 - 2021) average of eleven, bringing the year to date total ... read more >
Posted: Mar 03, 2022
Is there any doubt that basic nutrition played a critical life or death role for thousands of people during the pandemic of 2019 – 2022. Among the primary groups of t... read more >
Posted: Feb 28, 2022
Thirteen single family homes sold in January 2022, one more than the 5-year (2017 - 2021) of twelve. But it is the ferver and velocity of sales that is making headlines. Persiste... read more >
Posted: Feb 03, 2022
I hate street parking. Four times in the past several years my parked car has been damaged or vandalized; by an elderly driver driving against his insurance company's d... read more >
Posted: Jan 11, 2022
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 is a map. Despit... read more >
Posted: Jan 04, 2022
Ten single family homes sold in December, bringing the total for 2021 to a record breaking 234 sales; a whopping 89% above the 5-year (2016 - 2020) average of annual sales, 65% a... read more >
Posted: Jan 04, 2022
Beginning in October 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began studying the best engineering techniques needed to protect the lives and property of Monroe County resid... read more >
Posted: Dec 14, 2021
Flood Insurance in Monroe County, the Florida Keys and Key West is full speed ahead for 2022. FEMA, NFIP Risk Rating 2.0, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Florida Depart... read more >
Posted: Dec 09, 2021
Eleven single family homes sold in the Old Town area in November, two above the 5 - year (2016 - 2020) average of nine sales for a November and brought the total number of homes ... read more >
Posted: Dec 05, 2021
Thirteen single family homes sold in the Old Town Key West area in October. Thirteen sales reverses the slowdown in August and September and brings the Jan-Oct total to 213... read more >
Posted: Nov 01, 2021
The 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange program is a real estate success story there is no denying. Granted, some top .01% of income earners have used 1031's to amass great wealth. So... read more >
Posted: Oct 14, 2021
The AstroGuard wind abatement system complies with the High Velocity Hurricane Zone of the Florida Building Code and has been an approved system since 2012. The resin-coate... read more >
Posted: Oct 07, 2021
September's five single family home sales brought the year to date record total to 199 sales in Old Town. Eventhough 5 sales was the lowest monthly total for 2021, the ... read more >
Posted: Oct 03, 2021
Nine single family homes sold in the Old Town Key West area in August, the first month since December 2020 to have fewer than twenty sales. Through August, 194 homes have sold.&n... read more >
Posted: Sep 03, 2021
Twenty-one single family homes sold in Old Town Key West in July, topping the 5 - year (2016 - 2020) average of 13 sales for July and bringing the year to date total of sales in ... read more >
Posted: Aug 04, 2021
Habitat for Humanity has been in Key West and the Florida Keys since 1993 and is the only agency, private or public, in the Lower Florida Keys that is explicitly devoted to affor... read more >
Posted: Jul 26, 2021