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How is the Covid-19 Pandemic Affecting Real Estate Transactions?

05/12/2020 by msullivan Leave a Comment

Real estate agent holding hand sanitizer.

We are all learning to deal with the "new normal" that the Covid-19 pandemic has thrust upon us. Social distancing has changed the way we interact with our loved ones and colleagues, and the real estate industry is having to change the way it operates as well. With the help Continue Reading

The Key West & Lower Keys Real Estate Market – Six Months After Hurricane Irma

04/23/2018 by Blizzard Leave a Comment

Hurricane Irma

It didn’t even take a week after Hurricane Irma passed through the Lower Keys before my phone started blowing up with calls from bottom feeders looking for Hurricane Irma distress sales. And now, six months later, the first real estate question I am most often asked is, “How Continue Reading

Are Foreclosed Properties Great Real Estate Values?

04/13/2018 by Blizzard Leave a Comment

Florida Keys Foreclosed house

In short, no. Why? Before the great real estate crash of 2008-2010, foreclosed properties, especially here in the Keys, were very uncommon, if not just flat out nonexistent. And, in the very rare event that a lender was forced to foreclose on a property, they dumped it Continue Reading

CNN Report: Florida Keys

10/27/2015 by msullivan Leave a Comment

Florida Keys 7-mile bridge

Very nice article about the Florida Keys and the Overseas Highway on the drive from the mainland to Key West. What does this have to do with real estate in Key West? Not much, just a fun article about real estate along the way. Read the CNN article Continue Reading

Federal Funds Interest Rate Unchanged

09/28/2015 by msullivan Leave a Comment

interest rates

As many of you may have heard, the Fed (Federal Open Market Committee or FOMC) met on Sep 17 to consider raising the Federal Funds rate from 0% to .25%. The Federal Funds rate is the interest rate that banks can borrow funds from the Federal Reserve and is an [indirect] Continue Reading

Our Tax Dollars Hard At Work – Another $39.2M Down The Drain

09/16/2015 by msullivan Leave a Comment

Have you heard of the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP)? HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) is allocating $39.2 million to battle housing discrimination. I'm serious as can be...check out the link! Our country is almost $19T in debt ($155k per tax Continue Reading

Your Windstorm Insurance Carrier May Soon Change

09/16/2015 by msullivan Leave a Comment

As most Florida homeowners are painfully aware, although there is no Florida state income tax, the high cost of insurances can be a deal-breaker for many would-be homeowners. In Key West, one out every three purchases is cash. However, for the other two-thirds, the Continue Reading

Four Florida Cities Top RealtyTrac’s List Of Underwater Homes

09/16/2015 by msullivan Leave a Comment

RealtyTrac, a firm that specializes in tracking foreclosures and pre-foreclosures just released its list Q2 2015 list of cities with the highest number of “Seriously Underwater” homes. “Seriously Underwater”, as defined by RealtyTrac, is when the outstanding mortgage is 25% Continue Reading

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