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Is it really Memorial Day weekend already?  Most schools are now out for the summer, and the peak tourism and visitor season is officially underway on the Gulf County beaches.  It’s not unusual to see a decline in real estate activity heading into a big holiday weekend, and this week ...

It’s feeling more like summer every day now that we’re well into May, as schools are winding down and temperatures are going up.  It’s been another productive week for recorded sales with some more newly executed contracts to keep the market momentum during this busy month.  There were 9 sales ...

The warming trend continues in May, both with our weather and recent real estate activity.  Quite a few more recorded sales to report this week compared to last week, and some impressive new contracts were executed as well.  We’ll dive right in with a summary of each of the 6 ...

Happy Cinco de Mayo!  This first week of May has brought much calmer weather to the Gulf county beaches, along with a handful of new contracts which once again are outnumbering the new listings from the past 7 days.  Meanwhile the Fed’s 10th straight rate increase since March of 2022 ...

It’s hard to believe that April and the showers are just about over, but here comes May with flowers after the weekend.  This last week of April was just about as busy as the previous week with more encouraging activity to report.  Below is a review of the 5 recorded ...

Another week has come and gone, and there’s some more encouraging real estate activity to report compared to our last few updates.  The spring break season is just about over, as there are a lot less visitors in town to enjoy the beautiful weather here in late April.  Less spring ...

Some cooler weather and rain showers arrived on the Gulf County beaches this second week of April, as the spring break season continues with plenty of visitors still in town.  Not a whole lot of new buying activity to report this week – a low number of recorded sales and ...

It’s spring break for most Georgia schools this week, and our vacation rentals are booked, restaurants are full, and the beaches are almost crowded.  Keep in mind that crowded is a relative term for Gulf county locals, it just means more than usual and probably not what most beach-goers would ...

It’s the last week of March, and the first quarter of 2023 is already in the books.  Inventory levels continue to trend upward with new listings outpacing new contracts on a weekly basis in our comparative market.  Our adjusting market sure feels different than it did at this time last ...

The first official day of spring began with temperatures in the high 30s at the beach this past Monday morning, but it’s warmed up nicely this week, feeling like spring all over again.  Quite a few new listings and price adjustments this week, with only a couple of new contracts ...

The weather has cooled off a bit at the beach this week, and our real estate market has done the same with fewer new contracts than we’ve seen in a while and inventory levels on the rise once again.  We’ll begin with a quick review of the 4 recorded sales ...

Spring breakers have arrived at the beaches, as visitor numbers will continue to be on the rise for the remainder of the month.  The official start of spring is still over a week away, but it’s already time to spring forward this Saturday night with daylight savings time.  Our real ...