Condominium deconversion

Remember The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida? Probably haven’t heard that name in a while, but it was the very shocking collapse...

Will declining mortgage rates fix the market?

It may take more than the Federal Reserve throwing us a lower interest rate bone this month to make everyone happy. Nevertheless, when it...

The day has arrived

Starting this month, the rules have changed for governing real estate commissions. We’ve been talking about this since the National Association of Realtors (NAR)...

Mortgage rate relief?

Aug. 9 was an interesting day. Manatee County was still cleaning up from the flooding and record-breaking rain from Debby and the mortgage rates...

Real estate brats

One of the things I love about writing this column is that while I’m doing my research, I frequently stumble on things I never...

Louise Bolger

Louise Bolger writes about real estate in Castles in the Sand. Email