Posts from March 8th, 2022
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March News Stories
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Spring is in the air on the Emerald Coast and we have curated a list of some of the month's top news stories to keep you up to date on everything going on from Destin to Panama City Beach!
Lawmakers Supporting Bill to Ban Smoking on State Beaches
Underwater Museum of Art to Add 10 New Sculptures
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How Supply and Demand Can Impact Your Buying and Selling Goals
In today's housing market, there are far more buyers looking for homes than sellers listing their houses. Based on the concept of supply and demand, this means home prices will naturally rise. Why is that? When there are more people trying to buy an item than there are making that item available for sale, that drives prices up. And that's exactly the case in today's housing market. So, knowing what's happening with the inventory of homes for sale and the demand for housing is crucial for today's buyers and sellers.
Nationally, Demand Is High and Supply Is Very Low
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The Perks of Owning More Than One Home
Many things have changed over the past couple of years, and real estate is no exception. One impact is an increased desire to own more than one home. According to the recent Luxury Market Report from Luxury Home Marketing:
"As trends such as remote working and flexi-hours took hold in 2021, so too did the flexibility of relocating as well as the growth of second homeownership."
This may be because the pandemic has altered how we think about our homes. Where we live has become, more than ever, our safe space and our getaway. A...
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Real Estate Voted the Best Investment Eight Years in a Row
In an annual Gallup poll, Americans chose real estate as the best long-term investment. And it's not the first time it's topped the list, either. Real estate has been on a winning streak for the past eight years, consistently gaining traction as the best long-term investment (see graph below):
