I thought I’d share some of my opinions about the future direction of real estate in our area and some of the influences that will have an effect on that direction. As everyone knows there have been recent declines in property values. In many locations the finished product, an existing house, can sell [...]
Posts under ‘Venice’
Centennial Park Art & Craft Fair
This past weekend, our friend Chris (who along with hubby Dan is relocating to Englewood FL) and I went to the Centennial Park Art & Craft Fair. While I’ve gone to the big annual Art Fest and some of the smaller fairs held on Venice and Miami Avenues throughout the year, this was the [...]
Will Florida continue to grow or have things really changed?
Florida’s growth rate has been phenomenal for decades and projections for continued growth have not yet been revised sharply downward. In recent years the rate of growth may have slowed but experts whose job it is to monitor population trends say that the net population of Florida is still on the increase. [...]
Will people shop for “green” communities?
With run-a-way energy costs, will there be a new paradigm in how cities and communities are designed? Will we see more of a shift to town center design? I’ve read a bit about “Traditional Neighborhood Design” and “New Urbanism”, these terms referring to a holistic approach to designing cities and communities. Co-locating where you work [...]