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Steve Thomas

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AMAC rebranding pays off as brokerage picks up market share

In the midst of the pandemic, Alex MacWilliam Inc., the oldest real estate brokerage on the barrier island, ...

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Commercial real estate: Flailing elsewhere, but ‘pretty good’ here

Despite scary headlines in the national press about the dire state of the commercial real estate market, sales ...

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DiVosta launching 200-home subdivision near Cleveland Clinic

DiVosta Homes is launching a new 200-plus home subdivision just a stone’s throw from Cleveland Clinic, complete with ...

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Home sale profits will launch foundation honoring husband

Longtime John’s Island resident Margaret “Peggy” Griswold just finished an eight-figure spec home in JI with a deeply ...

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For ‘car guys’ driving Vero’s red-hot luxury garage market, bigger is definitely better

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, large, luxury garages for boys with toys were coming into vogue. Now, with ...

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17 ‘extraordinary’ luxury homes set for Grand Harbor riverfront

Vero’s slim inventory of new waterfront homes and Grand Harbor’s ongoing renaissance both will get a boost in ...

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‘Virtual subdivision’ bringing 18 new homes to island market

What do you call a collection of 18 new residences – some large, some cottages, some condos – ...

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Agricultural land prices soar as hedge funds compete with farmers and island buyers

During the pandemic real estate boom, big sales on the beachside got most of the limelight, but the ...

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Central Beach: New homes rising under old oaks

If it seems to you that new houses are being built everywhere in Central Beach, you aren’t wrong. ...

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Luxury Vero storage project completed in record time

Vero saw another milestone in the local luxury-storage development trend last week when a third project was completed ...

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Another $40 million island listing to attract world’s wealthiest

There has been a revolution in 32963 listing prices this season. In five short weeks, between the end ...

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Third-generation realtor ‘wildly bullish’ on island market

Plenty of people are worried about the real estate market right now. But Premier Estate Properties agent Lange ...