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Steve Thomas

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$20 million sale sets new highwater mark for a riverfront home

Vero Beach popped up on the luxury real estate radar screen last Tuesday – catching the attention of ...

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The art of the private real estate deal

Historically low inventory has divided island real estate agents into haves and have-nots. While many agents are struggling ...

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The hottest stretch of beach on our island

The Veromar oceanfront – a dozen single-family homes and lots stretching north from The Village Spires condominium towers ...

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‘The market is crazy’: Record-breaking 32963 real estate sales roll on in 2022

The island real estate market continued to defy gravity in the first four months of the year. Despite ...

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Another luxury storage complex – for classic cars, big RVs, large boats – coming to Vero

The Vero Beach luxury storage craze roars on. Goundbreaking is planned for June for Fortified Storage, a new ...

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Subs evoke memories as Harbor Branch celebrates 50th

The Johnson-Sea-Link Program at Harbor Branch had it all – romance and tragedy, camaraderie and practical jokes, adventure ...

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Longtime renters being priced out by soaring rates

Rental rates on the island have surged so high so fast that many longtime Vero snowbirds were priced ...

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Neighbors want Castaway Cove home condemned for code violations

A group of neighbors in the Wave VI neighborhood of Castaway Cove on South Beach are circulating a ...

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Island residents with ‘classic cars and other toys’ power luxury storage boom

By the time partners Joe Schulke and Vic Lombardi got site plan approval for their third luxury storage ...

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Will planned new home construction bring an early end to the real estate crunch here?

Is the real estate inventory crunch in Indian River County about to come to an end? A quick ...

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142 new homes coming in Grand Harbor

New development is gearing up rapidly at Grand Harbor where two prime clusters of lots have been sold ...

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Historic Patio may soon be filled with diners again

The historic building in Vero’s old downtown that long housed the Patio Restaurant has been sold to a ...