From June 19, 2011Ï Hope You Are Not French!" Outside my kitchen window last year - hoping I'm not French  Many of my readers and customers who send me emails know that I have a terrible sleeping problem which stems from a fall I took a couple of years back while showing a bank owned property in Key West. I ended up in the Lower Keys Hospital with a concussion. I'm okay, now, but I did take a big spill. Damned cheap banks that don't take care of their bank owned homes! Anyway, if you have ever suffered a concussion you know that one of many symptoms can be a sleeping disorder. That is my long term and seemingly ever-lasting legacy of the tumble. For a while a would go to sleep around 6:00 to 7:00 PM and then wake up at midnight or shortly thereafter. Now my sleep is finally getting back... 12/02/2021

Last week I blogged about a new listing on Chapman Lane. I mentioned the laundry hanging from the front porch. That would be an oddity in most places in Key West today, but it was common place half a century ago. I decided to rummage through my old shoebox to see if I could find similar photos. I did.  Undisclosed Key West location. Taken in 1962. 1209 Packer Street in 1965.This same property sold in  2017 for $1,2000,000.  801 Virginia Street in 1965. No recorded sales. 1009 Windsor Lane in 1965. 1009Windsor is currently listed for sale for $3,477,000.1202 Royal Street in 1965. Rear unit. Probably front porch.Sols in 2021 for $1,100,000. 1115 Margaret Street in 1965.  Sold in 1995 for $199,000.1207 William Street rear unit. Also photographed in 1965.1207 Willliam Street is part of a sm... 12/06/2021

There are several market forces that will impact home sales in 2022, so a simplistic evaluation of just one or two of them can be completely off. For example, how many so-called real estate experts called for the housing market to crash in 2021? Do you think they’ll just change the date on those forecasts to an expected crash next year? Here’s the thing about forecasts, they require a working knowledge of what consumers face when selling and buying homes. It's these pressure points that I'll share with you as I prepare my forecast for 2022.4 Key US Housing Market Trends For 2022Please remember to "like" the post and the video on YouTube too! Thank you. 🏡  Link to all homes for sale in Tallahassee📺 Subscribe To The Joe Manausa Real Estate Channel and Get More Housing Market Reports, List... 12/07/2021

      Key West has been a tourist town for decades dating back to the time Henry Flagler brought his railroad to town. While the population remained fairly static during the same time frame, tourists and later second home owners put a strain on available housing. The town expanded south toward the Atlantic Ocean and east toward the point US 1 enters the island. Both areas had previously been barren coral rock mixed in with salt ponds. There were two principle sources of lumber and hardware - Lindsey's Lumber located at the corner of Simonton at Truman. Stunk Hardware was located at the opposite end of Simonton Street near the Gulf of Mexico. Consider this - Key West is an island located 120 or so miles from firm US soil. Lumber and most building supplies are delivered to Key West by tru... 12/07/2021