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Crystal Beach, FL Real Estate News

By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
The story of the great white heron and the fish goes like this: One day last week I was driving past a small lake here in Crystal Beach Florida when I spotted a great white heron that had caught a good size fish in the lake. Since my trusty camera is always at my side, I immediately pulled over and got out of the car. Fish in beak, this great white heron flew up into one of the bushes adjacent to the lake. Not to be deterred, I proceeded cautiously toward the bird for a close-up. Although I did indeed get my close-up shot of fish in beak, I guess it was too much for Mr. Heron (perhaps he thought I wanted his fish). He dropped the fish into the water and it made a quick get-a-way! Sorry Mr. Heron! You never know what wonders of nature you will run across here in Crystal Beach Florida!   ...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach Florida currently has three new homes for sale in the MLS! Our lovely little community is snuggled between Sutherland Bayou and the Gulf of Mexico in northern Pinellas County. Only minutes from Clearwater, Dunedin and Tarpon Springs, this is a quiet little town with a village atmosphere! 226 Florida Blvd. is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath single family home with 2029 sq ft of living space situated on an oversized lot. The home has a new roof that was installed in 2010, a UV anti-allergen system throughout the house and a workshop located in the 2+ car garage!!! The asking price for this home is $339,000. 520 Ohio is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath single family home with 1190 sq ft of living space. This cute little home has hardwood floors, a fireplace, gazebo and hurricane shutters. Located onl...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Yes, this was nothing more than a lazy afternoon stroll for this turtle, right into the pond at the other end of the street. Problem was that I was coming down the street and I spotted him before he could make his get-a-way. He stopped moving long enough for me to jump out of the car, camera in hand, and get a photo of him! Then faster than I could get another shot, he slipped into the pond right here. You never know what you are going to come across here in Crystal Beach, that is why my camera is always at my side!  
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach Florida homes for sale is always an interesting title! We are an extremely small community and there are never many homes on the market. We don't have townhomes or condos on the market right now because there are NO condos in Crystal Beach and the limited number of townhomes are mostly rentals. What we do have is an assortment of single family homes which range from modest bungalows to enormous waterfront homes. There are no homes that are more than 5 or 6 blocks from the water because Crystal Beach is so small! We have a small private beach, a fishing pier and a village atmosphere! There are currently 23 single family homes on the market here in Crystal Beach. They range in price from a 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath pool home directly on the Gulf of Mexico listed at $1,699,900 down...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
I am always amazed at the diversity of wildflowers that I find along our shoreline. Generally I have my camera with me when out taking a walk here in Crystal Beach Florida so that I can share with clients and friends photos and video clips of this beautiful community that I call home! There is never a shortage of subject material here in Crystal Beach. The biggest problem is filtering out what to post and when to post it! It seems that everything grows well in this subtropical climate that we have here in Pinellas County! I had to stop photographing and seek shelter since a mid-morning thunderstorm was on it's way!!! I think the above photo pretty much summarizes life in Crystal Beach Florida!!! Where else are you going to see a sign like that???? We enjoy life here, one day at a time, ...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Today I went out to our pier here in Crystal Beach to shoot a video clip before the thunderstorm came rolling through. You can see for yourself how far our shoreline extends and how peaceful it is!   I took video from both sides of the pier so that you can see the entire shoreline, both north and south of the pier.
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
This is one photo I took that has to be shared! And I have a question to go along with it. Does a double rainbow bring you double good luck??? If so, this is going to be a fantastic summer!!! Check out what I managed to get a photo of: Mother Nature at her finest, providing beauty waiting to be observed!!    
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Well, it has been a full week of rain! I can't remember when I saw this much rain at one time! The entire weekend was rained out! While we did do some fishing, it was between thunderstorms on Saturday and the only thing biting were catfish and sharks! That said, it was good to go for a walk this morning along the shoreline here in Crystal Beach! The sun is attempting to come out and although more rain is forecast, it is only late afternoon showers. I can handle that! That is the weather that makes everything grow so well here in subtropical Crystal Beach!!!    
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
The beach at Crystal Beach is not your typical Florida beach full of tourists. As a matter of fact, only locals even know that there is a small beach here and other than on the weekend, it is almost always vacant. That is why I like to take walks down to the beach, sit on one of the benches along the waterfront and read a book. Today is a rainy day in June, with Hurricane Alex about to go on shore in Mexico and bands of rain coming all the way here from across the Gulf of Mexico. For that reason the sky looks cloudy, but the rain had not started yet. Just another quiet summer day, enjoying life along the Gulf of Mexico in Crystal Beach Florida!!!    
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach's market report is indeed amazing! This small community tucked between Palm Harbor Florida and the Gulf of Mexico currently has only 23 homes left on the market! They range from a 4 bedroom 3.5 bath Gulf front pool home with 3,800 sq ft listed for $1,299,000 to a modest 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with 810 sq ft listed for $134,000. While there are NEVER many homes on the market in Crystal Beach, the market has really picked up during the last month! There are currently 9 homes under contract waiting to get to the closing table! These range from a 5 bedroom, 4 bath Gulf front pool home with 3,452 sq ft that was listed for $1,099,900 to a 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with 730 sq ft that had a list price of $119,000. If you have been thinking of relocating to the Crystal Beach Florida ...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach, Florida, my hometown, is a wonderful place to call home! Right now this town that lies directly on the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Mexico has 27 single family homes on the market and 6 homes that have accepted contracts on them and are awaiting final paperwork to close. If you are looking to relocate, let me recommend this wonderful beach front community! Convenient to Tampa, St Petersburg and Clearwater, Crystal Beach has a casual southern style all it's own! Give me a call today to find out more about Crystal Beach Florida and to see some of the wonderful homes and cottages currently on the market here! Find out for yourself why Crystal Beach Florida is indeed a little piece of Paradise!        
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach Florida home sales are indeed increasing! In just the last few weeks our little community has had 6 homes go into 'pending' status since they have received contracts that the seller has accepted. For a community that currently has only 28 listings on the market, that is a substantial amount! These six homes ranged in price from $825,000 for a 4/3/2 waterfront pool home that was a short sale all the way down to an adorable 2/2/2 that was on the market for less than 2 weeks before going under contract!!! That little house on Ontario was listed for a mere $144,900. It did NOT last long on the market at that price!!! The market is moving!!! If you are considering purchasing, NOW is the time to get on board here in Crystal Beach Florida!            
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
I could not resist taking photos of this adorable family of ducks as I was leaving home the other day. Mama duck and her little ones were walking down the road on their way to a local pond for a dip. Mama duck had the little ones cross two streets, making a 90 degree angle, to get where they were going. It was so cute to watch!!! The amount of wildlife in Crystal Beach is just one more reason this is such a wonderful place to live. You are close to everything you could possibly want and yet enjoy the peace, quiet and benefits of Mother Nature!  
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach & Palm Harbor Florida are popular places to live! With the Greek community of Tarpon Springs to the north and lovely Dunedin and Clearwater to the south, Crystal Beach and the Ozona section of Palm Harbor are directly on the Gulf of Mexico! Quiet and out of the city noise, these communities are wonderful places to live and play in the Florida sun! The market has been busy during the month of April and that is obvious from the following statistics: During the month of April 2010 in Crystal Beach & Palm Harbor Florida  65 single family homes sold ranging in price from $760,000. - $54,500.  21 condos sold ranging in price from $280,000. - $25,000.  14 villas sold ranging in price from $305,000. - $50,000.    5 townhomes sold ranging in price from $367,500. - $89,000.    
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach Florida is the place I call home. I love taking photos here because it is really a beautiful community! It is quiet at ALL times of the day, all days of the week! No traffic, the sounds are of birds chirping, squirrels barking and the occasional dog barking. Oh, yes, and from my balcony I can also hear people as they walk or ride their bikes along the Pinellas Trail. (Pinellas Trail Map) When I take walks along the streets here in Crystal Beach I always have my digital camera with me. There are so many beautiful homes and our Florida plants are also amazing! I love to capture these images to share later so everyone can learn about this little Piece of Paradise tucked away right here in Pinellas County! Houses hidden among the trees and vines of Florida! Even the homes in C...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
I am indeed enjoying the sights of Spring! Sitting on the balcony with my laptop, listening to the squirrels bark at each other in the Live Oak trees that surround my home I can see the sights of Spring all around me! There is nothing more beautiful than Mother Nature doing her thing during Spring! No matter where you live, Spring is when Mother Nature brings out her most vivid colors and displays how magnificent the world is! May your day be filled with peace and happiness, may all your wishes come true!  We create our own reality - make yours wonderful! You deserve it!!!    
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
This was a Winter to remember for the entire continental United States! I cannot remember when Florida had such a cold Winter!!! Naturally, being a typical Floridian, I am totally spoiled and expect to be able to swim in the Gulf of Mexico no later than March! That was indeed NOT the case this Winter, which was really not normal!!! But now Spring is indeed here and the temperatures are in the 80's again - along with the warm temperatures all of the trees and bushes are in bloom and nothing could be more beautiful!!! Above is a Bottlebrush Red Cluster. While we don't have cherry trees down here, the orchid tree above is also beautiful at this time of year!!!  
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach and Palm Harbor Florida residential sales year-to-date are looking really good! I think people are realizing that we are seeing a shift in the market and prices are stabilizing. With this in mind, here is what it currently looks like: 187 single family homes have sold so far for 2010 ranging in price from $760,000. - $61,500. 53  condos have sold ranging in price from $242,500. - $22,100. 29  villas have sold ranging in price from $220,000. - $33,000. 13  townhomes have sold ranging in price from $367,500. - $84,900. There are currently 509 single family homes on the market in the same area! They range in price from $3,299,000. - $44,900. 300 condos are currently available ranging from $489,000. - $39,000. 86 villas are available ranging from $269,900. - $51,000. 63 townho...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach Florida year to date real estate information: There are currently 25 active listings here in Crystal Beach, ranging in price from $1,699,900  to $134,000. Currently there are 5 homes in the 'pending' status, which means they have contracts but have not closed yet. They range in price from $825,000 to $125,000. In the last year 23 homes have sold in Crystal Beach. They ranged in price from $569,123 to $98,800. That low price was for a 1 bedroom 1 bath cottage built in 1955 that was a block from the Gulf of Mexico! Come and see for yourself what awaits you here in fantastic Crystal Beach Florida, where the Gulf of Mexico is at your doorstep!!! Only minutes from Tampa, St Petersburg and Clearwater Beach, come see why so many have chosen Crystal Beach as their home! Crystal Be...
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By Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor
(Charles Rutenberg Realty)
Crystal Beach Florida is indeed Paradise! Crystal Beach is a small community that is situated in northern Pinellas County, directly on the Gulf of Mexico! There are no traffic lights within Crystal Beach and you can use your golf cart on ALL of Crystal Beach's roads!!! Being a small Gulf front community has its advantages! People are friendly and it is not unusual to find people taking strolls along the waterfront or sitting on one of the numerous benches at the Crystal Beach Pier watching the dolphins frolic in the Gulf.   Convenient to Tampa, St Petersburg and Clearwater, Crystal Beach is just south of famous Tarpon Springs - home of many transplanted Greeks! In Tarpon Springs you can enjoy wonderful Greek meals in some of the best ethnic restaurants around! You can also go out on the...
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