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• 25 Best Places to Retire

  MSC Marketing 2:41 pm on September 10, 2009 | Comments:0
  Tags: Charlotte (17), consumer confidence (53), home buyers (115), long-term investment (18), maximum opportunity (12), Port Charlotte (2), real estate (165), residential (65), second home buyers (19), Vacation   Filed under: Buyer Info, Communities, Seller Info, Vacation

  Thinking about your post-work home?

  You’ll get huge bang for your buck — plus lots of other perks — in these towns.  Port Charlotte, Fla.

  Population: 48,000

  % over 50: 44%

  Typical 3-bedroom home: $170,000

  Housing prices down: 63%

  State income tax: None

  Lots of places in Florida have been battered by the housing bust. But this laid-back Gulf Coast town, just across Charlotte Harbor from pricier Punta Gorda, arguably best hits the sweet spot of great prices and great amenities.

  Homes here cost less than half what they did in late 2005, and about 40% of them sit on canals and waterways leading to the harbor – which has 270 square miles of cruising waters and 219 miles of protected shoreline. – CNNMoney.com,  by Sarah Max and Beth Braverman

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  To see complete data, including tax rates for Port Charlotte, click here.

  
  

  
   
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• Siesta Key Beach, Florida

  MSC Marketing 3:12 pm on September 4, 2009 | Comments:0
  Tags: home buyers (115), Sarasota (63), Vacation   Filed under: Vacation, Web

  If They Gave Awards for Sand … Well, They Do

  http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/09/04/travel/escapes/04_siesta_map.ready.html',%20'370_548',%20'width=370,height=548,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')"> SUMMER may seem an odd time to flee to Florida, but thanks to a happy accident of geology, there’s one small island there that may be better to visit the more the mercury rises.

  http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/09/04/travel/escapes/04_siesta_map.ready.html',%20'370_548',%20'width=370,height=548,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')">Siesta Key, Fla.

  Siesta Key, an eight-mile-long, crescent-shaped barrier island on the Gulf Coast south of Sarasota, is becoming more popular in hotter months as tourists discover its powdered-sugar white sand that seems always to stay cool, no matter how high the heat outside. Other enticements include cool gulf breezes; clear, temperate, turquoise water; and huge discounts on accommodations from July through September at luxury high-rises, cozy cottages and funky beachfront bungalows.

  “Do you really have to put this in your paper?” asked a frequent visitor, Linda Guckenberger of Columbus, Ind. “Siesta Key is a hidden treasure, especially in the summer. The heat in Indiana is oppressive in August, so when we tell people we’re going to Florida, they think we’re nuts. They say, ‘Why aren’t you going north?” – By ELIZABETH MAKER, Published: September 4, 2009

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• Englewood Rates High on Review Sites

  MSC Marketing 10:51 am on July 31, 2009 | Comments:0
  Tags: Charlotte (17), Englewood (3), home buyers (115), real estate (165), residential (65), Vacation, web exposure (27)   Filed under: Buyer Info, Communities, Seller Info, Web

  Charlotte Sun recently published an article featuring Englewood as being the second on the list of top emerging US destinations, according to TripAdvisor:

  Englewood is second on a list of top emerging U.S. destinations, according to TripAdvisor.com.

  It is No. 1 in terms of being the best, affordable neighborhood to retire to in the U.S., according to walletpop.com.

  In less than a year Englewood has scored high on several quality-of-life indexes and the accolades are beginning to pay dividends.

  “You can’t buy that kind of publicity and recognition — you can’t put a price on it. It’s beyond anyone’s budget,” said Becky Bovell, director of the Charlotte Harbor Visitor and Conventions Bureau.

  Now Englewood will be featured in stories appearing in “Southern Boating Magazine” in August and again in October in “PassageMaker,” a magazine for trawler and ocean motor boats. – Charlotte Sun.   To read the entire article please click here.

  
   
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• Insider's Guide to Anna Maria Island

  MSC Marketing 5:16 pm on July 15, 2009 | Comments:0
  Tags: Anna Maria Island (3), home buyers (115), Manatee (28), real estate (165), residential (65), second home buyers (19), Vacation   Filed under: Buyer Info, Communities, Seller Info

  

  Anna Maria Island

  SouthernLiving.com recently published their Insider’s Guide to Anna Maria Island. To read the entire article or view more spectacular images from Anna Maria Island, please click here. Additionally, you will find: favorite places to stay, boutique shopping, advice on exploring the island and information on island activities.

  The motto of Florida’s Anna Maria Island says it all: “Welcome to paradise without an attitude.”
  - Editor Wanda McKinney shares how to enjoy this slice of heaven.

  About the Island

  Surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico, Tampa Bay, and the Intracoastal Waterway, Anna Maria Island is an easy 1 1/2-hour drive from Tampa.  It’s only 7 1/2 miles long and less than a mile wide and, for starters, boasts not a single towering condo. (No building over three stories is allowed.) Chain restaurants? Very few of them. The restaurants are delightfully local and extremely good. In other words, you’ve stepped into the Florida of decades ago, with one major difference: New amenities enhance the old charm for a winning combination.

  
   
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• michaelsaunders.com - Always Just One Click Away

  MSC Marketing 5:13 pm on June 10, 2009 | Comments:0
  Tags: agents (23), best opportunities (7), commercial (2), global affiliations (24), info center, michaelsaunders.com (8), mortgage (62), neighborhoods (2), new homes (3), new listings, open houses, properties, quick search, relocation (5), residential (65), social networking (14), title, Vacation, web exposure (27)   Filed under: Buyer Info, Seller Info, Web

   

  

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