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Real Estate Law | Should seller wait to list house due to NAR settlement?

Dear Mr. Feichthaler, I am in the process of listing my home for sale, and wondering how the National Association of Realtors settlement impacts me. Should I wait to list? Blair S. Dear Blair: Your question is on the minds of millions of homeowners and Realtors across the country. I was ...

Homing In | March home prices soft with big changes coming to real estate

Before we dive head first into this week's topic about the upcoming changes to the real estate industry’s commission structure and the manner in which business will be conducted between Realtors, buyers and sellers, here is an overview of our local market conditions. Based on the ...

Guest Column | How to stay at the top of your game during pickleball season

In 2022, the Sports and Fitness Industry Association said pickleball was the fastest growing sport in America with 4.8 million people playing at the time. Last year, the Association of Pickleball Players said the number of players in the United States climbed to 36.5 million. It’s ...

Garden Club of Cape Coral | Wax myrtle

A wax myrtle tree. PROVIDED Wax myrtle is an outstanding shrub for a Cape Coral yard, especially if you are close to the Caloosahatchee River. It thrives in sandy, well drained soil and can stand salty conditions along the coast. You may grow it as a small multi-trunked tree, up to 25 feet ...

Cape Coral Animal Shelter | Looking for a loving home | April 5

Bugatti is a 1 to 3-year-old female. Bugatti came to this shelter with a litter of pups, and she was a great mom. Now it's her turn to find her forever home, and trust her, she is ready to upgrade to luxury living! Bugatti is a people-loving, stuffie-carrying diva who’s always ready to ...

Garden Club of Cape Coral | Wild petunias

Excited about the warmer March weather, I recently went to the All Native Nursery in Fort Myers looking for flowers to enhance my spring garden. I wanted flowers to attract birds, bees and butterflies. I have seen many purple Mexican petunias in our neighborhood. I knew they are invasive but ...