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Guest Commentary: Understanding, managing and treating arthritis

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 24% of all adults in the United States have arthritis. This means 58.5 million Americans suffer from the condition. Arthritis affects everyone differently, but it hinders mostly anyone who has it. They may feel a painful ...

Plants for your water garden

Creating a water garden in the form of a small pond in your yard may take a bit of effort, but brings hours of enjoyment. In my previous article, I wrote about how to construct and care for water gardens. Today, we’ll look at several possible plants to enhance a backyard pond, from ...

A two-year look at July Cape condo sales and prices

About one year ago in this column when we analyzed the July 2022 results for the Cape Coral condominium market compared to July 2021, we summed things up by saying, “what a difference a year makes!” Today we are going to take a look at the number of closed sales and median sales prices for ...

July home sales and prices remain soft, as inventory climbs

There were no surprises in our real estate market through the first seven months of 2023, as the number of single-family home sales and sales prices in Cape Coral were lower compared to the first seven months of last year, while the supply of homes listed for sale continued to edge higher. In ...

What all the numbers in ‘Notice of Proposed Taxes’ really mean

Dear Mr. Feichthaler: I received the “Notice of Proposed Taxes” in the mail this week. A lot of numbers, and I don’t know where to begin! Can you help walk me through what his all means? In addition to the taxes, it also shows my market value for last year and this year. It went up, ...