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For your consideration: Native beauties

Native plants give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours. - Lady Bird Johnson A native plant is one that originates or occurs naturally in a place. As further applied in Florida, our native plants are those species that were growing in Florida prior to the time the Spanish ...

Change in zoning of residential property

Mr. Feichthaler: I have owned a lot in Cape Coral for 18 years, where I intended to build our retirement home. I selected a builder and, when they went to get the permit, they were told that the property was now commercial and I cannot build? There must be some mistake! — Carol ...

Year-to-date condo sales, prices up big, supply tight

The quick takeaways for the Cape Coral condominium market through the end of August involved a drop off in closed sales from July, but the year-to-date sales are up big versus last year. Also, over the first eight months of this year, there have been huge declines in the supply of condos ...

Strawberries: A Florida beauty

Whether eaten fresh, baked, dripping in chocolate, cooked into jam, or blended into a smoothie or daiquiri, the strawberry is a delight! Discovering it is an easy plant to grow is the icing on the shortcake. Along with the blueberry, the strawberry is one of the top two non-citrus fruits ...

The contract is king; get it in writing

Dear Mr. Feichthaler, I recently signed a contract to sell my house to a family from Massachusetts. After signing, the buyers inspected the house and decided the air conditioning unit was too old. On a phone call they said they would pay for half of the new air conditioner if I replaced it. ...

Weathering low supply and rising flood insurance rates

The monthly supply of unsold Cape Coral homes listed for sale in the Multiple Listing Service remains abnormally low, as our market faces a new challenge in the face of rising flood insurance rates. This plays into the rising levels of inflation we are already facing, along with continued ...