Homes in the Florida Keys

What comes to mind for you when you think of Florida, the beaches, warm ocean, sunny weather? Most of south Florida’s real estate posses all of these fabulous qualities, but no one can deny the pinnacle is the Florida Keys! 

With over 1,700 small islands, the Florida Keys is a myriad of beauty, wildlife and the ideal Florida lifestyle. The world famous chain of islands cascade down the eastern coast of Florida and begin with Key Largo to Islamorada, Marathon to Big Pine Key and finally Key West.  

Key Largo is the northernmost key and is just an hour drive south of Miami. This key is renowned for having some of the most incredible wildlife in the state. Key Largo is home to America’s first undersea state park, The John Pennekamp Coral Reef State…

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The Palm Beach Gardens Recreation & Parks Division will make a splash Oct. 27 when it sponsors the fourth-annual Family Pumpkin Dive.

Those who want to take home a traditional orange gourd in time for Halloween are invited to come to the Aquatic Complex at 4404 Burns Road at 3 p.m. to dive in and claim a pumpkin. There will be 100 pumpkins available.

Participants are welcome to carve and decorate their jack o’lanterns-to-be before taking them home.

Cost is $5 for residents and $6 for nonresidents. For information, call 561-630-1100.

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 Housing Prices Are Up 8%

South Florida home values were up nearly 8% in the third quarter of the year from the same time in 2011!  They are expected to outperform the national price hikes through 2013 according to the online real estate firm Zillow (www.zillow.com) . Three counties in Florida (Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade) are forecasted to experience a 3.8 percent rise in value over the next year compared to a national increase of 1.7 percent, as reported by Zillow on October 23, 2012.  

Zillow is a Seattle base real estate analysis firm which released its third quarter home value report which included South Florida.

Any inquiries you may have about the current state of the real estate market in the Loxahatchee Riverfront, Jupiter Island, Abacoa, or any of the…

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Atlantic Arts Academy and the Atlantic Arts Theater in Jupiter is throwing a Grand Reopening Party on Oct. 19, and the public is invited to come out and see all of the changes the venue has experienced this summer.

The renovations to the lobby and the theater are impressive, said Jesse Furman, the theater’s creative director.

“We are very excited about the new programs that we are offering for children and adults that include fencing, photography, movie-making, magic classes, DJ classes, stand-up comedy, screenwriting, music production, film and TV production, as well as our regular classes that we offer in dance, theater and Music,” Furman said.

The academy’s teachers will be onhand at the party for a question-and-answer session, and…

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 Power Ball

How would you react to winning a Mega Millions jackpot?  The gentleman who won the $120 million had been playing the same numbers since June of 2005.  The numbers consisted of birthdays and anniversaries, which he bought at a local 7-Eleven. When he checked his iPad and confirmed the winning numbers to his ticket and they all matched he stated “I just sat back and let it all soak in”  very calmly.

What would you do if you suddenly found a large sum of cash in your bank account?  Would you pay off your mortgage, take a trip around the world…the choices seem endless don’t they?  Most of the lucky lottery winners seem to choose to pay off their home immediately and then distribute the wealth into other areas.

The simple biggest reason to pay off…

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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness and raise funds for research, prevention, diagnosis, and most importantly, a cure!   It is an excellent opportunity to remind everyone about early detection. 

In 1983, the first Race for the Cure was held in Dallas, Texas with 800 participants in attendance.  By 2012, tens of thousands of people participate in events to raise funds and awareness, in locations internationally, in hopes and remembrance of loved ones who have battled breast cancer. It has been 20 years since the inception of the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign began.  It is active in more than 70 countries and has raised more…

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Rob Thomson Winner of the 2012 Billionaire's Club Award

Robert Thomson, Managing Partner of Waterfront Properties and Club Communities, was recently inducted into the exclusive Billionaire’s Club of Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate.  

At the recent conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona, a network of the most prominent global luxury brokers met to discuss current real estate trends and other topics pertaining to serving their high net worth demographic clientele.  A highlight of the 17th Annual Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference was the Awards Presentation. 

 

Rob was presented with the Billionaires Club Award.  This award is given to individuals who sold at least $1 billion in real estate in their successful career.  Of the more than 70,000 agents worldwide in Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, only …

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Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate

Congratulations are due to the dedicated team of agents and staff at Waterfront Properties and Club Communities after attending the Luxury Real Estate Conference in Arizona. This year Rob Thomson joined the “Billionaires Club.” This prestigious club grants award to agents who have sold over a billion dollars in real estate and Mr. Thomson is the youngest to ever receive such an honor. Waterfront has been overjoyed to accept some other honors from the LRE group. In 2008, the Waterfront team was given the “Most Innovative Marketing Technique” award. Joan Thomson took home the “Lifetime Achievement Award” 

These awards are given by one of the most prestigious real estate companies in the world. The Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate-LuxuryRealEstate.com is…

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The classy and clever women of Waterfront Properties and Club Communities will board Waterfront I on Oct. 6 to help raise money for two Palm Beach County cancer charities.

Eleven anglers from the Jupiter-based real-estate and brokerage firm will participate in the fourth-annual kingfish, dolphin and wahoo challenge benefiting Cancer Alliance of Help & Hope and Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper.

The fun and festive tournament at Castaways Marina gets under way Oct. 5 and features a mix of fishing, boat decorating, cocktail concocting and costume contests, as well as an awards party to raise money for local breast- and ovarian-cancer patients who are in financial need. Since 2009, “Bluewater Babes Fish for Cure” has raised more than $100,000.

The…

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WHO’S WHO IN LUXURY REAL ESTATE  

17th ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE 

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Waterfront Properties and Club Communities is pleased to continue their long standing relationship with Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate and LuxuryRealEstate.com, more importantly, our commitment to our clientele! Robert Thomson, Managing Partner, of Waterfront Properties serves on the exclusive Board of Regents of Luxury Real Estate. 

The Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate is a global collection of the finest luxury real estate brokers in the world!  The Board of Regents is a group of distinct brokers with the most legendary names in the industry.  They are a network of the most elite luxury real estate brokers in the world who provide the highest level of personal services and…

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