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‘The market is crazy’: Record-breaking 32963 real estate sales roll on in 2022

The island real estate market continued to defy gravity in the first four months of the year. Despite ...

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Another luxury storage complex – for classic cars, big RVs, large boats – coming to Vero

The Vero Beach luxury storage craze roars on. Goundbreaking is planned for June for Fortified Storage, a new ...

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Subs evoke memories as Harbor Branch celebrates 50th

The Johnson-Sea-Link Program at Harbor Branch had it all – romance and tragedy, camaraderie and practical jokes, adventure ...

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Longtime renters being priced out by soaring rates

Rental rates on the island have surged so high so fast that many longtime Vero snowbirds were priced ...

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Neighbors want Castaway Cove home condemned for code violations

A group of neighbors in the Wave VI neighborhood of Castaway Cove on South Beach are circulating a ...

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Island residents with ‘classic cars and other toys’ power luxury storage boom

By the time partners Joe Schulke and Vic Lombardi got site plan approval for their third luxury storage ...

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Will planned new home construction bring an early end to the real estate crunch here?

Is the real estate inventory crunch in Indian River County about to come to an end? A quick ...

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142 new homes coming in Grand Harbor

New development is gearing up rapidly at Grand Harbor where two prime clusters of lots have been sold ...

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Historic Patio may soon be filled with diners again

The historic building in Vero’s old downtown that long housed the Patio Restaurant has been sold to a ...

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New downtown office building completed

The exterior of the first new class-A office building in downtown Vero Beach in more than a decade ...

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Douglas Elliman opens beachside office. Is top agent Fredrik Eklund on the way?

New York residential real estate powerhouse Douglas Elliman announced last Tuesday it has opened a boutique office in ...

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Riomar home goes under contract for an astonishing price

The island real estate market continues to astonish buyers, sellers and brokers as the 2022 season gets underway. ...