Jill and Jay Keegan's (jillkeegan) Blog

Great restaurant on the Treasure Coast  of Florida!!  Last night we had a fantastic meal at Sebastiano's on US1 just south of Port St Lucie Blvd.  The ambiance is truly inviting and the service was great.  We met our friends from Canada there, they have tried several times to have us meet them th...

We are experiencing the most beautiful weather this week in Stuart, Florida and as we have guests visiting we are taking them to several of our favorite places to eat in Stuart, Florida.  Our first stop was Seasons 52 on PGA Blvd, everything is always so fresh and the season they are in on the me...

It is time to be optimistic about Florida, a recent article with Florida Realtors mentioned that Floridians are again being optimistic which is a great sign that things are getting better.  Consumer confidence has risen 7 points in the past year from 77 from 70 according to a recent university su...

Volunteering in the Spirit of Christmas   STUART, FL - December 3, 2010 - Keller Williams of the Treasure Coast answered the call to help Stuart Main Street with the 50th Annual Stuart Christmas Parade with 23 agents working as volunteers throughout the evening, and the Keegan Team was proud to b...

The National Association of Realtors and Womens Council of Realtors held their annual conference in New Orleans November 3-8.  There were so many great classes and training sessions.  The one topic that stood out from the many is Technology.  It is changing so fast it is hard to keep up with the ...

Strong gain in home sales....  Good news coming our way!  This is great information for us as realtors to help get buyers off of the fence.   September shows another strong gain in homes sales.  Home sales which include single family and condos jumped 10% to an adjusted annual rate of 4.53 in Sep...

The size of the home matters... Many believe the findings of the Census Bureau will continue well past the recession.  Thy show that the single family homes continued to get smaller last year.  The size of the home matters, in 2006 the home sizes peaked at 2,268 square feet.  Last year the median...

Why vote NO on Amendment 4... Florida Taxwatch has released information on what the possible outcome of Amendment 4 could be.  FLORIDA has consistently had unemployment in the double digits and this could make finding a job or bringing jobs to FLORIDA even harder. Locally we as realtors have been...

Foreclosure Freezes. With Bank of America and other institutions beginning to release foreclosures again.   This is going to make a big impact on pricing of conventional re-sales and short sales in the market.  They are predicting that Bank of America will release over 100,000 foreclosures in Flo...

Higher End Buyers return to Market? With the stock market climbing and indications regarding the economy possibly recovering.  Real Estate companies are hopeful that those who have put off buying over the past few years will do so this season encouraged by the more realistic prices by sellers. Ma...