Virgin Islands Real Estate - just listed: Solid masonry two family home on beautiful St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands with a lovely view overlooking Great Cruz Bay and the Caribbean. On a clear night you can see the lights on St. Croix, the largest of the three Virgin Islands. The upper level […]
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Gorgeous half-acre home site situated in St. John’s most prestigious neighborhood, Estate Peter Bay. However, this parcel is not part of Peter Bay subdivision therefore no membership dues, assessments, covenants or restrictions can be levied. Owner retains the right to use the entrance to Peter Bay subdivision (upper Peter Bay road) to […]
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I love St. John for its natural beauty, its eclectic people and its unique perspective on the rest of the world. St. Johnians have a saying, “we’re all here ’cause we’re not all there” and it rings true on many levels. From the moment I set foot on St. John about 12 years ago, I knew I wanted […]
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Whenever
St. Johnian’s are asked “where are you from”? The majority of the time, the response will be from somewhere in
New England. Well, for all of you New Englanders, tourist and locals alike, American Airlines started running their
Boston to
St. Thomas direct flight and they are keeping it cheap. I’m only printing this because I purchased my […]
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The Pond Bay Club site located on Chocolate Hole
Beach got the green light to move forward with construction at a Coastal Zone Management Committee decision meeting on October 10th. The committee approved the major permit in January with several special conditions.
The project consists of 50 units spread out in 3 and 4 bedroom villas and […]
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We have a super good buy on a lot at Bordeaux Heights subdivison. Price has been reduced for a quick sale from original price of $485,000 to $299,000. This 0.89 acre parcel has terrific views up the Sir Francis Drake Channel to Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Fallen Jerusalem, etc. This is a great opportunity for someone […]
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It’s time for the residential home sales update through the third quarter of the year, still down a bit compared with the last year. Thirty one homes sold last year compared with twenty-five to date this year. Twenty-five are under contract compared with twenty-four last year at third quarter’s end.
A year over year comparison shows […]
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Over 200 people attended a meeting with Government officials last week to discuss the new property revaluations. Most attending were there to demonstrate outrage at the disproportionate increase in values on St. John compared with St. Thomas and St. Croix. Some of the reasons given for the unfairness of the model used on St. John were […]
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The department of Public Works just completed the paving of the Bethany By-pass, which runs from the Bethany Moravian Church to the top of Jacob’s Ladder. This will take a lot of traffic headed to the Pine Peace and Westin areas off The Centerline Road and really prove its worth when construction of the round-about […]
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As St. John residents know we have had some locally heavy showers over the last few days. According to weather underground we have received about 2 inches over the last 2 days. Nothing that is out of the ordinary for early October and nothing close to the flood in November 2005 when it rained 22 […]
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Most people are not aware that the Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has a very nice Web Site at: http://usvitourism.vi/
Check it out for lots of useful and interesting information about the Virgin Islands. Also keep in mind that U.S. citizens do not need a passport to visit the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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A recent article in The National Review suggests that the current down turn in the real estate market is not nearly as alarming as pundits on national television would have us believe:
FINANCIAL markets gyrated wildly in August, in part because of concerns that the U.S. housing sector wouldbring the rest of the economy down. But […]
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