Longboat Key Club in talks with Ocean Properties

The owner of the Longboat Key Club is in talks to sell a financial stake in the tony resort that could jump-start its long-delayed $400 million redevelopment. Loeb Partners Realty is discussing a joint venture with Ocean Properties Ltd., a major hotel owner and operator whose holdings include three local properties, including the Lido Beach …

Some boomers to their mortgage: ‘Til death do us part’

More baby boomers are retiring while still paying mortgages — and some expect to make house payments into their 90s, mortgage brokers and financial planners say. It’s part of a trend: Many current and future retirees are opting not to follow the traditional golden rule of paying off their home before their last day at …

Property in College Towns a Boon to Real Estate Investors, Parents

For some parents, sending kids off to college means equipping the budding academics with a laptop and carting their stuff to a closet-sized dorm room on the far side of campus.For others, it involves making a different kind of investment: real estate. According to Realtors in some of the nation’s hottest rental markets, more parents …