It’s only been a few days since our new President took office. Some say it’s the man. I think it’s just this particular moment in history. But there’s a feeling of hope across the country. It’s almost palpable.

Think about it. Thousands gathered to watch the inauguration without incident. Imagine. No shots fired. No banners waving. No rants or protests. Just a sense of community, of oneness, of the sun coming out — even on such a cold day for so many.

What with the bailouts, the Madoff scandal, high foreclosure and bankruptcy rates, the increase in unemployment, instability in the stock and housing markets … there is still a feeling that things will resolve.

Maybe that’s why suddenly business has picked up. The phone’s been ringing. People are looking to buy homes once more. I have to believe it’s just the beginning. As a real estate and mortgage broker sitting in my office in Jupiter Florida there’s a feeling that good things are headed this way.

Let’s all hope.

   

Tuscany is all about family

Picture it…a long table heaped with food, bottles of wine and la familia. That’s Under the Tuscan Sun. Under the Florida sun the picture is a bit different, but the net effect is the same.

Emphasis on family. A fneighborhood filled with Mediterranean-style homes, built safe and soundproof by DiVosta. Ranging in price from $275,000 or thereabouts (depending on today’s market) to about $650,000 … from townhouses to 5-bedroom single family in a variety of sizes and shapes.

Fresh wide streets lined with trees, front porches, bike lanes, friendly neighbors. Dads throwing baseballs, kids playing catch, mom’s walking dogs. Families headed toward the park, the clubhouse, the pool, the ice cream parlor in downtown Abacoa.

Now if all that sounds a bit more Pollyanna than Anna Maria, so be it. But the prevailing, overarching, unmistakable theme is still the same. When you talk about Tuscany, you talk about family. No better place to raise one than Tuscany at Abacoa in Jupiter, FL.