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HEALTH

Heart specialist’s full attention on prevention

BY TOM LLOYD there’s not much to worry about. But tries to avoid a dictatorial
Staff Writer these events, are actually “warning list of don’ts. “I tell my pa-
strokes.” tients these are the num-
Dr. Seth Trifiro, a newly-mint- bers. These are your risk
ed cardiovascular specialist who Symptoms of transient ischemic factors. This is where you
joined Sebastian River Medical attacks may include sudden weak- are on the spectrum. For a
Center this fall, is bringing a fresh ness or numbness of the face, arm lot of people, it’s a wake-up
burst of energy and enthusiasm or leg – especially on one side of call and it motivates them
to the task of preventing strokes, the body – as well as confusion or to really want to make those
TIAs (transient ischemic attacks, or trouble speaking, and the Ameri- changes. I use these tools to
mini-strokes) and heart attacks, a can Stroke Association says “they help motivate the patients. I
mission championed by the Ameri- should be taken very, very serious- don’t want to just say don’t
can Heart Association, which says, ly.” do this . . . I want to say do
“Preventing heart disease and all this instead for this reason.”
cardiovascular diseases means Trifiro’s says his mission is to
making smart choices now that will “identify ways in which I can miti- So far, he has been pleased
pay off the rest of your life.” gate cardiovascular risks. How can with his patients’ response.
I reduce patients’ risk of possibly
Trifiro says a top priority is “to as- having one of these events and pos- Here in the Vero area, says
sess how ‘at risk’ a patient is. A large sibly dying?” Trifiro, “You have a popula-
part of what I do in the office is tar- tion that is very motivated.
geting the decrease of cardiovas- Weight is one obvious risk factor When they come to the of-
cular risk. And by cardiovascular Trifiro discusses with his patients. fice their knowledge about
risk, I mean vascular events” such “That gets to the lifestyle interven- health and healthcare-re-
as TIAs. tion – ways in which I can help and lated facts is well above av-
encourage patients and discuss . . erage. It’s quite impressive.
For the record, the American . what the recommendations from
Stroke Association points out the the American College of Cardiology “They’re playing tennis.
term “mini-stroke” is misleading are. These are things we can go over They’re swimming. You
because – to some – it may imply in the office . . . [to help a patient] have people who are moti-
alter their lifestyle to hopefully live vated because they’re living
a healthy life and they want
You Are Six Times More Dr Seth Trifiro. PHOTOS: MITCH KLOORFAIN to continue that. I think I’m
Likely To Have Glaucoma fortunate to have patients
a longer, healthy life.” like that.”
If You’re Over 60. Most of the recommendations Trifiro then pauses and says,
“We’re getting better at predicting
Don’t Let Glaucoma Steal Your Sight! are things people probably already risk and assessing the patients who
know – don’t smoke, get more exer- are on a trajectory for having early
Glaucoma rarely has symptoms. The best and most effective way to cise, and eat a healthy diet low in heart attacks, strokes or death from
detect the disease is with a dilated eye exam. saturated fat, trans fat and sodium one of these diseases. That’s a shift
as well as including more fruits and in medical thinking. We’re not just
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month vegetables, fiber-rich whole grains, waiting until a patient has a prob-
fish, nuts, legumes and seeds, and lem; we’re trying to prevent the
Call today for your comprehensive consultation. even trying to eat some meals with- problem.”
out any meat at all – but hearing Dr. Seth Trifiro is with the Sebas-
them again face-to-face from an tian River Medical Group. His office
earnest young doctor can give them is at 920 37th Place, Suite 105 in Vero
more weight and significance. Beach. The phone number is 772-
562-8570. 
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HEALTH

Millennials, get hip to risks of high-intensity workouts

BY DANIELLE DOUGLAS-GABRIEL cases of young adults with femoral doctor because they were like, ‘If Wu has guided him through mobil-
The Washington Post acetabular impingement, a condi- you could walk, you could sit, you’re ity exercises involving foam rolling,
tion that occurs when the ball of the fine.’ But I couldn’t lift as much as core conditioning and stretching with
Physical therapist Karena Wu femur fails to fit securely into the normal.” resistance bands.
couldn’t help notice a trend in pa- hip socket. High levels of activity,
tients visiting her New York City of- they say, can cause the plate to fuse It turns out Nagwekar had devel- “I’m back to about 80 percent ca-
fice this year. Many were under age in an abnormal shape and result in oped a hip impingement. Doctors pacity,” Nagwekar said. “Any kind of
35, enjoyed strenuous workouts and a hip impingement. recommended surgery, but he de- power lifting that requires dynamic
were suffering immense hip pain. cided to opt for physical therapy. movement of the hips takes me a little
Shane Nho, an orthopedic sur- longer. My hips don’t move as fluidly
The millennials had pushed geon at Rush University Medical Nagwekar became a patient five as before, but I can still do them.” 
themselves in endurance races Center in Chicago, recalls a spike months ago at ActiveCare, where
such as the Tough Mudder or weekly in hip, shoulder and knee injuries
CrossFit and metabolic condition- as CrossFit gyms sprung up several
ing classes that placed wear and years ago. These days, he said, pa-
tear on their bodies, she said. And tients are coming in with hip ail-
with little downtime between rou- ments from high-intensity interval
tines or adherence to proper form, training, even some barre classes.
they were putting the long-term
health of their hips at risk. “We probably see at least a couple
patients a week with injuries related
“A lot of millennials are doing all to those types of intensive classes,”
of these high-intensity exercises Nho said. “The types of workouts
that are great for the mental and these guys are doing … they’re do-
physical components of health, but ing it at all costs, despite poor form,
if you’re not as conditioned as you mechanics, fatigue or their actual
think, you’re going to put exces- baseline level of conditioning.”
sive stress on the soft tissue and the
joint,” said Wu, owner of ActiveCare Neuromuscular imbalances, or
Physical Therapy. weakness in certain muscle groups,
are often the root cause of the pain
It’s not uncommon for active that Nho’s patients experience, he
young adults to experience some said. If patients come in as soon
joint pain, but orthopedic special- as they start feeling discomfort,
ists worry that regimens that rely he said, it’s easier to connect them
on heavy weightlifting or intense with the right physical therapist to
aerobic exercises are causing more improve their stability and flexibil-
hip injuries. There are no definitive ity.
studies that correlate the two, but
research in the Journal of Orthopae- Hips are built to withstand tre-
dic & Sports Physical Therapy says mendous force, but they need full
high-intensity activities appear to range of motion to work properly,
increase the risk of hip osteoarthri- hence the importance of flexibility
tis, a degenerative joint disease. and stability, Wu said. She encour-
ages her clients to do yoga or attend
What’s more, specialists at the a Pilates class if they are dead set on
Ohio State University Wexner Medi- physically taxing workouts.
cal Center have reported a rise in
“Flexibility is critical in trying
to prevent injuries,” she said. “The
body has a tendency to overempha-
size larger muscles because they
are easier to activate, so sometimes
they get a little overused and small-
er stabilizing muscles get under-
used. You create an imbalance.”

A weight-room regular since high
school, Niranjan Nagwekar, 28, fig-
ured there was no need to spend
much time warming up before
squatting 250 pounds. But as the
New Yorker ramped up his lifting,
he started feeling a deep pain in his
left hip.

“For the longest time, I thought I
just had tight hip flexors, so I start-
ed stretching a little more, but the
pain persisted,” Nagwekar said. “I
didn’t feel much discomfort walk-
ing or sitting down, so it was kind
of a strange thing to explain to a

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HEALTH

No bones about it: Vero doc takes on osteoporosis

BY TOM LLOYD
Staff Writer

Longtime orthopedic specialist Osteoporosis, which means “po- Dr. Seth Coren. Example of normal and osteoporotic bone.
Dr. Seth Coren has a bone to pick rous bone” in Greek, is a downright
with osteoporosis. sneaky disease, too. As the Mayo PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE Coren, who has been practicing
Clinic puts it, “There typically are here in Vero Beach since 1979, warns
And he has a lot of company. no symptoms in the early stages of bone loss,” and worse, as the dis- that “the consequences of this can
The International Osteoporosis ease progresses, falls, minor bumps be dire. Patients end up with mul-
Foundation says that one in every and even something as seemingly tiple fractures. They end up losing
three women and one in every four innocuous as a sneeze can result in
men over the age of 50 will suffer broken bones.
broken bones due to osteoporosis.
The problem is so pronounced
that the IOF claims an osteoporo-
sis-related bone fracture occurs
somewhere in the world every three
seconds.
Here in the United States the Na-
tional Osteoporosis Foundation
puts the number of Americans suf-
fering from the disease at close to
54 million, and flatly states “it is
responsible for 2 million broken
bones and $19 billion in related
costs every year.”
For the record, 54 million is a
good deal more than half the over-
50 population in this country.

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HEALTH

their mobility and independence. sues and the loss of muscle mass, or Moreover, according to Coren, new tients to me. That’s what we want – to
They have disability from it. It’s a sarcopenia. drugs are also coming onto the scene. do the prevention. We want to do the
very expensive problem both from “It’s an ever-changing field. There diagnosis and keep people function-
a financial point of view and from a “We’re just starting to look at how are new medications that are coming ing. We have physical therapy that we
lifestyle point of view.” we can help patients build muscle through the pipeline that may be even use. We have the balance program.
mass so that they tend not to have more effective than the ones we have,” We have testing for sarcopenia.”
Healthy bones – when viewed un- as bad a degree or significant a de- and there’s already quite an arsenal of
der a microscope – look something gree of osteoporosis,” says Coren. drugs currently available. Coren says the National Osteoporo-
like a honeycomb fresh from a bee- “Muscle mass is important for bal- sis Foundation “has a great website” at
hive. Osteoporosis, however, attacks ance. One of the big things that In fact, the never-say-die Coren has ht t ps://w w w.nof.org/pat ient s/what-
the bone and prevents it from grow- happens is that if you have osteopo- just started his own Fracture Liaison is-osteoporosis/ which he highly rec-
ing new, replacement cells making rosis and you fall, you’re more likely Service. ommends.
those holes and spaces inside that to get a fracture. If we can do things
honeycomb much larger and wider, to help prevent patients from fall- “All the fractures that come in to Dr. Seth Coren is in the Vero Or-
and causing the bone to lose both ing, work on their balance, things our physicians [at Vero Orthopedics] thopedics Vero Neurology (VOVN)
mass and density. like that, then we can help prevent get referred to me for an osteoporosis building at 1155 35th Lane in Vero
these fractures.” work-up,” says Coren, and “it’s now of- Beach. The phone number is 772-
In some cases, the bone can ap- fered to anyone who wants to send pa- 569-2330. 
pear nearly hollow, making it ex-
tremely brittle and far more prone
to breaking than healthy bone. That,
in no small part, is why fractures of
both the spine and hip are so com-
mon in the over-50 population.

It is, says Coren, “a function of
age,” and he wryly adds: “We don’t
have the evolutionary ability to re-
place our limbs.”

But with almost 40 years of ortho-
pedic practice under his belt, Coren
is not about to concede that osteo-
porosis is an inevitable fact of life.
With better diagnostics and new,
improved treatments, he is enthusi-
astic about taking on this disease.

“One of the things they teach you
in medical school,” says Coren, “is
that if you don’t think about the di-
agnosis, you can’t make the diagno-
sis,” and he says that’s one thing that
has gotten much better in regard to
osteoporosis.

“The family practitioners, primary
care physicians [and] OB-GYNs are
getting much, much more attuned
to the diagnosis of osteoporosis and
they’re doing a much better job,”
Coren says. “I think, as an orthope-
dist, we really weren’t concentrat-
ing on this for many years. It’s only
probably in the last five to 10 years
that some of us have begun to cham-
pion this problem.

“You have to almost be relentless”
in confronting the disease, he adds.

Relentless seems an apt word to
describe Coren’s passion for pre-
venting, diagnosing and properly
treating osteoporosis; he quickly
lists a number of things seniors
should insist on.

“First of all, you need to be
checked,” Coren states, citing safe
and painless bone density scans
as well as having vitamin D levels
checked. “Everybody talks about
calcium, but vitamin D is essential
in building bone and vitamin D is
very important in fighting other dis-
eases. If [vitamin D] levels are low,
it’s easily replaced and very inex-
pensively replaced. You can get over-
the-counter supplements for that.”

Next, Coren points to balance is-











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WINE COLUMN

In general, American wine labels could be more specific

BY DAVE MCINTYRE d’Origine Contrôlée (now renamed least a sub-area of the greater Sonoma far-west county differ demonstrably
The Washington Post Appellation d’Origine Protégée) was Coast region. from the greater Sonoma Coast AVA,”
established in the 1930s as a guard says Erin Brooks, proprietor of Ernest
On the label, Peay Vineyards wines against wine fraud. To earn an appel- The association includes wineries Vineyards, which sources pinot noir,
tout their origin on the “Sonoma lation name on the label, a wine had to familiar to fans of cool-climate Califor- chardonnay and other grapes from
Coast.” Wines produced several hours be produced in the appellation area, nia pinot noir and chardonnay: names vineyards throughout the western por-
drive south and inland, not far from using prescribed grape varieties and such as Littorai, Hirsch, Flowers, Hart- tions of Sonoma County.
the town of Sonoma and the San Fran- complying with limits on yields and al- ford Court and Red Car.
cisco Bay, are also labeled Sonoma coholic strength. The original Sonoma Coast AVA,
Coast, despite originating in a sunnier, They met with skepticism from the covering nearly 500,000 acres and
warmer climate. Bordeaux couldn’t be spiked with U.S. Treasury Department’s Alcohol stretching inland nearly to Carne-
wine from the Languedoc or Algeria, for and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, ros in the southern part of the county
That diverse geography and climate example. Burgundy could not legally be which regulates the AVA system. and to the Mendocino County line in
lead many to argue that Sonoma Coast, beefed up with syrah from the Rhône. the north, “helps no one — least of all
established as an official American Fans of Pommard could be confident “The TTB resisted because there was consumers,” she says.
Viticultural Area (AVA) in 1987, can they were indeed drinking pinot noir no historical reference to a West So-
be meaningless as a description of a from that appellation in Burgundy. noma Coast,” explains Andy Peay, who AVAs lack many of the strictures of
wine’s origin. handles business and marketing for European systems: After all, our vint-
The U.S. system is largely geographi- Peay Vineyards. His brother, Nick, runs ners are still experimenting with grape
Our AVAs were modeled after Europe- cal. The first AVA was approved in Mis- the vineyards, and Nick’s wife, Vanessa varieties in many regions, whereas the
an appellations, the regional designa- souri in 1980. Today, the federal govern- Wong, makes the wines. Europeans seem to have figured out
tions we see on a wine label. An appel- ment recognizes 239 AVAs, including long ago which grapes grow best where.
lation on a label tells us we’re drinking 138 in California. He acknowledged that the pro-
a wine from California, or from Napa, posed moniker seems nonsensical at Appellations in Europe are meant to
Sonoma or Paso Robles. Or Bordeaux, Nearly four dozen wineries make first blush: After all, there is no “East give consumers confidence in a wine’s
Burgundy, Chianti or Mendoza. Each wines from vineyards that hug So- Sonoma Coast.” But he noted that the authenticity and terroir, though the
country has its own appellation system, noma’s coastline. They formed the government had approved expansions system has been criticized for stifling
making it confusing for wine lovers to West Sonoma Coast Vintners associa- of the Sonoma Coast AVA and in 2012 innovation. Although our AVAs are
keep up with differing regulations. tion and in 2016 petitioned the fed- recognized the Fort Ross-Seaview nominally based on geography and,
eral government to recognize “West AVA, which is part of the western So- to some extent, climate, they also have
In France, the system of Appellation Sonoma Coast” as its own AVA, or at noma Coast region. marketing value. 

“The terroir and winemaking of the

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ON FAITH

Honorable, praiseworthy messages can bridge any gulf

sounds, attempting to capture something Dr. Carl Sagan.
of what we humans find most thrilling and
BY REV. DRS. CASEY AND BOB BAGGOTT awe-inspiring, what we care most about
Columnists and treasure most deeply. And maybe one
day, beings on a far distant planet will hear
In the spring of 1977 astronomer Dr. Carl those earth sounds, understanding and ap-
Sagan worked on a particularly interest- preciating what matters to us, and a great
ing project. He assisted NASA in compiling gulf will have been crossed.
a series of audio recordings to be placed
aboard the Voyager I and Voyager II space- Earth is but a tiny speck in a vast uni-
crafts. The recordings were produced in the verse, surrounded by gulfs of space on ev-
form of golden phonograph records which ery side, but aren’t we human beings sub-
had an estimated life of 1 billion years. jected to more than interplanetary gulfs?
It was hoped that in a far distant day, the At times it seems that we are at the edge
records might be discovered and heard by of seemingly unbridgeable gulfs of many
some other forms of life in some other hab- sorts – personal, political, cultural, eco-
itable worlds. nomic, religious – that seem to be widening
day by day, as misunderstanding escalates
As author David Grayson has percep- to mistrust, hatred and even violence. Is
tively noted, “We are all of us calling and there any hope for bridging the gulfs that
calling across the incalculable gulfs which separate us?
separate us.” And so, apparently, we are –
even calling across gulfs of outer space. The Apostle Paul once attempted to
teach a struggling community in Philippi
Do you know what sounds were sent out that their faith was capable of taking them
across the incalculable gulf which sepa- across the gulfs that divided them. Faith
rates earth from other worlds? The golden was a bridge of real power toward the prom-
records aboard Voyager I and II included ise and the joy available in life. Paul’s letter
greetings in 59 human languages and one to the people of Philippi concluded with
whale language; a 12-minute sound essay these words: “Finally, beloved, whatever is
including a kiss, a baby’s cry and an EEG re- true, whatever is honorable, whatever is
cord of the meditations of a young woman just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing,
in love; and 90 minutes of the earth’s great- whatever is commendable, if there is any
est recorded music including a Navajo excellence and if there is anything worthy
night chant, Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong, of praise, think about these things … and
Blind Willie Johnson and Chuck Berry’s the God of peace will be with you.”
“Johnnie B. Goode.”
Paul’s letter was a sort of golden record,
Presumably Sagan and the NASA scien- and while it hasn’t yet lasted the 1 billion
tists compiled that collection as the most years that the Voyager recordings are in-
intriguing and most significant of earth’s tended to last, its 2,000-year record is still
impressive. It links the best we humans
are capable of conceiving – what is true,
honorable, just, pure, pleasing, commend-
able, excellent and praiseworthy – with
the life of faith. It claims that focusing on
those things will heal our hearts and hold
our world together. That’s a message worth
preserving. It’s a message worth sharing
across every gulf. 







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REAL ESTATE

bathroom. Marble and diamond glass
tiles complement the dark wood van-
ity; dual water closets and a walk-in
rain-head shower finish off the room.

On windswept days, the master of
the house can tuck into a good book
in the master suite library. Book-
lined walls, a brass rail and ladder
and ocean-view window seat create
a literary haven made cozy by the
flicker of a gas fireplace with marble
surround.

The second floor is the heart of the
house, with the kitchen at its core.
Entertaining is a snap in this perfect-
ly-sized, cook’s kitchen.

Granite countertops and custom
tiles accent the walnut-topped center
island with copper prep sink, custom
pot rack and breakfast bar.

The six-burner Wolf gas stove,
hammered oversized copper sink,
Thermador warming drawer, ovens,
double Sub-Zero refrigerators and

VITAL STATISTICS
191 BEACHSIDE DRIVE

Community: Orchid Island Golf
& Beach Club
Year built: 2005

Lot size: 1.9 acres
(approximately166 feet wide by

497 feet deep)
Home size: 9,000 square feet
Construction: concrete block

Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 6-full, 2-half
Additional features: Located
in a gated and guarded com-
munity with exceptional golf,
tennis and beach amenities,
security system and cameras,
central vacuum, wine cellar, gas
fireplaces, dune walkway, eleva-
tor, linear A/C diffusers, cabana
guest suite, carriage house, pro-
pane tank, heated pool and spa.

Listing agency:
Dale Sorensen Real Estate

Listing agent:
Matilde Sorensen, 772-532-0010

Listing price: $7,990,000

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Bosch dishwashers ensure any gath- REAL ESTATE
ering can be handled.

The butler’s pantry provides an
extra staging area just off the formal
dining room. Floor-to-ceiling win-
dows open onto the porch and out-
side dining area for an unobstructed
view of the Atlantic.

Spanish marble and a wormy chest-
nut grid floor along with a beamed
ceiling in the dining room are addi-
tional examples of the extensive use
of handcrafted millwork in the home.

“The quality of the woodwork
and craftsmanship was important
to us,” says the owner. “Every room

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REAL ESTATE

has a different ceiling treatment.” areas,” explains the owner.
Even the powder room is resplen- Elegance and a focus on comfort

dent with fine details, with its ma- carry over into the guest bedrooms
hogany console and imported Mexi- with private porches, extensive
can hand-painted sink. crown molding, marble-topped sinks
and custom tiles.
The formal living room is bookend-
ed with view porches. The tongue- One bedroom and bath has cottage
and groove-beamed wood ceiling, style wainscoting and a Jacuzzi claw-
coral-fronted gas fireplace and cus- foot bathtub that was featured in a
tom cabinetry by John LaCorte add Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen
just the right amount of warmth and and Bath issue.
texture to the room.
The party starts on the bottom floor
A few steps from the fireplace, the of the house, which includes a game
onyx-topped bar is an inviting spot room with a built-in marble topped
for family and friends to catch up. The wet bar and entertainment system.
full bar fronts a 1,500-bottle wine cel- The slate floors and bath leading out-
lar with a separate refrigeration unit. side allow for pool and beach traffic.

The guest wing lies at the south end The covered lanai and summer
of the house with the breakfast nook kitchen overlook the gas-heated pool
and a cozy sitting area with a river- and hot tub. An exposed brick wall
stone fireplace and roll-top desk buff- creates contrast, texture and shadow
ering guests from the rest of the house. against the built-in gas grill and gas
or wood burning fireplace. The re-
“It’s a great family home but also frigerator, icemaker and stainless
good for a couple that has guests, steel sink located adjacent to the out-
because there are so many private

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door seating and dining area are per- REAL ESTATE
fect for hosting a barbecue on balmy
summer nights.

Head down to the beach on the
lighted, private dune walkway for a
moonlit stroll or toss beach toys into
the storage bench seating, and rinse
off in the shower before heading back
to the house after a day in the sun.

Outbuildings include a cabana
guest suite with private entrance, an
oversize storage room that can serve
as a media or fitness room, a 3-car
temperature-controlled garage, and a
carriage-house apartment atop a de-
tached 3-car garage.

“When I walk in my house, it feels
like home. It feels warm, loving and
inviting,” shares the owner. With four
grown children and a bevy of grand-
children in and out of the house, it’s
important to her that the cozy wood
and brick fortress be a sanctuary for
her family.

The Orchid Island community fea-
tures an outstanding West Indies-in-
spired Beach Club, 18-hole golf course
and golf clubhouse, tennis center, fit-
ness center, community pool and din-
ing venues. The exclusive community
is located near the Wabasso Causeway
a short drive up the coast from all that
Vero Beach has to offer in shopping,
dining and entertainment. 

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REAL ESTATE

What to expect in the housing market in 2017

BY DAVID CHARRON amount threshold only records the
Washington Post inflationary pressure that the hous-
ing market has seen.
After a relatively calm real estate Often when the threat of more-
market in 2016, we can expect some expensive mortgages looms, many Lenders are bringing a number of
changes to come in 2017, but it is un- homeowners who are thinking they new mortgage programs to the table
likely there will be any tumultuous will sell in the next few years consider that call for a modest down payment
upheaval in the next year. We have putting their property on the market and don’t require the buyers to pur-
seen inventory come back at a steady sooner rather than later because they chase an FHA loan. Typically, lenders
pace, and buyer demand is strong don’t want to run the risk of having require credit scores of at least 620,
enough that it will continue to keep to sell their home for less than they often over 650, to qualify. We’re also
the market moving as we go through could get for it now. Thus, early 2017 seeing more products from munici-
the next 12 months. will see higher activity than usual, pal housing agencies that assist many
but it is unlikely that inventory will be first-time home buyers. This is in ad-
Here are some specifics of what we so low that there won’t be enough to dition to the Fannie Mae and Freddie
can expect in 2017: carry us through the rest of the year. Mac programs that allow for as little
as a 3 percent down payment for first-
Market activity: As we close out Good news about financing: Even time home buyers with loan amounts
2016, the biggest news is the increase though rates are on the increase, below the conforming threshold.
in mortgage rates. The rate rise is sud- credit is not as hard to come by as it
den relative to the slow pace of any was just after the recession, and the The final piece of the financing
changes over the past several years. Federal Housing Finance Agency has puzzle is the influx of smaller banks
We saw this occur immediately after announced it will increase lending and non-bank lending institutions
the election results, with continued limits for 2017. The increase of the that have gotten into the lending
increases the week following. So far conforming loan limits is the first game. In addition to giving buyers
mortgage rates have gone up about 40 time these have changed since 2006. more opportunities to find a lender
basis points, and now that the Federal Previously, anything over $417,000 that meets their needs, it has also cre-
Reserve has announced its increase was considered a jumbo loan for our ated a more competitive landscape,
to interest rates, we can expect that market, but starting in 2017, the limit so lenders really need to focus on
mortgage rates will continue to rise. will rise to $424,100. keeping all the different pieces of a
The current rates already anticipated mortgage appealing to consumers. 
a Fed increase and potential positive Federal Housing Administra-
effects a Donald Trump administra- tion loan limits are also expected to You Are Invited.
tion might initially have. Typically, increase slightly, from $271,050 to
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so buyers aren’t subject to their rates
expiring before they close on a home.
For 2016, the median number of days
on market (the amount of time it took
for a property to sell) ranged from 44
in the winter to 14 during the peak
summer months, but we have seen
this drop to as low as nine days dur-
ing the years when there was little
supply to choose from.

Inventory: While it is possible that
the days on market could return to
that low level in 2017, it is unlikely
given the recent trend of an increase
in new listings. Sellers have finally re-
gained enough equity in their homes
to feel comfortable putting them on
the market. Also, because more-ex-
pensive mortgages make the over-
all cost of buying a home increase,
we may see price appreciation slow
down or, if rates rise considerably,
prices could tick downward.

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REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Dec. 23 to Dec. 29

Christmas week saw the barrier island real estate market take a holiday breather, with only 7 transactions
reported including one for more than $1 million.

The top sale of the week was of a waterfront home in John’s Island. The residence at 411 Sabal Palm Lane
was placed on the market Oct. 21, 2015, with an asking price of $3.4 million. The price was subsequently
reduced to $2.795 million. The sale closed on Oct. 23 for $2 million.

The seller in the transaction was represented Kay Brown of Premier Estate Properties. The purchaser was
represented by John’s Island Real Estate.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$737,100
$460,000
MARBRISA 80 LA CITA COURT 10/18/2016 $779,000 $779,000 12/29/2016 $635,000
SEMINOLE SHORES 2150 SEMINOLE SHORES LANE 10/5/2016 $515,000 $515,000 12/28/2016 $460,000
BETHEL BY THE SEA 207 CONN WAY 9/19/2016 $649,000 $649,000 12/28/2016 $2,000,000
DUNES 1330 WHITE HERON LANE 3/15/2016 $535,000 $510,000 12/23/2016 $915,000
JOHN’S ISLAND 411 SABAL PALM LANE 10/21/2015 $3,400,000 $2,795,000 12/23/2016
ORCHID ISLAND 50 CLUBHOUSE COURT 10/24/2016 $950,000 $950,000 12/16/2016 $300,000

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

KENTUCKY CLUB 1536 OCEAN DRIVE, #302B 3/25/2016 $400,000 $350,000 12/23/2016