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    Rewarded With Awards

    By Dr. Marvin | January 31, 2025

    A month has already passed since the holiday season wrapped up and the typically wild and crazy New Years celebrations dropped on Key West. 2025 is off to an exciting start with the Key West real estate market setting up for another strong year and the... Read More

    Happy New Year Key West

    By Dr. Marvin | December 27, 2024

    The New Year is close but we remain full of Christmas cheer in Key West—it doesn’t hurt to be grabbing shorts instead of snow shovels with temps in the mid-70s. It has been a fun holiday season, with young and old, visitors and locals alike enjoying al... Read More

    Holiday Time in the Island City

    By Dr. Marvin | November 29, 2024

    It’s time to give thanks for a great 25th anniversary year here at Bascom Grooms Real Estate. Key West has had a year-long calendar of exciting special events, some thrilling weather, and a steady stream of visitors arriving for it all. Now we welcome ... Read More

    Events of the Season

    By Dr. Marvin | October 25, 2024

    Key West Fantasy Fest 2024 was a rousing success, with thousands of folks on hand to partake of a myriad of special events and enjoy the generally jubilant party vibe that Key West always delivers. Now Halloween is creeping up on the Island City as ano... Read More

    Changing the Map of Key West

    By Dr. Marvin | September 27, 2024

    Florida House Representatives have renamed State Route A1A and put Jimmy Buffett on the map. SB 84 sponsor Florida Senator Lauren Book (D): “With this road naming, we are paying tribute to Jimmy not only as a musical icon, but also a fierce protector o... Read More

    Honoring an Island Legend

    By Dr. Marvin | August 30, 2024

    Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Florida: That August 30, 2024, is recognized as “Jimmy Buffett Day” in Florida to celebrate the life and music of Jimmy Buffett, whose free-spirited life and significant contrib... Read More

    The People Have Spoken!

    By Dr. Marvin | July 26, 2024

    Bascom Grooms does it again — Keys Weekly Newspapers 2024 People’s Choice Awards winner for Best Realtor! That makes it 11 years straight, with Bascom holding down the category in an unbroken sweep since the first running of the popular local competiti... Read More

    Hot Fun in the Summertime

    By Dr. Marvin | June 29, 2024

    The summer off-season is now the full-on season in Key West, with a packed and always-expanding lineup of summer fun and festivity beginning in June and ramping into high gear on the 4th of July with fireworks and special events up and down the length ... Read More

    Hurricane Season Arrives in the Keys

    By Dr. Marvin | May 31, 2024

    Hurricanes are a part of life along the Gulf and Southern Atlantic coastlines, and certainly in Florida and the Florida Keys. Miami and Key West are considered America’s most hurricane-prone cities, but people find that the attractions of life in tropi... Read More

    Bascom Grooms Real Estate Marks 25 Years of Success

    By Dr. Marvin | April 26, 2024

    For Bascom Grooms and his team at Bascom Grooms Real Estate, April 2024 marks 25 years of dedication to embracing small-town business values and delivering personalized customer service to every client who walks through their doors looking for help wit... Read More