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Rewarded With Awards
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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