Port Aransas, TX

PORT ARANSAS, Texas - The Newport Dunes Golf Course has been open for over a year and has been a popular addition to our community. Cybergolf.com has just published a a great review of the course.

"It's also the perfect spot for a true links-style course, a vision that Arnold Palmer Design Group turned into reality with Newport Dunes Golf Club. Weighing in at 6,821 wind-swept yards from the tips, the par-71 track meanders through sweeping, untamed native dunes and offers spectacular views of both the Gulf of Mexico and Corpus Christi Bay."

Read the entire review here.

PORT ARANSAS, Texas - I must confess that I have been remiss in posting updates in recent weeks. With that in mind, here are a few highlights:

• The Port Aransas real estate market performed far better than most last year. Total 2009 sales were 8% below 2008 levels. Many of the sales were in new developments such as Cinnamon Shore and Village Walk.
• Overall condo and home pricing appears to be flat, but that is in part due to numerous high-end properties that have somewhat skewed the average pricing numbers.
• Commercial and residential lot pricing continues to fall and in some cases has returned to 2003 levels.
• Local property management companies report early indicators of another very strong year for tourism and vacation rentals.
• Our Winter Texan friends are here in great numbers. Unfortunately, we are in the midst of a typical "El Nino" Winter with wet conditions. Alas, it will be hot and sunny in no time.
• In 2010 residents and visitors will enjoy the Port Aransas Nature Preserve that opened late last year. The new Port Aransas Skate Park will be opening in a few weeks and will be a popular new addition to our community.
• The first big Spring Break Weekend is March 13th (only a few weeks away).

PORT ARANSAS, Texas - What began as an opportunity presented by the Texas General Land Office in 2002 has finally come to fruition. The 1,200 acre Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture is open and offers residents and visitors a new way to explore Mustang Island.

“It’s a chance for people to walk into nature,” said Joan Holt, the University of Texas Marine Science Institute’s director of fisheries and mariculture who helped develop the birding sites in the preserve. “People of any age and ability can get a view of an area not a lot of people could get to before. I think it will be used a lot for enjoying nature and sunsets and, of course, bird watching.”

Read the Corpus Christi Caller Times article on the new Port Aransas Nature Preserve.

Photo: George Gongora - Caller Times

Thank you for visiting the Port Aransas real estate blog.

Keith McMullin – Broker/Realtor

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