Duck Key Community in the Florida Keys

  

 

The island community of Duck Key in the Florida Keys is pictured above. Duck Key is a small islet located at mile marker 61 off the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys. The Hawk's Cay Resort and Village can be seen in the foreground with the homes of the residential Duck Key community behind. Vehicles cross over the island's canals by way of picturesque arched bridges. In the distance is Grassy Key which is part of Marathon. Sixty miles further south is Key West.

  

COMMUNITY AND VISITOR PORTAL 

This Duck Key community website is a portal to the real world community of Duck Key in the Florida Keys. Duck Key Online created this community website as a resource to residents and visitors of the island community. The site goes beyond serving up local content, and hopes to become a community asset and strengthen relationships within the community by focusing on friends, civic groups and organizations, social clubs, and community businesses.

 

DUCK KEY ISLAND LODGING

A number of different sources of lodging on Duck Key are available. The list starts with the destination resort, Hawk's Cay. This is the largest resort in the Florida Keys. To see the entire list go to Duck Key Accommodations.

 

HOTELS AND MOTELS IN THE GREATER FLORIDA KEYS

To find hotels and motels and other forms of lodging elsewhere in the Keys go to Key West and the Greater Florida Keys.

 

CONTENT AND SERVICE FEATURES

Here you will find comprehensive information about the residential community, resort lodging and the business community. You'll find detailed information on Duck Key island history, architecture and ecology. Portions of the community site focus on the Duck Key Property Owners' Association, the Club at Duck Key and the Hawk's Cay Village Property Owners' Association.

Links to Duck Key weather and hurricane hotline information are included as well.

Community residents, groups and organizations, and businesses are provided web space to add items of interest such as news, fliers and coupons and community events in an effort to increase communication and information sharing.

 

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AND HAWKS CAY VILLAS FOR SALE

ABOVE : Canal front Home for sale on Center Island - $1,495,000 - 194 S. Indies - 3 BR/2BA - posted 1/2008

The site provides residents and realtors with the ability to list homes and property for sale on the island.

A complete listing of homes for sale together with real estate sold in the last thirty-six months may be found under Real Estate and Home Sales

A listing of villas for sale at Hawk's Cay Resort and Village may be found at Indies Inn - Hawk's Cay Villas under Real Estate and Home Sales.

 

MONROE COUNTY RECORDS - DUCK KEY PROPERTIES SOLD LAST SIXTEEN MONTHS

Sale Pending - $495,000 - posted 1/2008, 5103 Sunset Village Drive - Conch 2 BR/2.5BA in Sunset Village area , previously sold for $216,400 on 7/1999.

Sale Contingent - $495,000 - 5078 SUNSET VILLAGE DR 12/2007, previously sold for $227,300 on 10/1999.

Sold for $1,100,000 - posted 1/2008, Sale Contingent posted 11/2007 - 1128 Greenbriar

Sold - 5033 Sunset Village conch villa on 05/04/2007 for $248,500 for Quick Claim.

Sold - $445,000 - 5075 Sunset Drive, 2 BR/ 2.5 BA - 1/2008 previously SOLD for $575,000 on 5/2006, on 11/2002 sold for $305,000, on 8/1999 sold for $216,500.

2014 Marina Villa - original price $1,195,000, Sold for $924,500 on 12/2007, previously SOLD on 4/19/2005 for $865,000. earlier Sold on 12/1997 for $199,900

147 Indies South - sold for $425,000 on 11/15/07, previously sold for $810,000 on 7/26/2005

5052 Sunset Village Dr - Sold for $475,000 on 10/07, previously sold for $295,000 on 07/2001

4401 Marina Villa Drive - sold for $395,000. 10/15/2007

188 Indies South - Sold for $1,150,000 on 10/5/2007, previously sold for $1,700.000 on 2/2007, now listed for sale at $1,650,000.

178 Indies South - Sold for $1,275,000 on September 26, 2007, original price $1,695,000

272 West Seaview Drive - sold for $1,425,000 on 9/12/2007, previously sold for $1,060,000 on 10/2006. Prior to selling for $1,060,000 in 2006 had been listed at $1,395,000 then $1,350,000

6006 Marina Villa Dr. - Sold for $425,000 on 09/14/07 by Washington Mutual Bank, original price $869,000, had been LIS PENDENS in December 2006,

416 Harbour Dr - Sold for $1,700,000 - 8/30/2007, original price $1,850,000

5113 Sunset Village Dr - Sold for $510,000 on 8/28/07, original price $699,000

7013 Harbor Village Drive - Sold for $450,000 on 8/27/07, original price $499,000

316 East Seaview Drive sold for $1,350,000 - 8/15/2007, original price $1,799,000 1/2006

239 West Seaview Circle sold $670,000. 6/12/2007

8301 Marina Villa Drive - original asking price July 2006, $899,000. Relisted at $599,000, sold for $550,000. 6/26/2007

305 Calamondin Street - list price $2,900,000, sold $2,800,000. 5/10/2007

5063 Sunset Village - Hawk's Cay original price $725,000, sold $497,500. 5/09/2007

5033 Sunset Village - sold $248,500. 5/04/2007

5059 Sunset Village Drive - Hawk's Cay listed for $517,000, sold $475,000. 4/23/2007

235 West Seaview Drive - sold for $670,200. 3/15/2007

Hawk's Cay Villa # 7014 - original price $599,000 - sold for $480,000. - 3/09/2007

Singh Company sells Hawk's Cay Villa # 7064 Harbor Drive - list price $1,000,000. Sold February 16, 2007 to to BH/NV Hawk's Cay Property Holdings for $1,600,000

Hawk's Cay Investors sells Hawk's Cay Resort for $79,000,000. to BH/NV Hawk's Cay Property Holdings on 2/16/2007

Singh Company - 4 sign parcels sold for $1,600,000. to BH/NV Hawk's Cay Property Holdings - February 14, 2007

254 West Seaview Dr. - listed at $1,395,000 - sold for $1,375,000 - 2/2007

Hawk's Cay - Villa 7046 Harbor Drive - Sold - January 2007 for $612,500. Previously sold for $695,000 in November of 2004

4403 Marina Villa Dr. - listed for $1,200,000 - sold for $950,000 - 1/ 09/2007

Hawk's Cay - Villa 5089 Sunset Village Dr. - sold 12/26/ 2006 for $490,000 - previously listed for $700,000 in November 2005, then reduced several times until November 2006 asking price of $550,000.

Hawk's Cay Villa - $695,000 - 5021 Sunset Village Drive - Conch 2 BR/2.5BA in Sunset Village area - Sold for $683,000 - closed 11/2006

Hawk's Cay - Villa 5106 Sunset Village Drive closed September 2006 sold for $620,000.

 

To see listings of properties for sale by island on Duck Key follow the links below.

Commercially zoned - Indies Island (Hawk's Cay Village villas and condo units)

Residentially zoned - Center Island, Plantation Island, Harbour Island, and Yacht Club Island.

 

IMAGES OF DUCK KEY

For a 1960s promotional illustration mapping the island click HERE. Additional photos may be seen on the Duck Key History pages.

For collection of other photos of Duck Key go to aerial and historic images of Duck Keys.

Collection of pictures of Duck Key and Indies House from 1950s to more recent times.

 

JACK STARK POSTCARDS

 

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Most recent addition to pictures of Duck Key - Postcard image of guest villa. The veranda portion at the left side has since been enclosed

The text on the card reads

Duck Key Villa - French Influence

'St. Pierre', a beautiful two story villa on Duck Key, illustrates the French influence on West Indian architecture. Note the beautiful wrought iron staircase and decorative scrollwork. The soft colour of the Duck Key villas matched with the aged tile roofs imparts the mellow restfulness of the semi-tropical island 95 miles south of Miami."

This was one of a several postcards of Duck Key sites and the Indies House published in the early 1960s by Jack Stark of Coral Gables and printed by Dexter Press of West Nyack, NY. Go to Additional Jack Stark postcards to see images of Villa St. Pierre, Villa Jamaica, and Villa Trinidad.

 

WHAT'S NEW ON DUCK KEY - FEBRUARY 2008

1. Hawks Cay Resort News - resort name change, doctored image of Duck Key does not include Harbour Island or Utility Island, renovation costs, unrest, formation of a independent rental program not connected to Hawks Cay, noise, award finalist nomination

2. New information on Duck Key history - Roy Cohn and F.B.I. Investigation

3. Sherry Popham - Duck Key Noteable

4. Real Estate News and Foreclosures in the Florida Keys, Key West and Florida

To find out the latest about home sales in the Florida Keys and Key West together with statistics about foreclosures go to Real Estate News and Foreclosures February 2008

The chart below showing the imbalance between inventory of homes for sale and the number sold has been updated for the third quarter 2007.

 

	end of 2002	end of 2003	end of 2004	end of 2005	end of 2006		as of 2nd quarter 2007	as of 3rd quarter 2007
Number of Sales	3089	3390	3510	2752	1500		767	1068
Aver. Sale Price	323K	433K	563K	782K	802K		746K	744K
Number for Sale	1822	1810	1818	3469	4,629		4559	4349

 

5. Real Estate News and Forecasts - February 2008

An abundance of inventory - For every ten homes on residential Duck Key approximately one in ten was for sale this January 2008. Just a few years ago there were only a total of ten residential homes on the market and realtors complained that too few home were available to show interested buyers. Now it is a buyers' market with home owners competing with bank owned and foreclosed homes and short sales. Two residential properties on Duck Key are currently in preforeclosure.

On the commercial Indies side of Duck Key one in every eleven villas and condos was for sale this January 2008. Word has it that more than ten properties are in preforeclosure. Fewer villas are for sale now than previously as many owners have pulled their properties from the sale listing. Some are listing their property exclusively with a realtor so a listing does not appear with the multiple listing service.

One in eleven properties may seem like a lot, but down the road in Marathon, Tranquility Bay Beach House Resort had 28 out of 87 units for sale in January 2008. That's about one in every three Tranquility properties for sale. For more go to Real Estate News and Forecasts - February 2008

6 .Wastewater Information

How Duck Key was exempted from Conch Key Sewer Project because of politics. Political ruse kept Duck Key from being included.

Ed Swift letter "State of Florida's sewer priorities are not in sync with reality".

Keys struggles to obtain sewer funding while U.S. will pay for Tijuana, Mexico plant.

Duck Key Wastewater District - FKAA Update July 2007

WasteWater Presentation to Duck Key Property Owners June 19, 2007

7. Link to construction pictures of Hawk's Cay - New February pictures of the pool area, lagoon, and rum bar in the lobby.

8. Bargains? - Some properties selling for less

9. Florida Keys Aquaduct Authority

Can you taste the difference? Brackish Floridan Aquifer water again blended with the primary freshwater supply from the Biscayne Aquifer starting December 1.

Low Flow Toilet Retrofit program that offers $100 for each older, inefficient toilet that customers replace with a newer 1.6 or less gallon per flush model. Go to FKAA for information

 

WHAT'S NEW ON DUCK KEY - OCTOBER 2007

1. Expanded material on Duck Key builder Bryan Winslow Newkirk. Interior design images of the Newkirk home from 1958 Architectural Digest.

2. October News Release on Behringer Harvard - Since Behringer Harvard announced that it had acquired a majority interest in the Hawk’s Cay Resort it has made a number of other acquisitions. One of interest is its partnership in the development of Royal Island in the Bahamas. Behringer Harvard continues to invest billions of dollars in commercial real estate.

3. How much is your Duck Key home worth?

4. Additional material added to Insurance Inspection letter

 

ARCHIVES

Go to the archives for past months and year's postings of news and information items.

Humorous posting in March 2006 - Monroe County Sheriff's Arrest Records reveal surprises.

Posted in February - some history on the Playboy video filmed on Duck Key and in Marathon in 1984.

 

LINKS TO PAST REAL ESTATE NEWS FROM DUCK KEY ONLINE

September 2007 Real Estate News - Facts and figures on residential home sales. (Duck Key trends, Florida Keys, Tropical Breezes, Foreclosures, Economic trends in Monroe County)

Price Declines - Buy High, Sell Low - September 2007

For more go to Real Estate News - May 2007 - Facts and figures on residential home sales. (Duck Key trends, Florida Keys, Tropical Breezes, Economic trends in Monroe County, Real Estate Bubble)

Florida Keys, Key West and Duck Key Real Estate News 2006

Duck Key Real Estate News - Summer 2006 - The Monroe County Online Data Center

Monroe County Records also provides Maps of Duck Key presenting a visual representation of real estate sales for years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

 

SEARCH DUCK KEY ONLINE

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You may also search the the entire world wide web. Activate the radio button "WWW", type in your subject word, and click on Google Search.

 

 

WWW SEARCH DUCK KEY ONLINE

 

MESSAGE BOARD - We have had to remove the interactive element from the community message board because of almost daily submittals by spammers. While we are able to remove these messages they interfere with the workings of the board and may be viewable for hours until we take them down. If you wish your comments and opinions to be read by island residents you can post them by sending e-mail to info@duckkeyonline.com

 

RESIDENT COMMUNITY

The site offers island residents a chance to become part of a single-focused, special-interest online community. The website offers several features for sharing information and communicating with the community. Since the Duck Key community has year round residents, seasonal and part time "snow birds" residents, owners of vacation properties and business properties, the power of the Internet would seem to be an ideal means of bringing the people, businesses, and organizations in the community closer together.

Free web space is offered to individual residents and nonprofit organizations for disseminating information of interest to their membership and the community at large. A community calendar showing scheduled events and activities, and an archive file for community publications are resources available for use by the community.

 
BUSINESS COMMUNITY SPONSORS

In addition to the website's goal of providing residents with news and information on island goings on, this Duck Key Online Community website will serve as an interactive business directory. The site offers businesses a chance to have a web space with pictures, individual design and links for a nominal fee. Fees from sponsoring businesses are used support the development of the community website.

Information on Realtors and home sales together with information on local fishing guides and vacation accommodations available at Hawk's Cay Resort, the Duck Key Botels, and the Duck Inn is presently provided on the site.

Business and commercial entities desiring to be part of the online community can find out more about listing products and services by clicking on Free and Fee Services.

 

NEWS ITEMS

When you belong to an online community, you can keep in touch with other community members. News worthy items affecting the community will periodically be placed in the archives and links placed in the WHAT'S NEW section of this index page.

SUBMITTING INFORMATION

If you'd care to submit information for inclusion in the website, its archives, calendar or newsletter, e-mail the information to Duck Key Online. The process for submitting information, sending files and photos in e-mail is fairly simple but sometimes the recipient's e-mail program can't decode the attachment or lacks the software the original file was created in. Before e-mailing an attachment Read Here.

 

 

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A list of some links to various sections to the site is provided below.

 

RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY OVERVIEW

DUCK KEY HISTORY

 

INDIANS AND SPANISH

HISTORIC NOTES ON DUCK KEY

NAMING OF DUCK KEY

SALT PONDS

ISLAND MECCA

HURRICANE DONNA

CANAL BUILDING

TREASURE ON DUCK KEY

BOTELS

LOGO

HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS

ZANE GREY

PRESIDENT TRUMAN

ISLAND GROWTH

 

 

 

 

 

OLD GATEWAY ENTRANCE

 

VENETIAN BRIDGES

 

ARCHITECTURE

TREES

BEAUTIFICATION

 

REAL ESTATE AND HOME SALE LISTINGS - BY ISLAND

 

INDEX

YACHT CLUB ISLAND

PLANTATION ISLAND

CENTER ISLAND

HARBOUR ISLAND

INDIES ISLAND

E-MAIL

 

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