Real Estate & Weddings on the Vineyard

By Joanna Fairchild, Sales Agent Ocean Park Realty & Wedding Planner, JF Weddings & Events

Next week is the busiest week of the summer between the Agricultural Fair in West Tibsury and Illumination night to the annual Fireworks Display in Oak Bluffs. It's a time most of us who live and work here begin [...]

Happy Fourth of July!

Wow! Today is July 2 , 2014 and it is about 81 degrees in Oak Bluffs and very windy. State Beach is definitely showing signs that summer is here on Martha's Vineyard! There are many cars, SUVs, trucks with licenses plates from all over CT, NY, Maryland, Florida, Texas and Florida! I love the Fourth of July because [...]

One summer, in the early 1970s, my brother and I were biking from Oak Bluffs to Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard when we came upon a very strange sight. Hundreds of people were on the beach, screaming and splashing in the water in an almost comical way. It seemed like mayhem for no apparent reason. A toothy, wide-mouth mechanical shark sat on [...]

So you havent booked your vacation rental yet If you are one of the many procrastinators out there who dragged their snowy feet and didnt book their vacation home yet and are NOW wondering What am I going to do Dont worry you are not alone. Just call Ocean Park Rentals 508 696-RENT or visit us at www.oceanparkrentals.com and we will take [...]

Daylight savings is here and Spring will be official in 10 days! With that said it is a perfect time to list your home! The inventory in certain markets is somewhat depleted, there are very few homes for sale in downtown Oak Bluffs...The lowest price home in the Copeland district is $440,000 and under agreement...next home for sale is [...]

Where have all the houses gone? Inventory is plummeting as we speak! According to leading governmental indicators, residential home prices in 2013 posted their largest gain since 2005. And, more recently, sales of newly built homes surged by 9.6% in January from the previous month. Most of this activity has taken place in the Northeast [...]

The days are getting longer and Spring is getting closer! Come take a look at this Beautiful Custom Built home " Shows like a BRAND NEW HOME" 5 Bedroom, 4.5 baths, wood floors, Central AC, Irrigation, 2 car garage, apartment above garage, finished basement w/media and recreation room! Separate utility rooms, storage rooms.........oh a [...]

OAK BLUFFS: Modern Contemporary Cape located in the lovely private development of Hidden Cove. Offering private dock and boat mooring! This home offers an OPEN BRIGHT SUNFILLED LIVING AND DINING AREA.. 3 sliders in dining area OPEN to a LARGE NEWER MAHOGANY DECK AND BRICK PATIO! ... First floor bedroom and full bath, wood burning [...]

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Alan Schweikert, owner and principal broker at Ocean Park Realty in Oak Bluffs, started selling real estate 40 years ago. He and his agents now sell more than a third of all homes sold in Oak Bluffs. We asked him a few questions about his four decades in O.B. Q.: What year did you first arrive on the Vineyard? Alan Schweikert: It was [...]