Page 7 - Martin Downs Bulletin - April '20

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Treasure Coast Real Estate Treasure Coast have been up dramatically. In January definitely better than a Certificate of Deposit paying a
Report they were up 25.2 percent in Martin County and 22.2 half-percent.
Jim Weix is a Broker Associate with The Keyes
percent in St. Lucie County, compared to the previous
January. This is despite the fact that there are fewer homes Company. Jim has 24 years of experience selling real
Record Low Mortgage Rates Are Prompting for sale. estate full time. If you have questions or want the services
More Home Sales After the emergency rate cut, the average 30-year of an experienced expert, you can reach Jim at (772)
By Jim Weix fixed-rate mortgage hit a 50-year record low of 3.29 341-2941 or jimweix@jimweix.com.
If you are renting, it is percent. Between the coronavirus and the stock market,
time to stop throwing your it is anyone’s guess what will happen, but nobody is
money away, and buy a predicting a housing market crash.
home or condo. If you are Many people smarter than me predict that the Feds will
thinking of selling, now is be doing more rate cuts. (This article is written a month
the time to do it. before it is published.) After the half-percent rate cut, it
Even before the was 1 to 1.5 percent. Wall Street is predicting it could be
emergency rate cut of a cut to 0 percent! Vine Trivia
half-percent by the U. S. Although real estate price increases are leveling off, we
Federal Reserve on March are still seeing increases. Right now, investing in a home
3, homes sales on the certainly looks less volatile than the stock market and is Uncorked

By Laura Berrio,
Freelance Writer/
Blogger
1. What temperature
should red wine be
stored at and served at?
Red wine should be
stored at 55 degrees in
a wine refrigerator or
cellar.
Red wine s hould
be served at room
temperature … to clarify
… not room temperature
here in Florida … room
temperature in a nice
cool wine cellar … 70
degrees.
2. What color grapes
are used to make white
wine?
Red grapes!
3. How many grapes
does it take to make a
bottle of wine?
On average it takes
736 grapes to make one bottle.
4. How many bubbles in a bottle of champagne?
Almost 58 million!
5. Is the practice of walking on grapes (Think I Love
Lucy) still used in wine making?
It is! Usually when producing small quantities of
high end port wines.
6. What has the highest alcohol content: wine, beer
or whiskey?
Standard serving sizes of all alcohol beverages –
beer, wine, and liquor – are equal in alcohol strength
and effect on the body.
7. What type of wine has the lowest calories?
Dry and low alcohol content wines are the lowest
in calories … although I would rather drink what I
like and cut calories somewhere else!
8. What happens to red and white wine as they age?
Red wine gets lighter in color and white wine gets
Call Now for Your darker in color.
9. How much pressure is there in a bottle of
AC TUNE-UP champagne?
The pressure in a bottle of champagne is 90
pounds per square inch, about three times that in your
automobile tire.
10. Are you scared to open a bottle of champagne?
Now you have a reason to be! How fast does a cork
travel when you open it?
A flying cork can travel up to 50 mph.
~ Cheers
~ Keep the conversation going
and the wine flowing!

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