What it’s like to visit South Padre Island in Texas – Insider

The penthouse at Las Costas is for sale for $3 million. Furcron Realtors

I came across this six-bedroom, six-and-a-half-bathroom, beachfront penthouse apartment spread over two floors. The property features a wrap-around balcony, staff quarters, premium appliances, a garage, and comes fully furnished.

There are only 7 units within the property, compared to other penthouses on the island in much larger buildings.

Mickey Furcron, the agent representing the home, has been selling real estate on SPI since 1990. He told Insider he's witnessed a tremendous increase in real estate sales on the island in the past 18 months.

"It was like the doors were blown open," he said by phone. "Everyone who didn't know about SPI discovered we were here."

Furcron said that in years past, a property would be on the market for approximately nine months or longer. "Now," he said, "within a couple of days you have multiple offers of more than the list price."

Pre-pandemic, Furcron said home buyers came to SPI from the US, Canada, and Mexico, but now are mostly from the United States in places like Austin, Dallas, Houston, the Midwest, East Coast, and Colorado.

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