Marion and Martin Merzer sold a three-bedroom, three-bath home at 2561 Bay Pointe Dr. at Weston to Salvatore Giannattasio for $497,500 on April 7.

The 3,225-square-foot house was built in 1999. It is in the Weston South of Glades Pkwy. neighborhood.

Mr. Merzer is the president at Martin Merzer Creative Services. He has served as a senior writer with The Miami Herald, as a media consultant at XM Satellite Radio and was a newsman for the Associated Press. He is the co-author of Jane's Crisis Communications Handbook and author of The Miami Herald Report: Democracy Held Hostage.

He received his B.A. in English communications at the City University of New York-Hunter College.

There were 1,034 sales in Weston in 2008, with a median price of $310,000.

Address: 2561 Bay Pointe Drive
Buyer(s): Salvatore Giannattasio
Seller(s): Martin H Merzer, Marion R Merzer and Martin H Merzer And Marion R Merzer (Revocable Trust)
Sale date: Apr. 7, 2009