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Jacksonville on Forbes Best Retirement Places 2011

March 31, 2011

Jacksonville on the Forbes Best Retirement Places List YES!  We made it on the list! Forbes list are always a mystery to me.  Year to year cities can make the list and then be completely off the list for the next few years.  Do they change their criteria?  Do they have a sophisticated algorithm that [...]

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Why this Jacksonville home sold in 5 days

February 15, 2011

Why did this home sell in 5 days? The Owner: Fully understanding the competition, the owners of this home made every possible cosmetic repair, curb appeal, and cleaning effort to a home that was already in great condition. The Price: We studied the comparable homes that had sold recently, and priced aggressively from the beginning. [...]

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Jacksonville FL Highest in Real Estate Price Reductions

August 6, 2010

We are #1 !!! Not that we should be, but we (Jacksonville) are #1 on a recent report for price reductions.  The data showed that out of all the major housing markets in the United States, Jacksonville surged ahead with 54% of all current listings on the market have had a price reduction.  (that’s really [...]

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2010 Real Estate Predictions

January 6, 2010

In the past month there has been numerous real estate predictions from hundreds of sources.  Economist, local papers, national papers, National Association of Realtors, local realtors, mortgage brokers, talk show host, etc.  Just about everyone of them fall into one of 3 categories: The Prices are going down The Prices are stabilizing The Prices are [...]

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Jacksonville Homes: Number 5 in the country for Best Buys

October 1, 2009

Jacksonville Homes rank as a Top 5 for best deals in the country! Check out this video!  This is one of the leading experts in the real estate world, Barbara Corcoran, talking about the top 5 best places to get a good deal in the country in a good location. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, [...]

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Home Appreciation Map of Jacksonville, FL

June 9, 2009

Not a surprise on this map.  Just about every area of Jacksonville is down in value as is most of the rest of the free world.  Even some of the “Best Locations” suffer equally as bad in this real estate down cycle. Some of the North Jacksonville homes are actually appreciating.   Zip Codes for appreciation [...]

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Jacksonville Real Estate is 20/20

May 5, 2009

We are right back where we started! My wife and I always kick ourselves for not buying the little home we rented when we first moved to Jacksonville in 2001.  The house was just south of San Marco in an area called Miramar.  It was a great little red brick house with 3 bedrooms and [...]

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Jacksonville Real Estate and National Trend

April 16, 2009

Who is Buying Jacksonville Real Estate? . Based on National Trends, the number of people buying their 1st home is rising. In 2008, the trend continued with 41% of all Buyers being 1st timers vs 36% in 2006.  That is a substantial increase in just a few years.  Another interesting statistic indicates the age of [...]

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