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Tag: St. Augustine real estate

  • Jacksonville Aviation Expansion and Real Estate Impact

    Jacksonville Aviation Expansion and Real Estate Impact

    JAX is adding gates, parking, customs-related facilities, and aviation-maintenance capacity, and the real estate effect depends heavily on where you buy. This post separates the investment signal from what it does and does not prove for North Jacksonville and St. Augustine.

  • Offer on a Florida Home Accepted? St. Augustine Timeline

    Offer on a Florida Home Accepted? St. Augustine Timeline

    An accepted contract starts a series of deadlines, and each one belongs to a different party: the buyer, the lender, the title company, or you. This lays out who handles what between acceptance and closing in St. Augustine and Jacksonville.

  • Closing Process for a Seller in Northeast Florida

    Closing Process for a Seller in Northeast Florida

    The signing is the short part of a Florida seller’s closing. The payoff, deed recording, and disbursement steps behind it decide when proceeds arrive and what comes off the top.

  • St. Augustine Real Estate and the Trader Joe’s Effect

    St. Augustine Real Estate and the Trader Joe’s Effect

    A Trader Joe’s is proposed for the Legends Landing development along International Golf Parkway, and buyers are already asking what it means for St. Johns County home values. Here’s what the confirmed facts show, what remains a projection, and how to think about amenity-driven real estate decisions.

  • What It Really Costs to Sell a House in St. Augustine

    What It Really Costs to Sell a House in St. Augustine

    Selling a home in St. Augustine or Jacksonville involves more than agent compensation. Florida’s Documentary Stamp Tax, title-related charges, mortgage payoff, prorated taxes, and negotiated concessions all affect what you walk away with, and several of those line items depend on your contract terms and closing date rather than any fixed rate.

  • Brightline and St. Augustine Real Estate Decisions

    Brightline and St. Augustine Real Estate Decisions

    Brightline holds trackage rights through Northeast Florida and a federally funded Cocoa station anchors the corridor, but no committed station exists yet for Jacksonville or St. Augustine as of September 2026. Here is what that distinction means for buyers, sellers, and investors making real estate decisions right now.

  • Ritz-Carlton Residences Hammock Dunes Sets a Flagler County Sales Record

    Ritz-Carlton Residences Hammock Dunes Sets a Flagler County Sales Record

    There is no Ritz-Carlton project in Flagler Beach proper, the development is the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Hammock Dunes in Palm Coast, Flagler County, about an hour south of St. Augustine. Both North Tower penthouses were reserved in June 2025 for roughly $20 million total, setting a new residential sales record for Flagler County.

  • First Coast Expressway Impact on NE Florida Real Estate

    First Coast Expressway Impact on NE Florida Real Estate

    The First Coast Expressway (SR 23) is a $1.8 billion toll corridor connecting Duval, Clay, and St. Johns counties, with Clay County segments now open and full completion projected around 2030–2031. Understanding where each phase stands today matters for buyers, sellers, and investors evaluating properties anywhere along the Jacksonville–St. Augustine corridor.

  • Northeast Florida’s Top Retirement Communities

    Northeast Florida’s Top Retirement Communities

    Northeast Florida’s top retirement communities offer a genuine choice between ownership and rental, from the newly opened Regency at EverRange in Jacksonville to Reverie at SilverLeaf and Del Webb Nocatee in St. Johns County. Each community brings resort-style amenities, active social programming, and proximity to world-class healthcare. Here’s how to sort through the options and…

  • Historic Homes in St. Augustine: Worth the Investment?

    Historic Homes in St. Augustine: Worth the Investment?

    St. Augustine’s historic homes offer something new construction simply can’t replicate: a fixed supply of architecturally irreplaceable properties in the nation’s oldest city, with strong long-term appreciation and genuine short-term rental demand. But buying smart means understanding preservation rules, insurance realities, and renovation costs before you close. Here’s what every serious buyer needs to know.