August ended with a rush of closings and three very deserving St. Augustine realtors coming out on top! Everyone worked hard and we ended the month with over $4 million in sales and over $2.7 million in closings. If only the sales numbers would all move over to the closing’s board! Hopefully our talented crew can grant that wish in September!
Our Top Producer for August is Mirtha Barzaga. She closed 5 transactions for a total of $806,200! Mirtha was also our Top Sales Agent in July. She is on a roll selling Jacksonville FL real estate and she can’t be stopped!
The Top Sales Agent for August is Ted Tyndall. He sold over $400,000 for the month and we couldn’t be happier to see his name on this list! Ted is very involved with ICI Homes in Palencia and would be happy to show you some beautiful Bella Terra models! If you want to keep up to date on all the Northeast Florida real estate news, “like” Ted’s Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Northeast-Florida-Real-Estate/112379062129605?ref=ts
Our Top Listing Agent (with no surprise) is Suzy Evans! She had almost $600,000 in listings sold and a total sales volume for the month of $849,300. She was our Top Lister last month and our Top Lister for the 2nd Quarter. Suzy is known to stay at 100 mph and boy does she get things done! We are very lucky to have her on the Davidson Team.
We want to thank all of our wonderful agents for their hard work this month. Now lets get to work on those closings in September!
Each month we love to feature one of our talented Jacksonville realtors and for August we’d like to introduce you to Dottie Lay! Dottie is a very special lady to me and to everyone in the office, so I thought what better way to highlight her than to ask her co-workers what makes Dottie so great and here is what they said:
“Dottie is a team player! She’s always available to share her experience and to lend solid advice to other agents. She has cultivated a long list of referral business from her dedication to her buyers and sellers. A true professional. I aspire to be Dottie one day!”
“As a new agent with Davidson she was always ready to answer my question in spite of the amount of business she was doing. She made herself available & I thank her for that as well as the kind words and support she is known for. Truly successful people share their talents…that is Dottie.”
“Dottie is very professional. She is competent and people trust her. She works very hard for her customers.”
“When I was a new agent, Dottie ALWAYS found time to pick up her phone if I called for advice. She is a true role model in our company. She is very hard working and dedicated and never has a negative word to say about anyone. A true professional and a dear person.”
“Dottie is a real pro!!! She is organized, precise and has complete knowledge of the business. She builds great relationships with her customers and has an incredible referral base. She’s tops when it comes to being a superior Realtor.” (more…)
This week’s headlines on the historical drop in national home sales certainly didn’t help in creating market confidence. Closings in the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors (NEFAR) market area in July are down almost 30% from the number of closings in June. I really believe the tax credit is part of the reason for this drop. It is encouraging to see that pending sales or new contracts being written in Northeast Florida have increased over June.
Out of curiosity I did some research on high-end transactions in the Nease High School attendance zone which includes communities such as Nocatee, Palencia, World Golf Village and everything in between. Since January 2010 there have only been 25 single family homes closed over $500,000. My statistics come from the Northeast Florida Multiple Listing Service and do not include any home listed only in the St. Augustine MLS. Sales of high-end residential homes are still hampered by the lack of consumer confidence and the mortgage lending market.
Here are a couple facts about St. Augustine and Jacksonville FL real estate in July:
• While the median sales price in the NEFAR area dropped in July, the average sales price in the NEFAR area showed a slight increase. Unfortunately our primary markets 32092 (World Golf Village) and 32095 (Palencia) showed a decrease in the average sales price. Home price improvement will only be generated by reduced housing inventories and increased job production in the private sector.
• The number of homes available for sale continues to drop. When looking at “for sale” inventories, keep in mind there is a need to segregate listings based on sales price viability. There are many sellers listing their homes high above true market value. These properties are “for sale” but not saleable.
• The inventory of available homes in the World Golf Village is less than half of what it was 2 years ago. In August 2008 there were 258 active listings and in July 2010 there were only 122 active listings. (more…)
There has been a lot of restructuring going on lately in this St. Augustine FL real estate office and we couldn’t be happier about it! We are really excited about our new and improved sales meetings on Tuesday mornings. The agents are getting more involved, we are team building, celebrating hard work, congratulating each other, and having fun! And, of course, we are learning all about Northeast Florida real estate.
To help get more “hands on” we’ve decided that once a month, the last Tuesday of the month, we’re taking our party on the road to see and learn all we can about our area. So far we’ve seen the beautiful Lennar, David Weekley Homes, Taylor Morrison, and CornerStone Homes’ models in Nocatee and August 31st we are setting out to make Aberdeen home for a couple hours.
Aberdeen is full of great properties and builders. Have you had the chance to check out the community? There is so much going on there that you might not have seen. We are starting off at the Drees Homes’ model and then exploring what Richmond American, DR Horton, Holder Johnson, and Mercedes Homes’ have to offer. If you are interested in the CR 210 area, any one of our Jacksonville Realtors can show you around town! (more…)
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