Celebrating Outstanding Numbers for June and the Second Quarter – Congrats to Ted, Pauline and Mirtha!

July 5, 2013

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More great news for the Northeast Florida real estate market! We are seeing improvement in home prices, sales prices and we are receiving multiple offers on homes. Our Jacksonville Realtors had over $9.5 million in sales and over $8.4 million in closings for the month of June. Even more impressive, our Realtors posted $31 million in sales and $25 million in closings for the second quarter! Congratulations to Ted Tyndall, Pauline Cake and Mirtha Barzaga for topping the charts!

The Top Listing Agents for June are Pauline Cake and her husband Woody Cake with over $500,000 in listings sold and over $1.3 million in total sales. The Cake Team sold two of their own listings during the month in Turnberry, along with a home in Heritage Landing, King & Bear and Murabella. Pauline and Woody are also our Top Producers for the second quarter with over $3.1 million in closings. They had eleven properties close, ten of which were in World Golf Village. We don’t call them the World Golf Village experts for nothin’! Read more

Retail Pro Debra Pappas Transitions into Real Estate at Davidson

July 2, 2013

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We are thrilled to welcome agent Debra Pappas to our real estate team! Bringing with her more than 25 years of retail, customer service, and management experience, Debra – a bona fide people person – is poised to be an enthusiastic and beneficial resource to clients looking for the home of their dreams.

Says Davidson Realty President Sherry Davidson, “Debra’s retail management background has equipped her with a great aesthetic perspective and eagerness to serve customers that is incredibly valuable.  We’re happy to welcome her to our team.” Read more

Davidson Cares 2.0 – More Fundraisers and More Money for our Local Schools!

June 26, 2013

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Special Thanks to Title Sponsors Dr. DePasquale, Bank of England & Mile Marker Brewing

We couldn’t be more excited to launch Davidson Cares 2.0! As many of you know, Davidson Cares is the corporate giving program of Davidson Realty and the Davidson Companies. We offer support for local schools in the World Golf Village area, including Mill Creek Elementary, Wards Creek Elementary, Palencia Elementary and Pacetti Bay Middle School. For the 2012 – 2013 year, we donated a total of $11,300 in less than six months to the four schools and this year we plan on raising the bar even higher!

Travel Raffle: Oct. 28 – Feb. 8

Get ready for some awesome fundraising events! We are kicking off our fundraising efforts with our $2500 Travel Raffle. You could win $2500 towards a vacation for you and your family, while supporting our local schools at the same time! The Davidson Cares Travel Raffle is a chance to win $2500 for travel, including airfare, accommodations and entertainment for the trip you and your family want to take. The raffle will run from Monday, October 28th to Saturday, February 8th. Read more

Jim Davidson Shares Delicious Black Beans Recipe

June 24, 2013

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I got this recipe from my dear friend, Candy Gil, for those of you who want to taste the real thing! I don’t think you will ever have better black beans. Try with fried green plantains and some roasted pork…unbelievable!

  • 7 Cups of water
  • 1 Pound dried black beans
  • 1 Medium onion, chopped Read more

Jacksonville FL Real Estate Trends in May – New Listings, Closings, Sales and Prices are all up!

June 20, 2013

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I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I’d rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.” — Milton Berle

If you did not have to read that more than once, you are much smarter than me.

I would like to share a few insights from Dr. John Tucillo, the chief economist for Florida Realtors who spoke in Jacksonville recently.

  • 1- The real estate market is heavily tied to employment. Employment will not change significantly unless we have new industries to create employment or we restore manufacturing. Read more
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