Category Archives: Orange Park FL Real Estate News

February home and condo sales up in 2010 for Clay Duval and other areas.

By Mike | Published March 17, 2010

There were 935 Realtor-brokered sales of single-family homes and condominiums in February in Clay, Duval, Putnam counties and parts of Nassau and St. Johns counties, up 7.1 percent over February 2009, the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors announced Monday. Pending sales also were up, but more dramatically at nearly 61 percent — from 1,012 in [...]

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By Mike | Published January 8, 2010

Great Buys on Foreclosure Homes in Orange Park Florida Get a Free List Free Foreclosure List! Don’t pay for a foreclosure list. Let me send you one for free. Click Here for the Free List Be sure to Type “Foreclosure List” in the description. Foreclosures don’t last long. Get a list of homes emailed to [...]

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Check out one of the best places to live in Florida

By Mike | Published January 6, 2010

If you are looking for a great place to live that is near Jacksonville, Florida, check out Oakleaf Plantation. This is a great community for families or retirees looking for a place to live with nice homes and local shopping. The Oakleaf Town Center and the surrounding shopping  makes finding just about everything you need [...]

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    • Two more bidders emerge to buy Amelia Island Plantation July 30, 2010
      A total of three hotel investment companies will be bidding to buy the Amelia Island Plantation when the resort goes up for bid at a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction next month.   Two more investors have submitted bids to buy the resort to compete with Noble Investment Group, which submitted the initial bid for the property. The resort’s owner, the Amelia Islan […]
    • Prosperity Bank enters into consent order with banking regulators July 30, 2010
      Prosperity Bank has entered into a consent order with banking regulators that calls for the bank to continue to increase its capital. The St. Augustine-based bank is the largest community bank based in Northeast Florida in terms of deposit market share. Prosperity has 18 offices that stretch from Fernandina Beach, south to Deland and west to Panama City in t […]
    • Patriot Transportation keeps it in the family with new CEO July 30, 2010
      Patriot Transportation Holding Inc. is bringing in a new CEO, but it’s keeping things in the family. The Jacksonville-based transportation and real estate company said Thompson (Tom) Baker II will become president and chief executive officer on Oct. 1, succeeding his uncle, John Baker. John Baker will become executive chairman and his brother Edward (Ted), t […]
    • Attendance rebounds at First Coast amusement parks July 30, 2010
      At Adventure Landing, the Eye of the Storm sends riders down curving chutes before they slide onto a big plastic bowl that sends them spinning around until they drop with a free-fall into a tank of water. Hank Woodburn, president of Adventure Landing, points to Eye of the Storm and says its twists and turns resemble what it's been like to run a theme pa […]
    • SEC charges Wyly brothers in $550 million fraud July 30, 2010
      DALLAS (AP) — Sam and Charles Wyly, Dallas billionaire investors known for their support of conservative candidates and causes, made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Thursday. In a 78-page complaint filed in a Manhattan federal court in New York, the SEC s […]
    • Adult industry sees iPorn potential in new iPhone July 29, 2010
      NEW YORK - It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist. With more than 3 mi […]
    • Jacksonville's foreclosure rate ranks nationally in top 30, but down from end of 2009 July 29, 2010
      The Jacksonville metropolitan area placed 26th on the RealtyTrac list of U.S. cities with the highest ratios of homes against which foreclosure actions are being taken. But there's good news for Jacksonville in the fact that the rate represents an 8-percent drop from the rate noted for the previous six months, July through December of 2009. At one home […]
    • Toyota recalls 412,000 vehicles in the U.S., mostly Avalons, with steering defects July 29, 2010
      Continuing a reputation-shattering trend, Toyota announced Thursday the recall of 412,000 vehicles sold in the U.S., 373,000 of which are Avalon sedans for model years 2000 through 2004, due to defects within the steering systems. In a company press release, Toyota stated that the problem in the Avalons originates from improper casting of the steering lock b […]
    • Jacksonville-based Rayonier increases earnings and forecast July 29, 2010
      Rayonier Inc. reported Thursday higher second-quarter earnings and increased its forecast for all of 2010. The Jacksonville-based forest products company had second-quarter net income of $38.5 million, or 48 cents a share, 33 percent higher than last year (excluding a special tax credit in the second quarter of 2009). Total sales rose 12 percent to $312.2 mi […]
    • Hunters take aim at Rayonier's increase of lease amounts July 29, 2010
      Danny Strickland has hunted for 15 years on about 5,200 acres of leased timberland in the Hilliard area. read more […]

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