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Wall Street Journal digs into Northwest Florida real estate and Regions Bank

“The reality is, beachfront property is worthless right now,’ one local Realtor told the Wall Street Journal after a reporter traveled to what he called
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31Mar2010 | Destin Log | Continued
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Becnel completes acquisition of Sandestin, forms holding companies

In related news, the Becnel family announced the creation of two-newly formed holding companies, Sandestin Investments, LLC and Sandestin Real Estate of NW

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19Mar2010 | Destin Log | Continued
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Florida Realtor stats: Existing condo sales explode in 4Q

Market stats for the fourth quarter of 2009 released by Florida Realtors confirm the latest buzz: Florida real estate is hot property again.

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19Feb2010 | Destin Log | Continued
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Local real estate market on a ‘comeback’ says ECAR

Even though we won’t know for sure until we’re well past it, we believe prices hit the bottom in 2009,” said Windes, broker-owner of Real Estate

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4Feb2010 | Destin Log | Continued
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This is the wrong time to buy real estate

If the above headline were to read “real estate prices will go lower”, I confess that I don’t know the answer. Some real estate prices will go lower,

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29Jan2010 | Destin Log | Continued
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Realtors hopeful for a better 2010

OKALOOSA ISLAND — To say recent years have been a challenge for the local and national real estate market is more than a mere understatement, but there are

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25Jan2010 | Destin Log | Continued
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COLUMN: The two faces of Destin real estate: An interview with Janus

The Destin Log asked me to write a column about the past year in Destin real estate and also the outlook for 2010. Since I am still kind of hungover from

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4Jan2010 | Destin Log | Continued
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A ‘YEAR OF PROMISE’? We’re done bumping along the bottom, some Realtors say

Look at 2009 and you’ll see the bottom of the local real-estate market behind us, Barry Stafford of the Emerald Coast Association of Realtors says.

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30Dec2009 | Destin Log | Continued
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FROM 2000 TO 2010: The Real Estate Revolution

Destin’s roller-coaster real estate ride of the 21st century is not what The Destin Log imagined back in December 1999. “The word ’stable’ aptly describes

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23Dec2009 | Destin Log | Continued