Archive for the 'Real Estate' category

Crossroads of the Future

October 23, 2006 8:34 pm

Are Freeport and DeFuniak Springs prepared to relieve the pressure of population expansion?

At the Crossroads of the Future
As development and population density expand in southern Okaloosa and Walton counties, Freeport and DeFuniak Springs prepare to relieve the pressure. Are these two historic cities ready? 

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The road to progress

October 17, 2006 6:39 pm

Over the past three decades, the Highway 30A Business Corridor has evolved into a viable microcosm of the Emerald Coast, with a strong independent economy as well as its own set of challenges.


A vital and growing economy flows through the Emerald Coast by way of U.S. Highway 98, which serves in part as a continual yet centralized business district, tying together the area’s many communities. But on the east end of Walton County, Highway 30A loops on and off 98 to the south, harboring a community and culture which has created a business corridor that stands apart.

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Bubble talk is all hot air

September 5, 2006 8:18 pm

Local Real Estate Market Is Heating Back Up

Since the highly publicized 2005 hurricane season, the news media have been full of reports of the “bubble bursting” in the real-estate market. Don’t believe everything you read, say local experts, because it may not tell the whole story.

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