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Mayor of Destin, Mel Ponder recently visited the Destin Life Center and met with the movers and shakers in Destin Real Estate from brokers to home inspectors and shared his vision of how they could help build a better Destin. He opened his presentation with the trailer to the movie "The Miracle", where hockey coach legend Herb Brooks threads together a motley crew of fierce competitors into a unified force for the 1980 American Olympic team. Mayor Ponder mentioned that one of his favorite quotes in the movie was of Coach Brooks saying to his players, "the name on the front, has to be more important than the name on the back." He related this concept to all the different Realtors, brokers, bankers, title companies, out there, yes they are all in competition in one sense, but in another sense they are a all part of the "Destin family". Mayor Ponder referred to the group of over 100 as "big players in the business community" and emphasized how importa...
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At Beachy Beach 30A and Beachy Beach Destin we have a lot of cash buyers and according to the National Association of Realtors, we are not the only ones.
WASHINGTON – May 9, 2014 – The market share of all-cash purchases is on the rise, despite declines in distressed sales and investor activity, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). The results spring from an analysis of data collected for the latest Realtors Confidence Index. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, calls the findings counterintuitive. "Distressed home sales, most popular with investors who pay cash, have declined notably in the past two years, yet the share of all-cash purchases...For more details, email Liz@beachybeach.com or call her at 850-543-4166.
This past week, the Walton Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the South Walton Tourism Development Council and discussed the future of South Walton growth in relation to tourism, hospitality and Real Estate. TDC Executive Director Jim Bagby was happy to report a consistent increase in bed tax numbers for the area. He also highlighted that Walton County is the 10th highest in bed tax collections in the state of Florida, which is great news for commerce. Another interesting fact worth repeating was, despite the addition of the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, guest driving into our area still accounted for 72 percent of vacation rental guests according to St. Joe Club and Resorts. St. Joe Club and Resorts also announced some of their gro...
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