The Great Plein Air Paint Out
The Great Plein Air Paint Out is a 10-day open air painting event featuring nationally recognized Plein Air artists capturing Forgotten Coast Real Estate on canvas. Highlights of this event include artist demonstrations, viewing displays in multiple venues, students art of the day, artist receptions,and the Grand Patron’s Party. More than 20 nationally acclaimed artists will gather on Florida’s Forgotten Coast on May 3rd to participate in the 7th annual Florida’s Forgotten Coast Plein Air Invitational, America’s Great Paint-Out, May 3-13, 2012. Painters will set up their easels and pull out their brushes to document the landscape and culture of this last vestige of authentic “Old Florida” – the coastal stretch of scenic Hwy 98 between Mexico Beach and the Apalachicola, St George Island area.
Mexico Beach
Property Sales this past week here along the fabulous Forgotten Coast of Florida are just like the weather and today it is HOT! 15 Properties sold from the emerald waters of Mexico Beach to the “tipity top” of St.George Island - Included were 2 Mexico Beach Homes, 1 Port St. Joe Home and 1 Port St. Joe Properties (vacant lots), 2 Cape San Blas Properties (vacant lots), 1 Apalachicola Homes, 3 St. George Island Beach Homes and 3 St. George Island Properties (vacant lots), and 1 Wewahitchka home and 1 Wewa property(vacant lot). Of these sales, 9 transactions closed due to a REO/Distressed/Short Sale/Foreclosure situation and 6 buyers paid CASH! Those 9 buyers using conventional loans will find these rates, 30yrs @3.75, 20yrs @3.625% and 3.0% over 15yrs.
Mexico Beach Condo
Following the painters trek are some great deals on homes. Like this Mexico Beach Condo! Furnished 3BR/3B Ground Floor – Pool Front Condo at Waterside Village. WOW!!! Perfect location. Waterside Village is a Gated Community located 1 block from the beach at Mexico Beach Florida and sits along the Canal offering day dockage for your boat or jet ski. This 3BR/3B unit offers two spacious master suites with one opening to the pool side patio area directly in front of the pool. There is also a bunk area in the second master suite between bedroom and bath. The 3rd Bedroom and Bath is located at other end of condo. The open living atmosphere of the living/dining/kitchen area offers tile flooring, cherry cabinets, and white appliances. Separate Laundry near kitchen. Bedrooms are carpeted. Gated Community with Pool, Hot Tub, social area, community room, elevators, and boat dockage. Restaurants nearby.
Apalachicola Historical Home
The historic Gordon House was built around 1900. It is currently divided into 2 living areas in the main house, plus a separate one bedroom apartment and office space in the rear. There are separate utilities for each space, but could easily be converted back to a single residence. The home was sold in as-is condition by Freddie Mac. Heated and cooled SF comes from the tax records.
St. George Island
Let’s finish the weekly sales report like the paint out, in St. George Island. This gorgeous bank owned home has 6 bedrooms and 5 full baths, at the Pebble Beach gated community. It has over 5500 square feet of living area on a full acre, with opened and covered decks. Originally it sold for a modest 1.7 million, this time someone got a huge deal at 1.36 million dollars.
Miss KJ at Indian Pass
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