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REI, a national chain that sells clothes and gear for the outdoors, has moved to Gainesville. The company announced this month that it would be opening a 23,000 square foot store at Butler Town Center, although its opening would come with restrictions to help combat the novel coronavirus. REI is ...

A 617,000 square foot warehouse in Ocala, FL that will one day become an Amazon fulfillment center has been sold for just under $60M, according to Marion County property records. The Connecticut-based company CFI Ocala Property, LLC spent about $50M to build the warehouse, and sold it for a profi...

After three straight months of declining, the sale numbers of previously owned homes in the United States bounced back in a big way in June. According to a report from the National Association of Realtors, June saw American homes with previous owners bought at a rate of 20.7% greater than May. Wh...

We have added a new feature on our site that tracks appreciation rates in neighboring Alachua & Marion County, FL. Alachua County is home to Gainesville & the University of Florida, while Marion includes Ocala & its famed horse country.Overall, Marion has fared a bit better than Alachua over the ...

Dunnellon is a small town in SW Marion County, FL, known primarily for fantastic riverfront real estate:  the natural spring-fed Rainbow River & the Withlacoochee River.  As we're seeing in most of of North Central FL, activity in Dunnellon has slowed but prices are stable (and actually rising in...

The COVID-19 outbreak has turned the real estate market (and the world) upside down, and there are many questions that home sellers may ponder during this uncertain time. Some include safety issues regarding in-person showings, how to protect your family in the event of in-person showings, the ra...

Everyone in real estate (and in general) is being affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and potential home buyers will undoubtedly have questions. Some may include best practices about viewing home listings in-person, how to protect one's safety in the event of an in-person viewing, the ramifications...

Coronavirus has definintely obliterated the expression "business as usual," and that includes the real estate industry.Agents, sellers, and buyers have difficult decisions, especially regarding in-person showings and open houses. For those who are pressing on, some changes include fewer appointme...

Is the Coronavirus pandemic affecting the the real estate industry? Time will tell, but Alachua County is showing modest increases in inventory,While it is unknown if sellers will wait to list their homes or if buyers will hold off on purchasing a home, the inventory increase is a positive develo...

As of last week, the new $7 million dollar main terminal at Ocala International Airport is open for business. Made possible by Sheltair (the airport's operator), the airport, the city, and the Florida Department of Transpoprtation, the nearly 16,000-square-foot terminal houses Sheltair and airpor...