APRIL 28 TO MAY 4, 2022 | JAXDAILYRECORD.COM
BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
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RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE ISSUE
THE HOUSING MARKET SQUEEZE GOVERNMENT
$374,994
$360,000
$360,000
$347,093
$338,500
$337,861
$340,000
$320,000
$315,000
$315,000
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$475,000
$450,000
$435,000
$500,000
$345,844
The median price of homes sold in St. Johns County surged from $320,000 in the first quarter of 2019 to $475,000 in the first quarter of 2022, a 48% increase according to realMLS.
$415,637
SURGING PRICES IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY
$500,000
$300,000
Residential tower could rise at former Landing site
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$200,000
What’s next for home sales: Industry experts Carol Zingone, Jennifer White and Eric Spottswood offer insight into the market facing rising interest rates, tight inventory. Page 4
$100,000
Not enough fridges, listings: Supply shortages a problem for builders and real estate agents. Page 5
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Veterinarian Jaime Pickett leads at Pet Paradise PAGE 11
Top 10 lists: The top home sales of the first quarter of 2022 and the top sales of the past week. Pages 6-7
Affordability drops amid headwinds of rising prices, low supply and surging mortgage rates. BY DAN MACDONALD STAFF WRITER
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t. Johns is one of 26 counties nationwide where a single-family home has been deemed unaffordable to those making the area’s median income, according to an April 12 study released by Moneygeek.com, a San Francisco-based personal
finance and data research website that provides economic data for those managing their own money. St. Johns joins the counties anchored by Austin, Texas; Reno, Nevada; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Denver on the list of 26. In Florida, Colliers County (Naples) was No. 2 and Sarasota County was No. 18. When the report was researched in fall 2021, St. Johns County’s $392,732 median
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price for a single-family home was found to be unaffordable to those making the county’s median income of $40,897. It placed St. Johns No. 11 with the county led by Boise City, Idaho, taking the No. 1 spot. At $40,897, a mortgage loan would require 63% of the family’s annual gross SEE AFFORD, PAGE 5
THE MATHIS REPORT
Daily’s parent company preparing new headquarters First Coast Energy, the parent company of the Daily’s convenience store chain, plans to renovate and move into its new Southside headquarters. PAGE 10
PORT AUTHORITY
Southeast Toyota Distributors signs new deal PAGE 3 THE BASCH REPORT
SG Blocks moves to Jacksonville A modular building company that converts shipping containers for structures has moved its headquarters to Gate Parkway. PAGE 14
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