Grayton Beach in New York Times - 6/6/2008
Conch Out - is one of featured homes for sale - click photo for sales info
New York Times
Havens | Grayton Beach, Fla.
A Gulf Retreat for the Upscale but Unfussy
By BETH GREENFIELD
Published: June 6, 2008
WHEN Mike Ford was in college, he became acquainted with the Florida Panhandle's coast on spring-break jaunts that lured him to its developed, party-hearty beach towns like Panama City and Fort Walton Beach. So when his future wife introduced him to the small and far-removed Grayton Beach, a low-key spit of sand that offers nothing but houses and beach, where she had spent summers all her life, he didn't quite know what to make of it.Skip to next paragraph
"I got out of the car and said, 'Wow, now this is remote!' " recalled Mr. Ford, an employee-benefits consultant in New Orleans. "It was post-college, and I didn't see the value of the place yet, because I was more interested in night life then." Click here for the full article
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Sales 2008
The tide is turning for the better..... (click on graph for larger image)
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Gulf Front Facts
Since January 2008, seven (7) Gulf front homes have sold. The highest sold price was $6,000,000, the median was $2,364,000 and the low was $1,465,000. These homes were on the market for an average of 347 days prior to selling.
During this same time period, six (6) Gulf front lots have sold. The average price per front foot of these lots was $30,274. The average width of the lots was 52 feet.
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Properties Currently Under Contract (click table for larger image)
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