Location
Jacksonville is the largest city in the state of Florida in terms of both area and population—and is the county seat of Duval County Since 1968, as a result of the consolidation of the city and county government (and a corresponding expansion of the city limits to include almost the entire county), Jacksonville has been the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States.
In 2007, Jacksonville ranked as the United States' twelfth most populous city with 794,555 residents. It is the principal city in the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan Area a region with a population of 1,300,823 and the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state, as of the 2006 Census Bureau estimates. Jacksonville is the third most populated city on the East Coast, after New York City and Philadelphia.
Jacksonville Beach is a business, resort, & residential community offering oceanfront hotels, great dining, shopping from antiques to art galleries, an eighteen-hole municipal golf course, family entertainment, festivals, concerts and much more.
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Area Map
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Transportation
Jacksonville is one of the easiest cities to commute with an international airport, access to major interstates, trains and buses. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) Skyway is an automated system offering low cost and convenient service to downtown patrons and employees. The trains depart the stations approximately every three minutes during peak periods and about every six minutes all other times. The Skyway system is interconnected with JTA's free Trolley service, providing riders with expanded mobility in the downtown area. In addition, the Skyway stations at Convention Center, Jefferson Street and Kings Avenue offer inexpensive Park-N-Ride facilities for commuters and visitors.
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Jacksonville has a major International Airport to serve the city and surrounding areas. By air, Jacksonville is conveniently just sixty minutes from Atlanta, Georgia is forty-five minutes from Orlando, two hours and 15-minutes from New York and nine hours from London UK.
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Housing
The Jacksonville area offers wonderful opportunities to purchase affordable homes with the shear size and location. If you are looking for space to expand and beautiful weather you will probably love what Jacksonville has to offer in all levels of housing types. This expanse leads to an abundance of new home communities in just about any setting Florida has to offer. Whether you want to be close to the action of downtown, or live in a rural setting with any easy commute to the office there are many new and existing communities to suit your budget.
The Jacksonville housing market includes traditional Florida single family home neighborhoods, high rise communities and golf communities together with larger homes on acreage. There are also many historical homes located downtown and in the suburbs.
As a home buyer’s destination, Jacksonville has a wide range of housing choices, including beach communities, boating communities and golf course communities.
The Duval County property appraiser can give additional information into local taxes and assessed property values.
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Many options are available for financing on properties, overseas investors should consider all financing options as many lenders are requiring a higher than normal deposit for foreign national mortgages. A popular mortgage is a multi currency mortgage allowing the buyers to switch between currencies taking an advantage of currency exchange gains.
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Schools
Many people ask me when moving to Florida, how good are the schools? My answer is always the same, how good do you want them to be? Using my search & link facilities in addition to the zip code of the area you are in, we can establish the best school for your children. It’s all about Location, Location Location. Just because you are thinking of buying a nice new home it doesn’t mean the schools are to the standard that you are used to.
Your children’s future is one of the most important considerations to take into account and the distance you are from a good school may make all the difference, Use these page links to research the schooling systems and check out past grades. A good first point of contact is the web site Florida Department of Education as they offer directories of schools and colleges searching by district or name. For Elementary, Middle & High schools information
With some great schools in the area the selection is vast to match any parental requirements. Here is just a small selection of the schools Bolles, Stanton College, Hendricks Day School, Edward Waters College and the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.
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Attractions
Outdoor activities abound, with 68 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, 300 miles of river and every imaginable topography in-between. Add to that our year-round fantastic climate and our low cost of living - Jacksonville is the most affordable city in Florida - and there's no wonder why this region keeps growing.
Whether you have the desire to shop, an ear for music or an attitude for action, Jacksonville is an oasis for visitors. Home to the Southeast’s largest modern and contemporary art museum, endless miles of beautiful beaches and sparkling, translucent waters, cultural pursuits from cool jazz to hot clubs and a remarkable concentration of high-end and ethnically diverse restaurants, Jacksonville offers visitors the true spirit of Northeast Florida with marvelous meals, flamboyant exhibits, peaceful landscapes and gorgeous gardens.
With almost 84,000 acres or 131 square miles of city, state and national parks, Jacksonville’s park system is even larger than the city of San Francisco. The first segment of the 2.31-mile, $1 million Timucuan Preserve multi-use trail (walking/biking/horseback riding) opened in 2005.
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From the St. Johns River to the Intracoastal Waterway to the miles of beaches, there are many places to enjoy your favorite pastime, whether it’s boating, sailing, kayaking, surfing, canoeing or fishing. |
Golf
Jacksonville, one of the best-kept secrets on the East Coast, has a great waterfront setting and is a well-established golfing destination. The city and its surrounding areas are home to 68 courses, the PGA and Senior PGA tour headquarters, and the World Golf Village, just a few minutes down I-95. The World Golf Village is home to two courses, both with two distinct nines, one open and one wooded.
As Jacksonville is a big golfing area, relaxing on one of the many championship golf courses is a full time event for many people who visit or settle down in the area. To name just a few great courses Brent Creek, Hyde Park, Windsor Parke, Hidden Hills, Cimarrone, The First Tee, Blue Cypress and Panther Creek. Many of the golf clubs are also residential communities so you can literally walk out your front door and be right on the green. Whether a golfer or not, golf communities make the perfect weekend getaway. If you're looking for some peace and quiet away the hustle and bustle of the city, golf communities should also be considered.
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| As the home of the World Golf Hall of Fame and The Players Championship, PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, Northeast Florida, known as Florida's First Coast, offers some of the world’s finest golf courses and resorts. |
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Testimonials
“We were introduced to John McLoughlin by a UK based Estate agent as John was considered as an expert in the area that we were looking for a property. He assisted us finding our dream home and was able to negotiate a very good price for our long term investment. Throughout the process we found his services to be very professional and we will be using him again for our next purchase.”
Bill & Lan Edwards (UK) Purchase in Windermere Florida
“We were referred to John McLoughlin by another UK South Florida based Realtor as we wished to purchase in the Kissimmee area. Johns experience in construction & real estate quickly assisted us identify properties that were not suitable for our needs and he found us a property that matched our criteria perfectly, we would not hesitate to recommend John”
Chris & Debbie D (UK) Purchase in Kissimmee Florida
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