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Fort Walton Beach · Fort Walton BeachReturns on Typical U.S. Home Sales Increase Slightly to 56 Percent; Margins Generally Flat Even as Median U.S. Home Price Hits New High During Spring Buying Season; Median Raw Profits Rise Back Over $130,000 IRVINE, Calif., July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, today released its second-quarter 2024 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows that home sellers earned a 55.8 percent profit margin …See the Story
PROFIT MARGINS FOR U.S. HOME SELLERS MOSTLY UNCHANGED DURING SECOND QUARTER DESPITE RENEWED PRICE SPIKE
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Crestview · CrestviewThe potential businesses would stand on the northwest corner of the signalized U.S. Highway 90-State Road 4 intersection. On that corner, a company called 4-90 LLC, of Miramar Beach, owns three parcels that encompass a total of more than five acres. Two of the parcels are vacant and one contains a vacant house. Two of the parcels are bounded on the west by Etta Garrett Road. The 4-90 LLC-owned parcels. Last August, 4-90 LLC applied for a develop…See the Story
Tiny Milligan could see a commercial growth spurt
Crestview · CrestviewDistrict 1 encompasses most of the county’s eastern half, stretches from the Alabama border to the Niceville-Bluewater Bay area, and includes Laurel Hill, Dorcas and much of Crestview. Garcia, of Crestview, is an Air Force veteran and a military contractor. Mixon, of Crestview, was elected to the District 1 seat in 2020, is a pastor at Central Baptist Church in Crestview and is a former longtime local law-enforcement officer. Both candidates are…See the Story
District 1 Commissioner contenders share views on county growth and their qualifications
Crestview · CrestviewMAY 30, 1886: Crowds gathered to watch the spectacle and cheer on competitive teams of 8,000 workers as all Louisville & Nashville Railroad train traffic is suspended for 12 hours to convert its 2,000 miles of track, including its Florida lines, to a nationwide 4’-9” gauge. Later the railroad modified its 300 locomotives and 10,000 cars to fit the new gauge. The change cost the L&N $195,000, or $6,479,227 in today’s dollars. MAY 30, 1997: Crestv…See the Story
Remembering hometown history from summers gone by
Taxes · CrestviewThe total cost of work for the task order with Jacobs/Titan Technologies, of Destin, is about $175 million, which will be paid for with half-cent sales tax money. Jacobs/Titan has coordinated all of the Okaloosa County School District’s capital construction projects for the past three decades. The new K-8 school will be built next to the southwest Crestview bypass, is anticipated to open in the fall of 2026, and will alleviate the capacity press…See the Story
New K-8 school in Crestview moves forward
Crestview · CrestviewThe new budget year starts on Oct. 1. The rate of 3.83 mills has been in place since the start of FY 2018. The rate of 3.83 mills per $1,000 of taxable property is equal to $383 per $100,000 of property value. Because of higher property values, the retaining of the current millage rate for FY ’25 would lead to an increase in many property owners’ tax bills. The 3.83 millage rate is anticipated to generate a little more than $105 million in prop…See the Story
Commission supports keeping same countywide millage rate
Crestview · CrestviewA 20-year-old DeFuniak Springs man died in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 10 in Okaloosa County on Tuesday morning, according to a report from Florida Highway Patrol. The SUV the man was driving left the roadway and struck a tree, near mile marker 60. The vehicle came to final rest wrapped around the tree with the driver entrapped. The interstate was shut down for approximately two and a half hours, according to FHP. During this inciden…See the Story
20-year-old man killed in crash on Interstate 10
Eglin Air Force Base · Eglin Air Force BaseCol. Jeremiah Hammill, the former commander of the 96th Test Wing's Civil Engineer Group at Eglin, was set to pass off his command July 18 but was fired from his role on July 15 "due to a loss in confidence in his ability to lead."See the Story
Commander at Eglin Air Force Base Fired from Job Days Before He Was Set to Leave Post
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