The one-story Taylor model with a bonus room grabbed the Gold with its stunning four-bedroom design offering 3,461 square feet of living space, priced at $469,990 and located in Worthington Park, a gated community in St. Johns County where single-family homes start in the high $200s.

Dennis Ginder, division president for Mattamy Homes in the Jacksonville region, said the Emerald, a three-bedroom with loft model home offering 2,189 square feet and priced with a base price of $188,990 won the Silver Award at the Parade.

The Emerald is located at Sevilla in the World Golf Village off World Commerce Parkway and International Golf Parkway in St. Augustine.
New Single-family homes at Sevilla are priced from the $150s.

The World Golf Village open house will be featuring active adult homes in the Cascades neighborhood. Plan on visiting the community on Saturday, February 6th from 1 to 4 p.m. in order to participate in the Sneak Peek. Considering it is also Super Bowl weekend, you can be assured that Davidson Realty has some game-day related gifts and prizes to give away.

Anyone looking to retire to a golf front home in Florida should not miss this opportunity. St. Johns County real estate agents will be on hand to answer any question you may have, like “What exactly makes this an active adult home?” You can also get in-depth details about all of the amenities associated with the master-planned development in general as well as the specific Cascades neighborhood. Yes, the Cascades has its own long list of amenities just for neighborhood residents.

See you Saturday!

The BuildSmart® program from Florida Power & Light promises lower utility bills.  The energy efficiency rating on these homes is as much as 72 percent more efficient than current State of Florida building codes.

Homeowners, Do you want a home that pays you back each month? With a BuildSmart home you could be saving 30% or more on your monthly energy bills. Live more comfortably while conserving Florida’s natural resources.

The new buildings marks the newest phase of construction on the popular coach homes in the Laterra Links neighborhood at World Golf Village. The Laterra Links concrete-constructed coach homes will continue to range from two to four bedrooms and 2,160 square feet to 2,780 square feet, with two-car garages and screened lanais. Various high-end finishes are offered at Laterra Links, including granite countertops, stainless appliances, wood floors and more. One great thing about Laterra Links is that it is situated around golf holes through eight of the King & Bear fairways. Meaning, many of these homes will feature beautiful views of the golf course.

Also, Laterra Links just recently completed construction on a 7,200 square foot amenity center that features a fitness center, pool, veranda, event room and kitchen. What more could you ask for in a new home? Be sure to visit World Golf Village to get more information on these new homes.

Laura Bailey, vice president of sales and marketing for Mattamy Homes USA, said 43 new 50-foot and 60-foot home sites are available at Sevilla and most offer lake or conservation area frontage. New single-family homes at Sevilla are priced from the $150,000s, and for a limited time Mattamy is offering no CDD fees.

This Mattamy homes community offers award winning schools and great amenities such as a beautiful pool, clubhouse, basketball court, children’s water features and playground. Convenient to shopping and the interstate, Sevilla is dream home living in an affordable community.

If you are looking for a new home in Jacksonville, please check back with Jacksonville Real Estate Forum often!

This is the perfect opportunity for Northeast Florida home shoppers, real estate agents and neighbors to get an up-close look at some of the available homes in the community.

The Sneak Peek open house in December will also serve as an opportunity to contribute to Davidson Realty’s toy drive for Sertoma for Tots, an organization that collects and distributes toys to underprivileged children in our local area. Toys will be collected at each home on tour as well as at Davidson Realty at the main entrance to World Golf Village. As always, we will be serving festive treats in one of the homes on tour too!

You can pick up a map for the tour at the Davidson Realty office as well. See you Saturday!

World Golf Village is home to two award-winning 18-hole golf courses, the King & Bear and the Slammer & Squire. These aren’t just ordinary, run-of-the-mill golf courses. These courses are the only ones in the world designed by two golf legends – Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus co-designed the King & Bear, and Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen were consultants on Slammer & Squire.

Residents of World Golf Village have the luxury of exclusive benefits to these two extraordinary golf courses, like priority and reserved times, private clubhouse privileges and more. The beautiful courses feature rolling meadows, 200-year-old live oaks  and plenty of water hazards along the way. World Golf Village is also home to the World Golf Hall of Fame which offers impressive views throughout the courses.

The Neighborhoods of World Golf Village includes Northeast Florida’s most exciting choices for golf course living. The master planned golf community offers a variety of distinctive St. Augustine golf homes from the $200,000s to $2 million. Communities entail such amenities as heated Junior Olympic-sized pools, lighted tennis courts, playgrounds, fitness centers and more.

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This month’s event kicked off the series with attorney and counselor at law Stephanie Harriett, P.L., who discussed estate planning, probate and elder law. Harriett explained some of the common issues she encounters in probate law, the process of  handling the property of a deceased individual and distributing property to its rightful heirs, including the different probate processes, home mortgages, homesteads and the significance of correct home titling, what to do if minors are involved in the process and the importance of a will.

The remaining programs are scheduled:

• Sept. 10 – Lansing J. Roy, P.A., Bankruptcy Law firm of Lansing J. Roy, P.A., “Where the Housing Crisis in Northeast Florida and the Bankruptcy Court Intersect.”
• Oct. 8 – Keith Pearce, CPA, “Short-term Solutions to Long-term Wealth; Why Now is the Time to Invest in Real Estate.”
• Nov. 12 – Tim Dooley, vice president and mortgage loan officer with Bank of America Home Loans, “Mortgage Programs and Products Now Available.”
• Dec. 10 – Sherry Davidson, president of Davidson Realty, “Foreclosure: What it Really Means and How to Avoid it.”

Each presentation will be followed by an open question and answer session. All events will be held at Davidson Realty’s headquarters at 100 E. Town Place, Suite 100 at the entrance of World Golf Village at 7 p.m. For more information, call 904-940-5000 or visit www.davidsonrealtyinc.com.

The northeast Florida golf community’s social media presence includes popular online networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter; as well as real estate sites Trulia and ActiveRain.  World Golf Village has already seen a fantastic response, with close to 250 Facebook fans within two weeks of launching its page.

For more information about The Neighborhoods of World Golf Village, visit www.worldgolfrealestate.com, Fan them on Facebook www.Facebook.com/WorldGolfVillage or Follow them on Twitter www.Twitter.com/WorldGolfVillag.