Entries by Toby Tobin

Dunes CDD Contemplates Incorporation – Town Hall Meeting Scheduled

Should the Hammock Community Development District become a city? Hammock Dunes Property Owners Association schedules Information meeting for members. Palm Coast, FL – October 8, 2009 – Should the Hammock become a city? An October 28th Town Hall Meeting will let Ocean Hammock Property Owners Association (OHPOA) members hear the recommendations of a study committee […]

He Ate the HOLE Thing – Another Dunkin’ Donuts for Palm Coast

And Epic Theatres is under construction but without adjoining retail space. Palm Coast, FL – October 5, 2009 – The Landing at Palm Coast Town Center will likely be adding another building soon. The developer is seeking permission from the City of Palm Coast and the St. Johns Water Management District to re-plat the southeast […]

Palm Coast 3rd Quarter Home Sales up 20.9% over ’08

GoToby.com predicts a gradual recovery, not a rebound. Palm Coast, FL – October 4, 2009 – The recovery may be on its way, but don’t look for another 2002 to 2006 style boom. Developing patterns show that we may be past the market bottom in the under $200 thousand market and near the bottom in the […]

Record Streak Continues for Pending Home Sales

National Association of Realtors® Pending Home Index rises for the seventh straight month. Palm Coast, FL – October 4, 2009 –Pending home sales have increased for seven straight months, the longest in the series of the index which began in 2001, according to a report issued Thursday by the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending […]

Wyndham Timesharing Ginn’s Remaining Reunion Villas

Rumor: 300 Villas still owned by Ginn-LA reportedly will be timeshared by Wyndham Resorts. Palm Coast, FL – October 3, 2009 – Three hundred unsold villas in Reunion Resort near Orlando, FL remain in the hands of real estate developer Ginn-LA (Bobby Ginn plus his financial partner Lubert Adler). GoToby hears from a source close […]

Foreclosure Defense Takes Hold – Trouble for Banks

After nearly two years, the logic of a ruling by a Federal Judge in Cleveland baring foreclosure on 14 homes has some legal traction. 60 million mortgages may be affected. Palm Coast, FL – September 29, 2009 – The ability of lenders to foreclose on nearly 60 million mortgages will likely be affected by a […]

Ginn’s Laurelmor has New Name – Reynolds Blue Ridge

Reynolds repositions another community. Lot prices are lower too. Palm Coast, FL – September 26, 2009 – On the heels of a repositioning of Hammock Beach condominium prices, the Reynolds Plantation subsidiary that purchased Ginn’s unfinished Laurelmor community near Blowing Rock, NC announces a name change. The community, which Reynolds acquired as a result of Ginn-LA’s […]