Old San Jose on the River - Avondale Model Great Room

It was announced in early August that Old San Jose on the River would open up its first single-family model home, and the new designer-styled Avondale model was worth the wait.  The stunning new French Country- inspired Avondale is now open in Old San Jose, right on the river, just south of San Marco. 

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 25, 2012) – A new designer-decorated, single-family model home is now open at Old San Jose on the River, the riverfront community on San Jose Boulevard near Jacksonville’s historic San Marco neighborhood. 

"Our Avondale model is designed for enjoying life’s greatest moments with a comfortable, casually elegant style,” said Barbara Ondo of

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Standard Pacific Homes - Jacksonville New Home Builder In Focus

Since 1965, Standard Pacific Homes has been building beautiful, high-quality homes and communities in the United States. Founded and headquartered in Orange County, Calif., Standard Pacific’s primary focus is on building family oriented communities in many of the nation’s largest housing markets including California, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Colorado.

Founded in 1965 in Southern California by Ronald R. Foell and Arthur Svendsen, Standard Pacific Homes was built on the simple foundation that creating thoughtfully designed homes with superior craftsmanship will enrich the lives of our homeowners.  As Standard Pacific Homes has expanded over the years into

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In this video with visit with Drees Homes to view Durbin Crossing New Home Community in St. Johns County FL

Bloom Realty Team Realty Agent Alan Aptheker is your host for a glimpse into one of the fastest growing communities in Northern Florida: Durbin Crossing. They talk with representatives from two of the nine new homebuilders that have put down roots in Durbin Crossing -- Drees Homes and Providence Homes. Anita and Alan also offer some Durbin Crossing lifestyle highlights, describing just a few of the incredible amenities Durbin Crossing has to offer, within it 2000+ acre tract in Northern St. Johns County.

ICI Homes - Jacksonville New Home Builder "In Focus"

Headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida, ICI Homes is Florida born and bred, and continues to be the life long dream of CEO and founder, Mori Hosseini who over a span of thirty plus years has built his vision into a successful company that’s moved more than 10,000 families into new homes in forty prestigious communities throughout Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and N Carolina.

Best known for its first class home designs, its unique ability to customize, and its superior energy-wise standards and features, ICI Homes is consistently ranked in the nation’s Top 100 Builders by Builder magazine. Over the years, the company has garnered literally hundreds of awards for its homes and communities and honored

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Mission Trace Lennar - Grand Opening

On September 15, Lennar Homes will hold a grand opening celebration to show off its newest model home in the brand new community of Mission Trace, just off State Road 16 in St. Augustine.

The new "Charle" model will be the venue for all the festivities, from 2 to 4 p.m. on September 15, with free food, beverages, a bouncy house for the kids and a special live remote broadcast with radio station WEJZ Lite 96.1.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Sept. 10, 2012) – Lennar Homes will host a grand opening celebration on Saturday, Sept. 15, to showcase its new model home, the Charle, at the community of Mission Trace located just off State Road 16 in St. Augustine. 

The festivities will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. and include

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Krithika and Gopal talk about their experience working with Joi Perkins of our Bloom Realty Team. As first time home buyers, finding the right REALTOR® to walk them through the strange and often confusing process of shopping for, and buying a home was of paramount importance. Krithika and Gopal talk about how Joi and Bloom Realty took the fear out of the equation, and made the home buying experience far less daunting then they had pictured it in the beginning.

Corner Stone Homes - Jacksonville New Home Builder "In Focus"

CornerStone Homes has established itself within Northeast Florida's highly competitive home builder market as a locally owned and operated home builder of quality-crafted, one-of-a-kind new homes. 

As one of the premiere new home builders in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Fleming Island, Green Cove Springs and Orange Park, Florida, CornerStone’s award-winning construction team builds new homes with outstanding quality craftsmanship and incomparable customer service. CornerStone has received numerous accolades, awards, honors and great customer reviews for our excellence in new home building and homeowner satisfaction

Survey results from January to June 2011 showed CornerStone received

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In this video we take a tour of St. Johns County / St. Augustine area and highlight shopping and schools and neighborhoods


Join us for a tour of the St. Johns County / St. Augustine area of Florida. The tour highlights shopping, dining and great parks and great A rated schools, that make the St. Johns area unique and great to live in. We also take you on a quick tour of new homes, and highlight some of the great amenities they offer.  

Want to know more about the area?  Contact one of our St. Johns area specialists at 904-701-0096 or info@bloomrealty.com

For more Jacksonville Area Tours please visit our YouTube page.

Toll Brothers at Coastal Oaks at Nocatee

We all know that education is a top priority for today’s home buyers, which is one of the reasons Toll Brothers, can  boast of the outstanding location at  at Coastal Oaks at Nocatee in Ponte Vedra.  It’s a gated community within Nocatee, and is served by the St. Johns County School District and schools that are consistently ranked at the top of the state of Florida.

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Children living at Coastal Oaks at Nocatee may attend Rawlings Elementary School, Landrum Middle School and Nease Senior High School, all located in Ponte Vedra.  All three schools received “A” ratings in the most recent school grades released by the Florida Department of Education.  Scores for…

It’s and agreement that has the potential to benefit all the actors in the home-buying process. The “Realtor-Builder Accord” was established to guarantee high standards of conduct in real estate transactions between new construction homebuilders and realtors. It’s designed to assure the homebuying public that they will be treated with the utmost integrity and responsibility when working with a participating Realtor and builder. It benefits builders, Realtors, and most of all, it benefits buyers. NEFAR called the relationship “unique” in that it involved a committee with six members, equally divided between builders and Realtors.

The agreement gained traction about a year ago when NEFAR and NEFBA membership leaders from each group agreed that an

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