Florence Named Number One. Again.

Florence was named THE number one retirement community by "Retirement Places Rated" in August 2004. People flocked to my town, Paradise on the Pacific, driving up real estate prices. New homes popped up overnight, like mushrooms after a good rain in our beautiful forests. Five years later, Florence has been named to another List: "8 Fantastic Coastal Sites with Bargains," according to "Where to Retire," January/February 2010. The magazine's subtitle for their article is "Ready for the Rebound: Hot Spots for Retirement Real Estate Discounts." Florence is included with Barnstable, MA, Hilton Head, SC, Whidbey Island, WA and Oceanside, CA, among others. Pretty good company, I'd say. Not only that, our median sales price is much lower than all of these towns, coming in at $205,000 for the fourth quarter of 2009. And we've got brand new homes starting at $180,000. There are lots of folks wandering Bay Street, picking up real estate information and dreaming of relocating, enjoying a phenomenally warm and dry winter, and beginning to learn some of the secrets of my home town. Welcome, all of you! Read the full article at www.oregonflorencerealestate.com under Retirement Living.