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After an initial setback in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the housing market in Ocala quickly roared back to life. After a full year of a boom, a correction began to set in; while house sales are still increasing, the rate at which the increase is happening has begun to slow.You can ...

Over thirty restaurants in the town of Ocala, FL have received federal financial aid amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, three Ocala restaurants along College Road received over a combined $3 million as part of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.You can read the complete story here.

The Gainesville Housing Authority has officially broken ground on a new affordable housing development in southwestern Gainesville. The project features plans for the construction of a pair of two-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex units.You can read the complete story here.

Troy Glaus, a former World Series MVP with the Anaheim Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels) has cashed out, and sold his mammoth Marion County estate. The mansion was bought by Benjamin Leon for approximately $6.05 million.You can read the complete story here.

The World Equestrian Center has completed its purchase of the Ocala Jockey Center. With the transaction comes a new name for the facility: the World Equestrian Jockey Club.You can read the complete story here.

Members of an Ocala retirement neighborhood are frustrated and angry with the city's plans to build a new community right beside it. Pointing to the peaceful and relatively quiet lifestyle they currently enjoy, residents say the last thing they want is to have to share their peaceful and relative...

Though the Ocala housing market took a hit in the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, that housng market is now back in a big way. In the twelve months between May of 2020 and May of 2021, the average price of a single-family house sale has ballooned by 41.7%.You can read the complete story ...

The largest, fanciest, and most expensive property in the city of Gainesville is up for grabs. Big Oak Ranch, a massive property consisting of 60 acres' worth of real estate, a wine cellar, and a built-in movie theater, is now on the market. The initial asking prices is roughly $3.875 million.You...

Forestar Real Estate, the company that's overseen the development called The Ridge at Heathbrook in Ocala, is planning to petition the city to adjust the classification of the community. Forestar is seeking a recategorization of The Ridge at Heathbrook to a "Community Development District," or a ...

The ground has been broken at 3100 NW 44th Avenue in Ocala, which will one day host a warehouse exceeding a million square feet of real estate. The developer, Red Rock Development, admits that it hasn't yet found tenants for its new warehouse, but also maintains that even without pre-set tenants,...