About Volusia County, FL

There were 12 single family homes sold in Ormond By the Sea, Florida in October, 2009 through the Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtor Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Surprisingly, none of the sales were 2 bedroom 1 bath. All had either 2 baths or 3 bedrooms. The lowest sale price was $125,000 on Seaside Drive and the highest was $420,000 on Coquina Key Drive. Five of the sales were under $150,000. One sale for $270,000 was on the east side of A1A. Nine of the 12 sales had at least 3 bedrooms.

For information about Ormond Beach and Ormond By The Sea homes and condos for sale or rent, contact Ocean View Realty Group or visit our web site at http://www.ovrealty.com/.

It's Wednesday, so it's time to enjoy some of the beauty in the world around us. But this is a real estate blog. So instead of the usual odd, or beautiful, or unique, or silly type of photo I feature each week; this week we're going to stick to this subject. And it is still beautiful. But it's also part of a house I have listed for sale in Daytona Beach, FL *wink, wink* So enjoy this photo.... then if you care to, you can follow the links to view ALL the photos of this house on my real estate web site. Now doesn't this sparkling, screened pool look inviting? And you can walk to the beach too! (Only $184,900)

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New Watering Restrictions

Beginning November 1, 2009 new watering restrictions took effect. Watering is only allowed before 10 AM or after 4 PM and when dayligh savings time ends watering is only allowed 1 day per week. Even number addresses may water only on Sunday and odd number addresses may water only on Saturday. These restrictions apply to much of east central Florida including Ormond Beach and all of Volusia County. For more details about restrictions on watering visit the St. Johns River Water Management District web site http://sjrwmd.com/wateringrestrictions/

This is another photo, courtesy of my friend Nick. The incoming storm clouds remind me of our real estate market... the last few years, and the current climate; with lenders underpricing the foreclosures, thus driving our values down even more. But then, every cloud has a silver lining. And if you look beyond the storm clouds, there's a clear sky yet to come. I'm sure we all look forward to that time!

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Hottober in Daytona Beach - Florida.

These are the last days of the most incredible October I can remember. A commentator on local TV station called it Hottober. Daily temperature are either record high, or close to that for at least 3 weeks straight.

Yesterday's high of 89 was a tie with the record temperature in 2005. Water in the ocean is very warm, we are having a second summer, less hot and much more pleasant.

89F may sound hot, but couple degrees less than in August already feel better for us, and we enjoy it.

Right now at 6 PM on Saturday it is 83F and it feels like 88F. It is perfect. I enjoy every minute of it.

How different it feels in the spring and in the fall. When it hits 80 in the spring, it is so hot, and you feel that you are dying without the AC. And in the fall when the temperature suddenly drops to 82F, it feels cool and pleasant, and you turn off the AC and open the windows.

What surprises me is that Daytona Beach is empty when it is the best weather. Back in Russia on the Black Sea they called it a velvet season when school started and kids had to leave. There were fewer people on the beach, which meant that finally you could find where to put your foot.

Because in my native Russia they use centigrade, I do not really compare the temperatures, it is a tricky formula, and I never do it. But it would be interesitng to compare. I got the online conversion table and figured it all out.

So, in Florida average temperature for January is 69.8F. Average July temperature is 84.2F. In Moscow, where I lived last two years before emigrating to US, July average is 64.8F - less than in Florida in January. And Moscow average temperature in January is 18.5F. Sounds cold? Not really. Let me check average temperatures in Vorkuta, the place above the Arctic Circle, where we lived 14 years prior to moving to Moscow. Average July temperature is 53F. Average January is - 5.1. But cold temperatures are 9 - 10 months and annual average is 20F.

Forget about the Arctic. It is warm and green in Florida. It is a velvet season in Daytona Beach now. Come and enjoy Hottober. Are we going to have Hotember?