Colleen Cooley, CRS - Jupiter Florida Realtor

It's called the Grand Vizcaya.

It's the largest model of all the homes sold in Valencia at Abacoa. Designed by Frankel Paone, it's far more than grand. It's grandeur with a capital EUR! European in style. Palatial in scope. And this one has a marvelous address.

Because 118 Valencia resides on a large corner lot with no home behind, and just a wide green royal palm lined median in front.

5 Bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 3 car garage & unending space!

As if this 4483 square foot home isn't spacious enough, cathedral and recessed ceilings exponentially increase that feeling of light and air. As does the openness of kitchen leading onto family room... leading out to patio & glorious freeform pool ... all enclosed with a high privacy wall.

There are 4 bedrooms, three with enclosed baths, a large balcony and new wood floors upstairs. A massive living room with a REAL wood burning fireplace, formal dining room with its own lanai, breakfast nook/kitchen/family room and office downstairs ... along with a master suite that leads directly to the pool through French doors, for a French dip.

As with most Italian-inspired palazzos, living is art.

Priced at $1,295,000, this home offers every feature you seek in an estate home... beginning with its stately exterior. And there's more ... far more. But we're not giving anything else away. This one needs to be seen, needs to be felt, to be truly appreciated.

Wave goodbye to Miami

Say so long to

traffic clogged streets

high crime rates

inadequate schools

unplanned sprawl &

eco-ignorqance!

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Move up to Jupiter

Where quality of life

is simply out of this world!

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Jupiter is your oyster...

Small town ease with big city amenities

The ultimate in planned & gated communities

Parks, preserves, bike trails & beaches

Manageble traffic

Underground utilities

A-rated schools

Seacrest has your pearl!

Visit us online at www.SeacrestFloridaProperties.com or call (561) 747-7717 to set up a property tour.

Clearly if John had Donne his homework, and visited this charming Divosta Abacoa neighborhood rimmed by lush green golf courses and lazy little lakes, he would have known just how beautiful that concept can be.

In The Island, well-established trees line the streets. Three, four and five bedroom homes are amply endowed with big welcoming front porches and portachaches. Houses on the outside back up to rather spectacular views of the golf course & lakes. And even though the street names ring of Barbados and Bermuda...the architecture is far more Cape Cod than Caribbean. But don't worry. The net effect is pure charm.

It's a family environment. Contiguous to the best of Abacoa, but slightly removed as its name implies. Quiet, lush and lovely. And the prices are surprising for all Divosta built in to these delightful homes. Finished in 2001 or thereabouts, still fresh enough to feel new, and incredibly well kept up...these houses will hold more than their value for many years to come. They'll hold people who know you can live happily in an island of tranquility and still feel comfortably connected.

A smart man I know has spent a lifetime watching for depressed real estate markets. When everyone else is fleeing the scene, he swoops in and buys up everything he can afford. He did it in London in the 70's. If he were here right now, he'd buy up a chunk of Palm Beach County - especially Jupiter homes for sale and Palm Beach Gardens real estate. And he wouldn't be the least bit daunted by the fact that mortgage underwriting is a little more stringent. No indeed. He understands that real estate is like the stock market. When people are sitting it out, that's the time to roll up your sleeves and plunge in.

Contrary to common concerns, there will never be a better time to buy than right now. If they're looking for a deal and don't think the bottom has hit yet, you just might miss your opportunity. The bottom will flip before you ever see it, and you'll miss a great deal waiting for a better one.

Besides, rates are lower now. So there's a window of opportunity that won't last long. Rates can swing from 5 percent to 10 percent surprisingly quickly. And if your credit is in reasonable shape, you'll probably qualify. I should know. I'm not just a Realtor, a Certified Residential Specialist. I'm also a mortgage broker with years in the business.

There's huge inventory out here. A lot of people, a number of builders who need to get out from under and are willing to take a big cut in price to do it. So right now you can probably afford far more than you could have a year or two ago. In fact, some sellers will even carry the note.

If you're looking at pre-construction, chances are prices have gone down from where they started. And many homes or condos built on spec are standing empty, with the developer carrying the note at a loss.

So listen up. You can sit this one out and regret it for years. Blame it on high insurance and tight underwriting and miss the buyer's market of a lifetime. Or you can make the right call. As for me, I know what I'm doing. I've invested it all.