Florida Drivers License Requirements

New Florida Drivers License Requirements
Effective January 1, 2010, new identification requirements took effect for Florida residents getting a driver license or identification card. You will be required to visit a driver license office and show proof of: 1) identification, 2) Social Security number and 3) residential address (two items). Renewals can still be done via the Internet or mail, but only once between office renewals. Read the full press release at
http://www.gathergoget.com/press/2009121801.php

The Department encourages residents to visit the web site to speed through the process so they can make their transactions in one trip. For more information about the Gather. Go. Get. campaign, or to see a full list of required documents, visit    http://www.gathergoget.com/

Whale watching season on Florida’s East Coast

Whale watching season on Florida’s East Coast
December to March is when the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale migrates to the east coast of Georgia and Florida for calving. This is the only known calving area for this whale. Volunteers have been recruited & trained and are actively observing the shoreline to report sightings of mothers and calves. To report a sighting or a North American Right Whale call the hot line at 1-888-979-4253. Right Whales have been known to reach 60 feet in length and weight up to 117 tons. It is believed the whales live for about 70 years.  There was a day of watching many whales around the Flagler Beach pier January 29, 2010.

New Ocean Front Park in Ormond By The Sea, Florida

Work has begun on a beachside park in Ormond By The Sea, Florida at Roberta Road on the east side of A1A. The site was the location of the Happy Whale Condominium and the Happy Whale Restaurant. Those buildings had not been well maintained for many years and were demolished in 2001 due to an accumulation of code violations.

Part of the same project includes approximately 1 acre on the west side of A1A at Carol Road that will provide additional parking for the park. Completion of the park, which has not yet been named, is expected this summer and possible as early as May 2010. Amenities anticipated at the park will be beach access, restrooms and showers. There will be no playground or picnic pavilions so if you are looking for those things you will need to go down the road a few hundred yards to Tom Renick Park. <br />

Ocean View Realty Group

For additional information about
Ormond By The Sea rental homes and condos
contact Deanna Thomas, our rental specialist ovrentals@aol.com

Thinking of buying or selling
an Ormond By The Sea home or condo?
Contact Realtor Marion O'Connor or Rhonda Lehnen or Shonda Stebleton at ovforsale@aol.com

Ormond By The Sea home and condo owners....................
picture your property here for rent by Ocean View Realty Group.
Contact Ocean View today. At Ocean View one call does it all!

Vacation rental information is on our vacation rental web site at
www.OrmondBeachCondoRentals.com




Toll free--USA and Canada 1-800-356-3409
Phone 386-441-8245
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Price reduced on Sunny Beach Club Condo 103 in Ormond By The Sea, Florida

Price reduced on Sunny Beach Club Condo 103 in Ormond By The Sea, Florida

Sunny Beach Club Condo unit 103 is a beautiful first floor 2 bedroom 2 bath condo with inside laundry in Ormond By The Sea, Florida. The asking price has been reduced to $145,000. A beautiful new kitchen highlights this nicely furnished and decorated condo. The new kitchen includes a smooth top range and built-in microwave. Enjoy beautiful views of the pool and the Atlantic Ocean from your private patio. This unit has ceramic tile throughout.

For additional information and more photos visit the Ocean View Realty Group web site at http://www.ovrealty.com/Sunny_Beach_Club_103.php

December 2009 Homes Sold in Ormond By The Sea, Florida

The Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service recorded 14 single-family homes sold in December 2009 in Ormond By The Sea, Florida. The lowest sale price was $74,900 and the highest was $407,600. Four of the 14 sales were 2 bedroom 1 bath and 6 were 3 or more bedrooms. The average sale price was $145,986 the median sales price was $130,000. At 14, the number of December 2009 sales exceeds the December 2008 total of 3 and the December 2007 total of 6

Ocean View Realty Group

For additional information about
Ormond By The Sea rental homes and condos
contact Deanna Thomas, our rental specialist ovrentals@aol.com

Thinking of buying or selling
an Ormond By The Sea home or condo?
Contact Realtor Marion O'Connor or Rhonda Lehnen or Shonda Stebleton at ovforsale@aol.com

Ormond By The Sea home and condo owners....................
picture your property here for rent by Ocean View Realty Group.
Contact Ocean View today. At Ocean View one call does it all!

Vacation rental information is on our vacation rental web site at
www.OrmondBeachCondoRentals.com




Toll free--USA and Canada 1-800-356-3409
Phone 386-441-8245
fax 386-441-2407
mail to:ovrealty@aol.com

Searching the Daytona Beach area Multiple Listing Service(MLS) anonymously

Searching the Daytona Beach area Multiple Listing Service(MLS) which includes Ormond Beach Florida and Ormond By The Sea Florida is now a piece of cake for anyone with internet access.  View information and photos of homes and condos for sale.  Just use the link below and you can search properties without giving your name or other information. Return as often as you like and search anonymously until you decide you need to contact Ocean View Realty group for additional information.


http://webapps2.planetrealtor.com/idx/pkg_IDX.pr_IDXSearch?sStateID=FL&sRealtorID=1067885&sUserType=R&sSearchStateID=FL&sSearchSource=X
 
For more information about Ocean View Realty Group and Ormond By The Sea Florida visit the web site at http://www.ovrealty.com/

Royalty of Doo-Wopp and Rock’n Roll concert in Daytona Beach, Florida

Harvey Robbins presents The Royalty of Doo-Wopp and Rock’n Roll concert at the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach, Florida Saturday night February 6, 2010. Expect a fabulous evening of 50’s music with the Diamond’s original lead singer Dave Somerville, Shep’s Limelites, George Galfo’s Mystics, a Buddy Holly review and other Harvey Robbins’ Rock’n Roll all-stars. For tickets and information call (386) 671-3462 or visit http://www.peabodyauditorium.org/. Tickets are also on sale at the box office and through ticket master.

Ocean View Realty Group

For additional information about
Ormond By The Sea rental homes and condos
contact Deanna Thomas, our rental specialist ovrentals@aol.com

Thinking of buying or selling
an Ormond By The Sea home or condo?
Contact Realtor Marion O'Connor or Rhonda Lehnen or Shonda Stebleton at ovforsale@aol.com

Ormond By The Sea home and condo owners....................
picture your property here for rent by Ocean View Realty Group.
Contact Ocean View today. At Ocean View one call does it all!

Vacation rental information is on our vacation rental web site at
www.OrmondBeachCondoRentals.com




Toll free--USA and Canada 1-800-356-3409
Phone 386-441-8245
fax 386-441-2407
mail to:ovrealty@aol.com

Pip’s Beachside Bar and Grill has closed

Several restaurants have occupied the small building at 2986 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond By The Sea, Florida in recent years and none has survived from any length of time. Pip’s Beachside Bar and Grill is the latest restaurant to close at that location. Pip’s was open there abut one year.

Ocean View Realty Group

For additional information about
Ormond By The Sea rental homes and condos
contact Deanna Thomas, our rental specialist ovrentals@aol.com

Thinking of buying or selling
an Ormond By The Sea home or condo?
Contact Realtor Marion O'Connor or Rhonda Lehnen or Shonda Stebleton at ovforsale@aol.com

Ormond By The Sea home and condo owners....................
picture your property here for rent by Ocean View Realty Group.
Contact Ocean View today. At Ocean View one call does it all!

Vacation rental information is on our vacation rental web site at
www.OrmondBeachCondoRentals.com




Toll free--USA and Canada 1-800-356-3409
Phone 386-441-8245
fax 386-441-2407
mail to:ovrealty@aol.com

Condo market watch for December 2009 in Ormond By The Sea, Florida

The number of Ormond By The Sea condos for sale through the Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service has dropped to 86 primarily due to the expiration of listing agreements during the month of December 2009. There were 24 condos that expired during the month. Some were re-listed. There are 6 under contract pending sale and 8 condos sold in Ormond By The Sea during the month of December 2009. Of the 86 condos for sale 45 are asking below $200,000. Direct Ocean Front condo building have 28 condo for sale average in price from $210,000 to $750,000. Asking prices for 2 bedroom 2-bath condo on the west side of A1A range from $95,000 to $249,900. Nine of the direct ocean front condo for sale are at the Capriana, which opened in 2006. All of those condos are 3 bedroom 3 bath and range in asking price from $449,000 to $699,000.

For information about Ormond By The Sea, Florida houses and condo for sale or for rent visit the Ocean View Realty Group web site at www.ovrealty.com where you can search the Multiple Listing Service anonymously.

Ocean View Realty Group

For additional information about
Ormond By The Sea rental homes and condos
contact Deanna Thomas, our rental specialist ovrentals@aol.com

Thinking of buying or selling
an Ormond By The Sea home or condo?
Contact Realtor Marion O'Connor or Rhonda Lehnen or Shonda Stebleton at ovforsale@aol.com

Ormond By The Sea home and condo owners....................
picture your property here for rent by Ocean View Realty Group.
Contact Ocean View today. At Ocean View one call does it all!

Vacation rental information is on our vacation rental web site at
www.OrmondBeachCondoRentals.com




Toll free--USA and Canada 1-800-356-3409
Phone 386-441-8245
fax 386-441-2407
mail to:ovrealty@aol.com

Fourth quarter 2009 Ormond By The Sea, Florida condo sales.

In October to December 2009 there were 15 Ormond By The Sea, Florida condo sales through the Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service that closed. There are 6 condos under contract pending closing as of the end of 2009. An even dozen of the condos sold were 2 bedroom 2 bath on the west side of A1A. Sold prices for those averaged $156,083 with the lowest at $136,500 and the highest at $180,000.  The 15 sales in 2009 are slightly higher than the 11 in October to December 2008 and the 8 closings in 2007 and the 10 in 2006.  Sales prices or 2 bedroom 2 bath Ormond By The Sea condos on the west side of A1A in 2007 ranged from a low of $198,000 to a high of $265,000 the lowest sale price in 2006 was $220,000.

For information and photos of Ormond By The Sea homes and condos for sale visit the Ocean View Realty Group web site at http://www.ovrealty.com/  where you can search the Daytona Beach Area Association Multiple Listing Service anonymously.

Ocean View Realty Group

http://www.ovrealty.com/

For additional information about
Ormond By The Sea rental homes and condos
contact Deanna Thomas, our rental specialist ovrentals@aol.com

Thinking of buying or selling
an Ormond By The Sea home or condo?
Contact Realtor Marion O'Connor or Rhonda Lehnen or Shonda Stebleton at ovforsale@aol.com

Ormond By The Sea home and condo owners....................
picture your property here for rent by Ocean View Realty Group.
Contact Ocean View today. At Ocean View one call does it all!

Vacation rental information is on our vacation rental web site at
www.OrmondBeachCondoRentals.com




Toll free--USA and Canada 1-800-356-3409
Phone 386-441-8245
fax 386-441-2407
mail to:ovrealty@aol.com