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2. Swampland in Florida - Wikipedia

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   Swampland in Florida is a figure of speech referring to real estate scams in which a seller misrepresents unusable swampland as developable property. These types of unseen property scams became widely known in the United States in the 20th century, and the phrase is often used metaphorically for any scam that misrepresents what is being sold.

3. Florida land boom of the 1920s - Wikipedia

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   Florida land boom of the 1920s. 1922 Florida billboard promoting the sale of lots. The first real estate bubble in Florida was primarily caused by the economic prosperity of the 1920s coupled with a lack of knowledge about storm frequency and the poor building standards. This pioneering era of Florida land speculation lasted from 1924 to 1926 ...

4. Hamilton Disston - Wikipedia

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   Hamilton Disston. Hamilton Disston (August 23, 1844 – April 30, 1896) [1] was an American industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased 4 million acres (16,000 km²) of Florida land in 1881, an area larger than the state of Connecticut, and reportedly the most land ever purchased by a single person in world history.

5. Babcock Ranch, Florida - Wikipedia

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   278018 [ 1 ] Website. babcockranch.com. Babcock Ranch is a planned community located in southeastern Charlotte County and northeastern Lee County, Florida, consisting of approximately 17,000 acres (6,900 ha). [ 2 ] The community was named after Edward Vose Babcock, a lumber baron and former mayor of Pittsburgh, who purchased the land in 1914.

6. St. Joe Company - Wikipedia

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   joe.com. The St. Joe Company is a land development company headquartered in Panama City Beach, Florida. Founded in 1936 and until 1966 known as St. Joe Paper Company, the company still operates a forestry division but is primarily engaged in real estate development and asset management. The company's land holdings are concentrated in Northwest ...

7. 27 Florida Cities With the Most Homes for Sale - AOL

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   Clewiston. For sale inventory: 471. Share of listings with a price cut: 14.6%. Percentage of homes sold below listing price: 81.3%. Median sale-to-list ratio: 93.6%. Be Aware: 5 Worst Florida ...