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The historically low inventory over the past few years led to challenges for many buyers trying to find a home that met their needs and their budget. If you’re in the same boat, you should know the recent shift in the housing market may have opened up doors for you to restart your search. The […]
If you’re following today’s housing market, you know two of the top issues consumers face are inflation and mortgage rates. Let’s take a look at each one. Inflation and the Housing Market This year, inflation reached a high not seen in forty years. For the average consumer, you probably felt the pinch at the gas pump […]
The real estate market is on just about everyone’s mind these days. That’s because the unsustainable market of the past two years is behind us, and the difference is being felt. The question now is, just how financially strong are homeowners throughout the country? Mortgage debt grew beyond 10 trillion dollars over the past year, […]
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Some Highlights
- When it comes to selling your house, you want it to look its best inside and out so it catches the attention of buyers. A real estate professional can help you decide what to do to make that happen.
- Focus on tasks that can make it inviting, show it’s cared for, and boost your curb appeal.
- Let’s connect so you have advice on what you may want to do to get your house ready to sell this season.
Experts are starting to make their 2023 home price forecasts. As they do, most agree homes will continue to gain value, just at a slower pace. Over the past couple of years, home prices have risen at an unsustainable rate, leaving many to wonder how long it would last. If you’re asking yourself: what’s ahead […]
Some people believe there’s a group of homeowners who may be reluctant to sell their houses because they don’t want to lose the historically low mortgage rate they have on their current home. You may even have the same hesitation if you’re thinking about selling your house. Data shows 51% of homeowners have a mortgage […]
While watching the stock market recently may have started to feel pretty challenging, checking the value of your home should come as welcome relief in this volatile time. If you’re a homeowner, your net worth got a big boost over the past few years thanks to rising home prices. And that increase in your wealth […]
If recent headlines about the housing market cooling and buyer demand moderating have you worried you’ve missed your chance to sell, here’s what you need to know. Buyer demand hasn’t disappeared, it’s just eased from the peak intensity we saw over the past two years. Buyer Demand Then and Now During the pandemic, mortgage rates hit […]
Testimonials
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I recently had the opportunity to work with Amelia Sabater from Sandbar Realty. I found her to be extremely professional, attentive to detail, and her willingness to help was unparalleled to any other realtor I’ve had the opportunity to work with before. Sandbar Realty is lucky to have someone like Amelia on their team.
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- Nikkoal Fuentes
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I had nothing but excellent service from this company, they went above and beyond their scope of practice to make the sale of my home happen! Kira always responded with solutions and in times like these we need to hear how to get things done not why things won't work, I would choose this company again!
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- Celine Baker
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Amelia Sabater has proven to be an amazing realtor, she goes above and beyond for her customers. I am thankful to know her and recommend her to all my friends and family-
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- Brianne Carty
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Sandbar is a great brokerage - Amelia Sabater has an amazing work ethic and truly cares about her customers. Her bubbly personality is top notch. I would recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell!
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- Lacey Kinsey
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I’m a local investor in the Jacksonville Florida market and I recently closed a sale with Kira. Kira’s team worked extremely hard to get this deal done within a very short timeframe. In a competitive market like we are in now, it’s a challenge to find a hardworking team who delivers as promised.
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- Jesse Wyatt
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Amelia is extremely friendly and helpful, she makes buying a home an enjoyable experience!!!!
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- Henrietta Tortorici
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We stumbled across the house for sell while out walking Dec.26, 2020. Kira and her team were amazing. They were able to sell our condo and sell us the house in 30 days. We closed on the house the day after we closed on the condo. What an amazing team. They made the process easy and stress free, always staying in touch with us. Professional. Responsive. Awesome. and Easy. I highly recommend this team.
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- Doug Powell
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A mutual friend introduced me to Amelia when she learned that I was moving to Jax for school. Living an hour and a half from Jacksonville, it was hard to look on my own for a rental. Amelia was such a big help. I would always get new listings sent to my email and she would check in with me to see if any fit my criteria and schedule viewings with her. She would get us a viewing quickly which was huge considering how fast places go (something I didn’t realize until this search). She even went to one place on her own so I wouldn’t have to drive down and FaceTimed me and sent me videos. Her communication was amazing and she always did all she could to give us the most information possible. If my husband and I decide to stay in Jacksonville and buy, we will definitely be using her as our realtor. She is just a very friendly person and easy to talk to. Highly recommend!!
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- Pearl Graham Taylor
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Kira helped me purchase my first home! She made the process as stress free as possible and held my hand every step of the way! Thanks for helping me finally have the courage to make the step of purchasing a home! It feels great to be a homeowner!
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- Brittany Blalock
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Kira and her team are true professionals! They have gone above and beyond to help my husband and I navigate a very competitive market. Kira is so knowledgeable of the local real estate market and has helped us make informed decisions every step of the way.
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- Laura Padovano
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Amelia Sabater is the most helpful, kind, and caring realtor I have ever met. During these crazy times she made us feel at ease. She is the best realtor in Jacksonville!
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- Courtenay Kinsey
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Kira has been a pleasure to work with! Highly recommend!!
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- Becca O.
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Amelia is an absolutely amazing realtor. Her exciting personality and drive to go above and beyond is exceptionally admirable and deserving of recognition!
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- Matthew Dezern
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Wow, I don’t even know how to begin this review. Backstory: my husband and I put our house on the market, it sold that day... we were NOT ready for that. Our new house has just begun the building phase. So my family of five and two dogs were essentially homeless. We packed up everything in storages, boarded our dogs and stayed with a friend. After trying and trying myself from sunrise to sunset with absolutely no luck, I took a shot and called Sandbar Realty. The first conversation I had with Kira, I hung up and felt like I took my first breath in a long time. She was on it. She literally took the reigns from me and assured me that I could relax and she’ll handle it, And she did. I mean, through the weekend at NIGHTS and even through Sunday, she was asking questions, contacting everyone she knew and keeping in touch with me about EVERYTHING, I never had to wonder if she forgot about us. In three days Kira and her team put us in a home with EVERY. SINGLE. REQUEST we asked for. I’m talking room, yard, price, neighborhood, they found it!!! We never had to raise our price, in fact we came out UNDER budget!! It just goes to show you NO job is to large or to small for her, she makes you feel like her number one priority. When she called and said “I found it” we were in tears! Thank you, thank you, thank you Kira and team you are a true blessing!!
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- Bethany Lyke
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We have bought and sold several properties using Kira as our agent. Her knowledge, helpfulness, and experience is why we still call on her for our real estate needs. We also want to give a shout out to her team. We can’t say enough good things about Kira and her whole team. They go the extra mile.
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- Christopher Haney
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Amelia Sabater is SO amazing she really cares about you and what YOU want. She even got me a gift for my new home …. A stressful thing is looking for the perfect home but she made it stress free and easy, thank you!!!!
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- Angelina S.
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Amelia Sabater surpassed my expectations of a great realtor. She will help you every step of the way. Making it less stressful for you. She has great customer service and communicates with you throughout the whole process of buying a home.
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- Becca Rich
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Amelia is an amazing realtor, she goes above and beyond for her clients!
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- Sean Walsh
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Kira makes the home buying process such an amazing journey. She found us exactly what type of homes we were looking for in our budget and in our prime locations. All we ever had to do was just show up to do walk throughs. After finding us our dream home which we got into early before open house because of her great connections, she guided us through every step of the closing process and made closing so easy. If I could give 100 stars, I would. Do not go with anyone else, go to Kira, you definitely will NOT regret it.
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- Denise Harrison
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Amelia is so amazing and kind. She went out of her way to help me understand all I needed to know about buying a home. She is my Go-to-Gal whenever I'm going to move!
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- Jared Thompson
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Amelia is very good at her job. She provided us with exceptional support and guidance throughout the entire home buying process. I would recommend her to anyone looking to buy a home.
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- Tami Brown
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Great people, great customer service and just an overall great experience thanks Kira!
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- Jeremy Lane
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I have worked with Kira on one recent property transaction and look forward to working with her and her team on many more. She is particularly knowledgeable on the Jacksonville investment property market. She is extremely responsive and professional. Keep up the great work!
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- Brad Brynteson
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Kira is great! Amazing personality, super knowledgeable and great to work with! I highly recommend using her services if you’re buying or selling, not every agent is the same ?
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- Katie Little
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I am so glad that we chose Kira Sikes to help us find our home. She and her team were very professional and very thorough. She came up with some creative ideas for us to write a buyers letter and an escalation clause because the market was so hot and her suggestions literally made the difference. Kira crossed every T and dotted every i in this process and literally helped us WIN this house. I might add that Kira has been patiently keeping in touch and sending me useful listings and information from time to time for almost 4 years!! Finally the time came when it was time to look for real and she treated me like I was her best customer. I couldn’t be more pleased to be in this new beautiful home and Kira and her team at Sandbar really helped us get it done, and done quickly.
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- Alan Vinson
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The data relating to real estate for sale/lease on this web site come in part from a cooperative data exchange program of the multiple listing service (MLS) in which this real estate firm (Broker) participates. The data is provided exclusively for the user's personal non-commercial use, and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify properties that the user may be interested in purchasing or leasing. The properties displayed may not be all of the properties in the MLS's database, or all
