What $1.5M buys in Jacksonville Beaches right now: three homes, compared.

East or west of Third Street

The ocean blocks carry the earliest evacuation letters and the wind-and-flood quote; the Intracoastal side carries docks and, in places, Zone X.

Three towns, three rule books

Height limits, short-term rental rules and parking differ by town. The house is the same; the rules are not.

Teardown economics

Much of the stock is 1950s-80s on lots the new builds want. At this budget you are buying either the renovation or the lot.

Is $1.5M enough to buy in Jacksonville Beaches?

The live count at the top of this page is the honest answer for today: every home for sale across these neighboring subdivisions at or under $1.5M, with the median. The three homes below are picked from that set by rule (most space, newest, best price per square foot), so what you see is what the money buys this week, not a brochure.

How are the three homes chosen?

By rule, from every marketable listing in the ring at or under the budget: the largest living area, the newest build year, and the lowest price per square foot, each a different home. The set refreshes with the feed. No home is featured by arrangement and no listing agent is involved in the pick.

Which beach town allows short-term rentals?

Each of the three regulates differently and the rules change; Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach each have their own ordinance and permitting. I confirm the current rule for the specific address before a client buys partly as a rental.