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Brevard County Real Estate - Grant

Grant-Valkaria is a town located south of Melbourne in Brevard County, Florida. Grant was originally established in 1925 as a fishing village, and since 1966, the city has held the annual Grant Seafood Festival. The revenues collected through the seafood festival go back into the community through college scholarships and summer break activities for the local children. Originally two separate communities, Grant and Valkaria were joined in July of 2006 to create the single Incorporated Town of Grant-Valkaria.

Grant links:

• Wikipedia
• Grant City Website

Links

• Grant Real Estate Market Data
• Brevard County Real Estate Market Data
• Walkscore for Zipcode 32949
• Grant, FL Property Values on Trulia

Brevard County

Brevard County is located in the East Central Florida region, along with Orange, Volusia, Sumter, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola counties. There are many incorporated municipalities in Brevard. Cities include Cape Canaveral, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite Beach, Titusville, and West Melbourne. The towns in Brevard are Grant-Valkaria, Indiatlantic, Malabar, Melbourne Beach, Melbourne Village, and Palm Shores. Brevard?s population is well over half a million.

Top industries for Brevard County include technology, tourism, agriculture, and other service businesses. Top public sector employers for Brevard County are the Brevard County School Board, Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, NASA, and US Department of Defense. Private sector employers include Harris Corporation, Health First, Inc., United Space Alliance, Wuesthoff Health System, and Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Kennedy Space Center is located on Merritt Island in Brevard County and provides many jobs for the area, as well as acting as a popular tourist destination. It is from this activity that Brevard takes its nickname, the Space Coast. Nicknamed "Space City USA", the city of Titusville is across the water from KSC. The city?s population is highly-educated. The city is a popular destination for visitors wishing to see spacecraft launches.

Other tourist attractions in Brevard County include Port Canaveral, one of the busiest cruise ports in the world, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Cocoa Beach. Port Canaveral is serviced by Disney Cruise Lines, Carnival, and Royal Caribbean. Not just a tourist destination, the port is within a foreign trade zone.

In 2010 and 2011, the Brookings Institution reported that Brevard ranked in the bottom fifth of the nation's top metro areas, based on unemployment, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosed properties. In 2011, the county was rated the 6th worst in the nation for foreclosures. RealtyTrac rated Brevard as the best county in the United States for buyers in 2013 because of the low prices.

Neighboring Properties

Address	Type	Sq Ft	Class
4610 2nd St	Single Family	1,129	C
5366 Old Dixie Hwy	Single Family	2,048	B
4620 First St	Single Family	1,470	C
5370 Old Dixie Hwy	Single Family	1,188	C
4601 3rd St	Single Family	1,352	B
5360 Old Dixie Hwy	Single Family	1,419	B
4580 First St	Outdoor recreational or high-water recharge subject	10,152	B
4660 First St	Single Family	783	C
4550 First St	Single Family	1,056	C
4587 First St	Church	2,931	B

Nearest MLS Listings

Nearest properties for sale within 3 miles of this location

Address	Miles	Sq Ft	Price
47 Vip Is	.71	1,150	$699,900
4850 Old Dixie Hwy	.86	16,632	$3,400,000
6240 Highway 1	1.21	1,152	$1,899,900
5615 Schefflera Pl	1.29	0	$129,000
6830 Highway A1a	2.3	0	$439,000
6465 Highway A1a	2.36	4,048	$3,397,777
333 Woody Cir	2.44	3,023	$1,150,000
356 Aquarina Blvd	2.59	2,103	$675,000
5865 Highway A1a	2.78	2,763	$2,695,000
916 Frangi Pani Dr	2.89	1,372	$215,000
5319 Bannock St	2.97	1,269	$220,000
5675 Highway A1a	3.01	4,461	$3,999,000
5675 Highway A1a	3.01	4,461	$4,150,000
5587 Cord Grass Ln	3.01	1,033	$499,000
927 Spruce St	3.08	1,150	$184,500