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The best word to describe Lawton's newest Mayor, Stan Booker, is Visionary. He has the gift of seeing the big picture. Mayor Booker has a positive vision for the future of Lawton and is proactively working to achieve this goal for our great city.

Stan Booker grew up in Lawton and attended Eisenhower High School and Cameron University. He relishes the opportunity to serve the community he loves and believes he's been given a second chance to give back. Prior to 2015, Booker had lost most of his hearing and had become very frustrated and isolated as a result of being unable to communicate. In May of 2015, Stan Booker received a cochlear implant which restored his hearing, and the experience has been life changing. Booker was inspired to once again serve his community, and through his involvement with the Lawton Rotary Club, he founded the Leadership Institute. He sa...

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Southwest Oklahoma is proud that Medicine Park has recently been named one of the most beautiful towns in America. The town was selected fifth from a list of 30 of our country's most beautiful towns by the travel site Expedia.

Medicine Park is nestled at the entrance to the beautiful Wichita Mountains, just north of Lawton and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This charming "Cobblestone Community" is filled with quaint cottages built using the unique granite cobblestones found in the area.

Expedia selected Medicine Park because of the "charming downtown oozing with character, sparkling waves under the glow of a sunset and wide-open ranges void of human handprints." The town was also chosen for "endearing architecture and preserved nature trails to serene coastlines and mountaintop views."

While in Medicine Park, plunge into the swimming hole at stunning Bath Lake, stroll...

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Spring and Summer are the busiest home buying seasons in our market of Lawton, Cache, Elgin and surrounding communities. If you are considering putting your home on the market, here are tried and true tips to help your home look its best…which will make it more appealing to buyers and help it sell quickly!

Create Curb Appeal. The exterior of your home creates the buyers' first impression. Buyers often drive-by your home before scheduling an appointment to see the inside. They can make a snap decision to rule out a property based on how well maintained and attractive a home is on the exterior, assuming if it's not well maintained on the outside, the inside will be the same. First impressions truly do make a difference.

Draw buyers to your home with these simple exterior improvements:

• Mow the lawn and reseed or add sod to areas that are bare.
• Plant blooming flowers and green shrubs.
• Hang easy to read house numbers....

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Parks Jones Realty celebrates 52 years of serving Lawton, Fort Sill, Elgin, Cache and the surrounding areas this year! The longevity of our company and our outstanding reputation are based on the standards established by our owner, John S. Jones. The values of integrity, excellence, professionalism and education are ingrained in our Realtors and staff, allowing us to offer the very best service to our customers.

Parks Jones Realty was opened in 1966 by founding Broker, John Jones. A native of Virginia, John graduated from Virginia Tech and military service brought him to Fort Sill, where he met and married the former Helen Parks in 1959. John entered the Real Estate profession as a Sales Associate in 1961 and opened Parks Jones Realty in 1966.

Parks Jones Realty initially offered the services of listing and selling properties, as well as property manage...

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Welcome Spring in Southwest Oklahoma! The residential real estate numbers are definitely seeing an improvement in our area over the past year. There are currently 817 homes on the market, which is down from 858 last year at this time. Of the homes for sale, 67% are in Lawton. The remaining 33% are in Cache, Elgin and other surrounding areas.

There have been 1,539 sold and closed properties in the past 12 months versus 1,417 last year. Sixty-two percent of the sold homes were located in Lawton. The average sold price has increased also. In the past 12 months, the average sold price has been $120,321, compared to $117,196 the previous year. The numbers in our market are improving due to a positive outlook as to Fort Sill's future as well as a market of very well priced and affordable homes. We are looking forward to a continuation of good news for our local housing...

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