D. Bruce Gant and his wife, Barbara, sold their five-bedroom, five bath at 1212 SE 15th Ave. in Deerfield Beach for $1.35 million to John King on March 24.

The Gants paid $875,000 for the property in June 2000.

The 4,310 square foot home was listed for $1.395 million.

Mr. Gant is a partner with The Daymark Group, a leadership development group based in Palm Beach Gardens. He specializes in the training, coaching and executive development for corporate leaders, as well as project management for corporations.

He has previously held executive positions at Citrix Systems, Sensormatic Electronics and American Power Conversion. He also served as the vice president of human resources programs and operations in the fire and security business unit at Tyco International, and in various human resources positions for Hewlett Packard and Pacific Gas and Electric.

He earned his bachelor's degree from California State University-San Jose.

Home sales in Deerfield Beach dropped more than 30 percent in 2007. The median sales price also dropped $19,000 last year, from $195,000 in 2006 to $176,000 in 2007.

BlockShopper Metrics began keeping track of home sales in South Florida in 2001.

Address: 1212 SE. 15th Avenue
Buyer(s): John M King and John M King (Living Trust)
Seller(s): D Bruce Gant and Barbara E Gant
Sale date: Mar. 24, 2008