Coastal Living features Sarasota as ‘Dream Town'

Less than one month after TripAdvisor named Siesta Key home to the No. 1 U.S. beach, Sarasota continues to gain national prominence with a nod from Coastal Living Magazine. The lifestyle and travel magazine chose Sarasota as the featured “Dream Town” for March, citing its beaches, [...]

Home prices rise 8.6% in Sarasota - Manatee - April 2015

Home prices jumped 8.6 percent in February over the year before in the Sarasota-Manatee region, outpacing state and national gains.

Prices increased an even more robust 11.1 percent in Charlotte County, data provider CoreLogic reported Tuesday.

Home prices climbed 6.4 percent throughout Florida in February, the 12th-highest rate in the [...]

Happiest in America

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida, has the highest Well-Being Index score (64.1) across the 100 most populous communities in the U.S., according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Rounding out the top five are Urban Honolulu, Hawaii; Raleigh, North Carolina; Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, [...]

Interest Rates - Strong Housing Growth in 2015

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced in late February that housing is poised for stronger growth in 2015. Yet mortgage interest rates remain low. Should you lock in a rate now or see what happens? That depends on your tolerance for risk. Despite a positive outlook for the economy, [...]