Increases Abound Compared to August 2016, the latest market report shows an increase in closed sales, median prices, and inventory for single family homes, while condos in the two-county area reported an increase in closed sales and pending sales. The August 2017 data was compiled from My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service by Florida [...]

After the Storm, Realtors say no downturn in Sarasota-Manatee market

Hurricane Irma hasn’t blown the roof off the Sarasota-Manatee real estate market. The historic tropical cyclone, once a Category 5 monster and a violent Category 4 upon its first landfall in Florida, did leave a trail of destruction across the state. Just not on home [...]

Local home prices in the Sarasota-Manatee region again failed to keep pace with state and national increases. Single-family home prices rose 4.1 percent in July over the year in the two-county area, data provider CoreLogic reported Tuesday. That was less than the Florida increase of 6.2 percent and the U.S. gain of 6.7 percent. Prices [...]

The latest data, compiled from My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service, continues to fluctuate in July of 2017 in the two county area. Closed sales increased in Sarasota County by 5.8 percent, compared to July 2016. However, sales in Manatee County were 8.9 percent lower than July last year.   [...]