Sarasota Home Prices - Look at the actual reason you are buying and decide whether it is worth waiting. Whether you want to have a great place for your children to grow up, you want your family to be safer, or you just want to have control over renovations, maybe now is the time to buy. If the right thing for you and your family is to [...]

Home buyers in Southwest Florida are still paying with cash at one of the fastest rates in the nation.

Several recent studies show the Sarasota-Bradenton metro area maintains a higher percentage of cash buyers than almost anywhere else in the U.S. It's a similar situation throughout Florida. Of the 10 metro areas with the highest share of [...]

CHICAGO – April 30, 2015 – Home prices are rising more rapidly than they did just a few months ago, as demand outpaces supply. Existing-home sales surged 9 percent year-over-year in March, and home prices rose 8 percent over last year, according to the National Association of [...]

Could it be?  Could existing condominiums be priced as low as the mid-$200’s in such premium waterfront neighborhoods on one of our islands? Upon closer examination, it turns out that you can indeed purchase good condominiums near the area’s best beaches for less than one might think.  For not only do amazing buying opportunities [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Sarasota Area Home Prices Climb 6.9 Percent

Home prices in the Sarasota-Manatee region climbed 6.9 percent in January compared with last year, the most in six months. The increase topped the Florida and U.S. gains, data provider CoreLogic reported Tuesday. Single-family homes’ prices rose even more — [...]

WASHINGTON – Jan. 28, 2015 – For the first time in 16 months, the total inventory of U.S. homes available for sale dropped in December, according to the National Association of [...]

‘BREAKOUT’ YEAR HERE FORECAST ECONOMIST’S PREDICTIONS:

Hank Fishkind expects strong population growth

MANATEE COUNTY — Southwest Florida’s economy will likely remain strong through 2016, economist Hank Fishkind told regional business leaders. “Two-thousand fifteen is a breakout year,” Fishkind said during the Bradenton Area [...]