Preconstruction on the luxury condominiums and cabanas known as Oceane Siesta Key began Friday, February 24th, with site work and seawall expansion. Workers are adding 2 feet in height to the seawall and 152-linear-feet of seawall will be increased with the new cap. This phase is scheduled to be completed by March 2. The superlatives for [...]

Hesitant Sellers Leave Buyers with Fewer Choices - Median sale prices for condos and single family homes continue to increase in both Sarasota and Manatee County. Sarasota County single family homes are up 10.5 percent from 2015 to $242,500, while Manatee County experienced an 11.7 percent jump from 2015 to $279,250. Year over year, [...]

SARASOTA - Sarasota has been riding high in the rankings of desirable places to live for the last few years. Now we can add “second-best place to retire” to the trophy shelf, courtesy of Livability. com — a website that slices data on small-to-medium-sized cities in a bunch of different ways. BEST PLACES TO RETIRE 1. Santa Barbara, [...]

Sales Strong in September

Property sales in Sarasota and Manatee counties were somewhat slower in September 2015, but the drop off from August was expected after an unprecedented six month run of record-setting closings. In addition, the start of fall 2015 looks a lot like the same time last year, but with one major exception. [...]

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 [...]

Sarasota 2015 Housing Forecast

Realty Trac—a leading provider of data for the housing industry—began the New Year by reporting that three Florida metro areas experienced some of the nation’s largest gains in median home prices in 2014.  One of them, [...]