Southwest Florida’s home buying season is in full swing — and it’s shaping up to be one of the busiest ever. Despite rapidly rising home prices and lingering inventory woes, homes from Parrish to Punta Gorda continue to change hands at the fastest clip on record, and most industry watchers don’t foresee it slowing any time soon. [...]

Record Number of Sales

First, the newly-minted union of the Sarasota Association of REALTORS® and the Manatee Association of REALTORS®—now known as the REALTOR® Association of Sarasota and Manatee—is reporting that 2014 enjoyed a record number of sales in Sarasota County; and near-record sales in Manatee County. To be exact, Sarasota [...]