Featured Homes

Anna Maria – $989,000 Anna Maria – $989,000

Custom designed house on deep water canal.

Bradenton – $475,000 Bradenton – $475,000

Prime family lake front home at “The Estates of Glenn Lakes”

Holmes Beach – $1,174,000 Holmes Beach – $1,174,000

Mediterranean style home overlooking Lake LaVista inlet.

Palma Sola Harbour – $279,000 Palma Sola Harbour – $279,000

Spectacular views of Palma Sola Bay from almost every room

Coral Shores – $1,299,000 Coral Shores – $1,299,000

Magnificent bayfront residence overlooking the Intracoastal waterway.

Buyer Advise

Vacation properties new revenue stream for many investors Vacation properties new revenue stream for many investors

Nowadays, everybody is looking for a way to capture a new revenue stream. More and more investors find that to buy a rental property and rent it to vacationers is a profitable investment.
To attract vacationers who prefer homes to hotel rooms, homeowners can work with a vacation rental agency. Vacationers are coming from up north [...]

Real Estate

More cash sales, shrinking time on market More cash sales, shrinking time on market

All-cash buyers have surged since the housing downturn while the typical amount of time it takes to sell a home is shrinking, revealing the changing dynamics of today’s home buyers and sellers.
Academic experts took a closer look at cash buyers and how time-on-market impacts home sales during the “Changing Dynamics of Recent Home Buyers and [...]

International

Canadian Newspaper: It´t time to buy a Florida home! Canadian Newspaper: It´t time to buy a Florida home!

The Canadian newspaper “The Globe and Mail“ says “worst is over” – Florida turned a corner and heading back up. International investors must “jump fast if they want to take advantage” of it.

Hey aspiring snowbirds: The Florida housing market could be rebounding
Florida is known for its amusement parks, but no white-knuckle ride has been quite like [...]

Seller Advice

Analysis: Move-up buyers shouldn’t wait Analysis: Move-up buyers shouldn’t wait

Looking to buy a bigger house? Now might be the best time to do so.
Although waiting a few years to sell a home will likely mean a higher sales price, the cost of a bigger new home will increase as well, according to an analysis by Redfin. Financially, it makes more sense to capture today’s [...]

Bradenton

Road Trip Bradenton Road Trip Bradenton

Great ROAD TRIP article about Bradenton and Anna Maria Island in the Pittsburgh Tribune ~ highlights McKechnie Field, Riverwalk, Village of the Arts, South Florida Museum, and much more.
Baseball isn’t the only game in town in Bradenton, Fla.
Dedicated Pittsburgh Pirates fans arriving from a long line drive of a road trip or a relatively short flight [...]

Sarasota

2012 sales were the fourth highest in Sarasota history 2012 sales were the fourth highest in Sarasota history

Property sales for the year 2012 were the fourth highest in the 90-year history of the Sarasota Association of Realtors®, achieving 9,169 total sales.
In 2003, sales in our market hit 9,697, followed by 11,267 in 2004 (the current all-time high) and 10,562 in 2005. The annual sales dropped to 6,358 in 2006 and bottomed out [...]