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Bradenton / Sarasota ranks high in online interest

Feb 3rd, 2012 | By
Bradenton / Sarasota ranks high in online interest

Bradenton / Sarasota is the #3 most popular area in the nation for home buyers who are searching for homes using the internet.
What does this mean to you if you’re selling a home?  It means that you should be choosing a company who offers the strongest online marketing available: Sea to Sky Realty!
With our company your [...]



Lakewood Ranch Ranked as Top 10 Selling Community in US

Jan 27th, 2012 | By
Lakewood Ranch Ranked as Top 10 Selling Community in US

Lakewood Ranch ranked as a top-10 selling community by national real estate consulting firm.
California-based John Burns Consulting has ranked Lakewood Ranch as one of the top selling master  planned communities in the United States with 391 new home sales in 2011. Coming  in at number 9, Lakewood Ranch outpaced many other well-established and iconic communities. This is the [...]



Forbes.com: Bradenton/ Sarasota is #1 destination of Americans hunting for homes

Dec 6th, 2011 | By
Forbes.com: Bradenton/ Sarasota is #1 destination of Americans hunting for homes

More good news for the Bradenton/Sarasota Real Estate Market: Forbes.com names the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota area as #1 area where Americans are hunting for homes!
All of the top 10 cities “picking up strength” are in the Sun Belt. Florida dominates the list with five snow bird hubs in the top 10: the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota area (No.1), [...]



Best Beach on the Gulf Coast: Anna Maria Island

Aug 13th, 2011 | By
Best Beach on the Gulf Coast: Anna Maria Island

Florida Travel + Life recently ranked our beaches on Anna Maria Island as some of the BEST around!
They feature Anna Maria Island as the place that offers an authentic taste of island living with best beaches for long beach walks, cute beach boutiques, chilled-out beach cafés, funky beach bars - and of course they are right!!!
Here’s the article:

Best Florida Beaches: [...]



New Homes For Sale on Anna Maria Sound – Harbour Isle

Mar 30th, 2011 | By
New Homes For Sale on Anna Maria Sound – Harbour Isle

Florida Island Living At Its Very Best!
Anna Maria Sound is located in the city of Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. Harbour Isle, located in beautiful Perico Island, is just minutes away from Anna Maria Island, with its quaint business districts, award-winning restaurants, specialty shops, and arts and entertainment venues that make it one of the nation’s favorite [...]



2011 Cheap Rental cars out of Florida

Feb 10th, 2011 | By

Drive-out-of-Florida deals are back for 2011 spring and early summer travel.
Each year, there are heavily discounted rates offered to move cars out of Florida after the popular winter-travel season ends. These deals give travelers and vacationers cheap rentals during their Florida vacations. Book one, and you’ll get to see more of the U.S. when you drive out [...]



Manatee County population at double digit growth

Dec 22nd, 2010 | By

BRADENTON - The Suncoast population is booming, especially in Manatee County. That’s just one of the new things the 2010 U.S. Census is showing us.
We learned already from the census that Florida will gain two seats in congress due to its population growth. But digging into numbers for Sarasota and Manatee counties shows that we are [...]



Bradenton again named among best for young

Sep 21st, 2010 | By

MANATEE — Bradenton/Manatee County has again been named among the nation’s 100 Best Communities for Young People because of its abundance of leadership and service opportunities for youth, according to America’s Promise Alliance, a partnership organization dedicated to youth and children.
The 2010 recognition marks the fourth win for Bradenton/Manatee County in the competition. Sarasota also [...]



June 2010 Bradenton market trends

Jul 5th, 2010 | By

Bradenton Market Trends
Today, July 5, 2010

Median Sales Price in Bradenton
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1 Br
2 Br
3 Br
4 Br
All properties
1 yr 5 yr Max

No. Bedrooms
Apr – Jun ’10
y-o-y
3 months prior
1 year prior
5 years prior

1 bedroom
$42,500
-11.5%
$35,500
$48,000
$85,000

2 bedrooms
$99,500
+10.6%
$80,000
$90,000
$169,450

3 bedrooms
$152,000
-1.6%
$149,950
$154,500
$279,900

4 bedrooms
$235,200
+6.9%
$213,500
$220,000
$387,450

All properties
$134,000
+7.2%
$119,900
$125,000
$238,000

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AmericanStyle ranks Bradenton in Top 25 Small Cities for Art

May 25th, 2010 | By
AmericanStyle ranks Bradenton in Top 25 Small Cities for Art

The current issue of American Style magazine lists Bradenton in the Top 25 Small Cities for Art, the latest in a series of national recognitions of Bradenton’s arts and culture. 
Last year Art Calendar magazine ranked Braden­ton as one of the “10 great towns for working artists” and last fall Gallup’s “Soul of the Commu­nity” ranked [...]