ANNA MARIA ISLAND
Anna Maria Island made it in the top 5 islands of Tripadvisor´s Travelers Choice Awards 2013!
It has been named one of the top five island destinations in the country. The fact that travelers named the islands that made it on the list  shows that Anna Maria Island is no longer a well kept [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sales of investment and vacation homes jumped in 2011, with the combined market share rising to the highest level since 2005, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).
NAR’s 2012 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in 2011, shows investment-home sales surged 64.5 percent to 1.23 million last year from [...]

SARASOTA, Fla. – The strength of the Canadian dollar, sustained low pricing in the U.S. housing market, and perceptions regarding the general economic outlook continue to encourage Canadians to purchase a home in the Sunbelt states.
According to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) 2011 Profile of International Buying Activity, Florida and Arizona are top choices because [...]

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), [...]

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Looking for a new place to call home? Florida Travel + Life picked Sarasota as #1 place to live in Florida!
Here is what they have to say about why Sarasota made the top of the list:

Sarasota has long lured the gifted and creative to its Gulf of Mexico shores. Perhaps it’s the turquoise-tinged water, the [...]

The monthly cost of owning a home is more affordable now than in the past 15 years, and is less expensive than renting in numerous cities, according to The Wall Street Journal’s third-quarter survey.
Low home prices mixed with low mortgage rates – hovering at 4 percent or lower – create an appealing buyer’s market, analysts [...]

Sarasota got featured on the Today Show as the #1 market where it is time to buy!
„Today“ contributor and Real Estate Expert Barbara Corcoran picked the cities where prices have dropped the most during the downturn, but in the last quarter, prices are shooting up.
 

So if you´re in search of a home or investment property in [...]

Though the past four years have seen many cities suffering from large  numbers of foreclosures and a loss in home values, ten of these real estate  markets are now leading the nation towards a general recovery and stability of  the housing sector.  The six markets included – Miami, Orlando, Ft. Myers/Cape Coral, Ft. Lauderdale, Sarasota/Bradenton [...]