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 [...]

More good news about the Sarasota real estate market. The Sarasota Association of Realtors issued the following press release today.
With 864 closed sales transactions in June 2012, the Sarasota real estate market achieved the highest level of quarterly sales in seven years, with 2,604 sales from April through June. The 864 closed transactions in June [...]

Great news in the Bradenton Herald:
Bradenton-Sarasota was the 40th most searched real estate market in the country in June, according to data released Tuesday by Realtor.com
Median list prices for homes in Sarasota-Bradenton hit $249,900 in June, a 6.38 percent increase from one year ago according to the data. The national median list price in June [...]

AmericanStyle Magazine announced the Top 25 Cities for Art (ranked by population into three categories of small, mid-sized and large). Sarasota skyrocketed to first place on the list, and Bradenton claiming the #2 spot.
In the small cities category, which includes all cities with populations less than 100,000, Sarasota was ranked #5 for the past two [...]

TopRetirements.com published a list of best places to retire in the US – with 5 places being in Florida and Sarasota making it to the top!
Here is what made Sarasota No. 1:
Sarasota, Florida Our top pick on Florida’s Gulf Coast has so many things going for it. The economics are very attractive: median home prices [...]

Though home sales dropped in Manatee and Sarasota counties, the number of homes under contract is surging, as the Bradenton Herald reports today:
“Pending home sales in Sarasota and Manatee opened the year on a surge, an indication the area is poised for a robust spring season.
While overall sales were down in both counties, January is typically [...]

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 [...]

Luxury Sarasota Home Sales Dec 2011
Sarasota – Connecticut residents Neal and Sandra DeFeo bought the most expensive luxury property in Sarasota County in December – a 4,239-square-foot house off Shell Road on Siesta Key. The DeFeo’s paid $3.015 million, or $1.1 million less than Kevin D. Cogan paid in May 2006.
All told, 18 luxury homes [...]

Bradenton real estate home sales on the rise
MANATEE — Existing real estate home and condo sales rose throughout the Bradenton-Sarasota area in November to mirror upswings nationally. The Bradenton real estate market overcame an uptick in contract cancellations to continue the momentum built earlier this year. November is a historically busy month for housing and [...]

Very few communities in the nation can compete with Sarasota in terms of affordable home values, climate, culture, amenities and the wealth of properties offered here.

According to the Sarasota Association of Realtors, November 2011 property transactions in the Sarasota real estate market totaled 602, up 12.7 percent over last November.
The real estate report from Barbara [...]