State of the Market
The latest Sarasota County real estate news in an active market. Homes sales in Sarasota for the month of August were up 25% compared to last year with 809 units. The number of homes that went under contract and now pending in August are 46.4% higher that last year with 921 units. Presently there are…
Hurricanes, Housing and Our Love of the Ocean Over the past roughly two decades, a number of destructive hurricanes have had a costly immediate impact on a huge number of U.S. coastal communities – from Hurricane Andrew, through Katrina, Sandy and most recently Harvey. While the immediate impact on housing is immense and often runs in…
Across the country ( not just Florida !) lenders, title companies and consumers must now adhere to new Federal Government mandated real estate closing guidelines called TRID (TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure). With little media exposure, and little fanfare, the following is now the new normal as at October 3/15… **Good Faith Estimates and Truth-in-Lending statements are…
The Realtor Association of Sarasota just published the latest real estate figures for the month ending May 31. Overall sales in Sarasota County for single family homes recorded a 20% median sale price increase, since May of last year. Overall sales were 1,182 for the month…only 42 sales shy of the all time record. What…
