Sarasota’s Top 10 Luxury Sales in December

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 homes or condos sold for more than $1 million in Sarasota County last month. Here are the top 10: 1. $3.015 million: 4,239-square-foot...

Sarasota Property Sales Up 8.2 Percent For Full Year 2011

For the full year 2011, property sales of members of the Sarasota Association of Realtors® jumped by 8.2 percent to 8,224, achieving the highest level since 2005. The surge in sales was accompanied by stabilization in the median sale prices, which now stand at $155,925 for single family homes and $156,800 for condos over the full year, and have not fluctuated much for the past 12 months. Once again, the market has...

Forbes.com: Bradenton/ Sarasota #1 destination for home hunting

Bradenton/Sarasota: Forbes.com names the 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), Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach  (No. 4), Cape Coral-Fort Myers (No. 5), West Palm Beach-Boca Raton (No. 6), and...

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