Sarasota Luxury Real Estate News

A Market Expert Talks About Trends

A Market Expert Talks About Trends

In a recent special section the Sarasota Herald Tribune, columnist Chris Angermann interviewed me about how I see our housing market evolution.  The article is attached in its entirety below. As I have reported previously, with the peak selling season behind us we are cautious as we enter the shoulder/summer to not over-speculate that growth will remain at the […]

Sarasota Real Estate Market Review for April 2012

Sarasota Real Estate Market Review for April 2012

The increase in Sarasota real estate sales and especially the reduction in inventory remain hot topics. With statistics for the area’s April transactions recently released, it is hard not to continue to be optimistic about the housing market recovery in our region. Key details collected from the Sarasota Association of Realtors data revealed that April […]

And The Momentum Carries On…

And The Momentum Carries On…

The news of our area’s continuing upward momentum in sales, narrowing spread between list and sale price, listings turning over more quickly, contraction in inventory keeps coming, and 30-year mortgage rates at all-time low levels.  My own experience is that all of the above is absolutely accurate however, as we all know, we have just […]

Sarasota’s Shadow Inventory Fades

Sarasota’s Shadow Inventory Fades

As has been persistently reported over the last few months, improvements are being seen nationally in “shadow inventory”.  The recent Standard & Poor’s comprehensive First Quarter Shadow Inventory Update again points to the hyper-local nature of the clearing of this considerable segment of the housing market. The Sarasota real estate market seems to be faring much […]

Housing Prices at or Near Bottom?

Housing Prices at or Near Bottom?

There have been many recent expert and analyst reports offering significant support for the belief that housing prices are at or near “the bottom.”  This attached article appeared today and it is yet another well-reasoned suggestion that what I and my peers have been conveying these last several months as a likely bottom to the price retreat, is […]

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