SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 30th, 2016 – Check this out. More perks are being added to residential properties on the northwestern banks of the Manatee River, which as they are now already count in prime listings of homes for sale in Palmetto. A six-phase, $2.3 million project is currently underway at this riverside location, promising to further spice up the life and leisure possibilities around its neighborhoods.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 29th, 2016 – Green home lovers, take note. Local sources of clean energy are continuing to expand and likely to further stimulate market interest in select real estate for sale in Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte counties. This December, Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) is expected to commission its Manatee Solar Energy Center just about 10 months after its groundbreaking.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 28th, 2016 – Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) continues to provide a strong boost to the local health care infrastructure, undoubtedly one of the pillars supporting the economy in the Suncoast including its real estate sector. Shortly after receiving two major medical industry citations recently, SMH announced this November that it is pushing forward plans to establish a premier cancer specialty center.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 23rd, 2016 – Include Palmetto amongst the hubs of future growth in Manatee County. This city has recently stepped the gas on various local developments including a planned seven-story residential building off Haben Boulevard. This development, planned for 150 units in a 6.3-acre site, was approved in early November by the Palmetto city commissioners.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 22nd, 2016 – It’s now green and go again for the Murdock Village, a multi-use development that Charlotte County initiated in 2002 but went into hibernation after several attempts to get it going failed for various reasons. A company based in Fort Myers, Private Equity Group LLC (PEG) is now on top of this project located on 452 acres between US 41 and State Road 776 just west of the Port Charlotte Town Center.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 21st, 2016 – Residents at Whitfield and Shadybrook Village shall be amongst the first folks to have a sampling of the various benefits of Complete Streets, an initiative that Manatee’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved in early November for inclusion in the County Public Works Highway and Traffic Standards Manual.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 17th, 2016 – A more vibrant activity in the home market could be expected, with the contentious U.S. presidential election having finally reached its climactic end early this November. The market’s rebound, some realtors believe, would be felt particularly in homes priced around the $500s and over. It is in this sector wherein they observed that many prospective buyers and sellers had been very cautious because of a lot of political posturing statewide and nationally.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 16th, 2016 – New residential choices continue to sprout east of downtown Bradenton, with the recent market introduction of carriage homes and penthouses at Tidewater Preserve. These residences are in addition to the single family homes that WCI Communities is building in this expansive development off Interstate 75 on the southern banks of the Manatee River.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 15th, 2016 – Thanks to the recent uptick of the housing market in Charlotte County, Coral Caye, a new community in Cape Haze just south of the old Rotonda West development have been drawing plenty of interest lately. With 23 homes in this community now in various stages of construction, some 20 percent of its 95 total home sites have already been sold. One of the listings of Charlotte homes for sale in Coral Caye has just been completed.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 14th, 2016 – The natural beauty and wide-open spaces iconic of an Old Florida community are no longer in jeopardy at the Braden Woods neighborhoods of East Manatee. Neal Communities announced early this November that it is abandoning its plan to purchase and develop a 32-acre heavily wooded parcel called Myara near the Braden River between Braden Woods and The River Club.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 10th, 2016 – Established in 1916 only a year after Sarasota was incorporated as a city, McClellan Park continues to make history and reshape itself as an exciting destination for searchers of Sarasota homes for sale. This community located a short distance south of the city’s downtown marked its 100th anniversary in October.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 9th, 2016 – Schroeder-Manatee Ranch (SMR) got all bases covered in its 2016 Lakewood Ranch Tour of Homes with this annual showcase of the master development’s communities underway featuring over 50 home models at wide-ranging price points. The event, which SMR officially kicked off October 20, is slated to run till November 21 and has helped drive optimism on the local real estate market further.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 8th, 2016 – Realtors are keeping an eye on the Jacaranda Blvd. corridor in Venice for an expected uptick in home buying interest. This area appears poised for further growth, particularly around the periphery of Jacaranda’s junction with East Venice Avenue where local searches of Sarasota homes for sale typically end up at the Hidden Lakes Club or at the Verona Reserve.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 7th, 2016 – Here’s one boost to preserving the charm and character of vintage neighborhoods in Bradenton, such as those in Warner’s Bayou. The Manatee County Commission this September passed a legislation granting tax incentives to owners of historic properties, a move that local preservationists certainly cheer.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 3rd, 2016 – Two institutions for higher learning in Sarasota continue to grow their prestige, thus adding to the market strength of residential properties in the county. Auspiciously in time for the 2016‒2017 school year opening, the highly respected publication The Hollywood Reporter again listed the Ringling College of Art and Design in its ranking of the “Top 25 American Film Schools.”

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 2nd, 2016 – Pursuit of excellence continues this school year for Pine View High School in Osprey after regaining its top 10 national ranking and leader of the pack in Florida as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. Pine View, certainly one of the top draws for Sarasota homes for sale in Osprey, rose nationally in 2016 to seventh from 24th place in the 2015 U.S. News compilation.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 1st, 2016 – An open-air free trolley service to and from Siesta Key is expected to start operating between this December and February 2017. The Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) announced this October that bids are now being solicited for an operator to run this service which would help mitigate the perennial traffic and parking problems in the island, which is a major local tourist draw as well, as a prime destination for Sarasota homes for sale.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 31st, 2016 – Options for new builds will soon boost the stock of existing homes at University Place and in its neighborhoods Savannah Preserve and Carolina Landings. Benderson Development, which owns a mixed-use property adjacent and just south of these communities, is seeking Manatee County approval on infill projects for more commercial/office space and hotel rooms. It also seeks additional residential units to build out this land parcel.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 27th, 2016 – Development is fast catching up in east downtown Sarasota along the flanks of U.S. 301 (Washington Blvd). The historic Laurel Park west of this road corridor and Paver Park Estates along with Payne Park opposite east will soon be neighbors with several residential and commercial establishments now in the pipeline. Just north of Payne Park at its School Avenue stretch, construction is slated to start this October for the contemporary townhomes of The Artisan on Main.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 26th, 2016 – It’s green and go for two property development projects in West Manatee—Peninsula Bay and Tides End—with their final approval of the Manatee County Commission in October. Peninsula Bay will rise on the 359-acre site of Manatee Fruit Co. located north of Cortez Road, and south of Palma Sola Bay. Its owner, Whiting Preston, plans 1,950 residential units in this property straddling east and west of 115th Street West.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 25th, 2016 – The Realtors Association of Manatee and Sarasota (RAMS) has taken steps to be on top of the issue of climate change and its impact on the real estate industry. In its September annual meeting, RAMS had as one of its resource speakers David Houle, a “futurist in residence” at the Ringling College of Art and Design, who provided an overview of the anticipated effects of global warming and climate change for the Gulf Coast.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 24th, 2016 – Increased buying interest looms for Sarasota homes for sale in Lakeside Plantation. Developments now in progress in its North Port locality provide some added delights to living in this 306-acre community located just east of North Toledo Blade Blvd. For starters, the widening from four to six lanes of the stretch of Interstate 75 north of the property is nearing its completion. This road improvement will help ease travelling northward to Venice and southward to Charlotte County.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 23rd, 2016 – Prospective buyers of homes for sale in Charlotte County, barring any major hitch, will be touring builder models starting early next year in Lake Timber, the first community in the master-planned Babcock Ranch in east Punta Gorda. Four homebuilders separately launched in September the construction of their showcases in this eco-friendly development accessible via Bermont Road then southward on State Road 31.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 23rd, 2016 – Much remains to be seen from the housing sector’s post-Great Recession recovery with the recent power play amongst Lennar Homes, WCI Communities, and M/I Homes, three prominent builders of homes for sale in Sarasota and Manatee. Lennar Homes is poised to shake up the hierarchy of U.S. homebuilders, having announced this September its plan to acquire WCI Communities to the tune of about $643 million. The boards of Lennar and WCI have already approved the deal.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 22nd, 2016 – Stonegate Bank is one financial institution which sure has a positive outlook on the Southwest Florida economy, particularly the region’s property sector in general and Sarasota homes for sale in particular. This Pompano Beach-based bank is spending $36.5 million to acquire Insignia Bank in Sarasota, its second bank purchase in the county within a two-year span.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 22nd, 2016 – Future residents of Risdon on 5th, a mixed-use condo project at the Rosemary district, will find a bountiful line up of nearby attractions matching those in downtown Sarasota a short distance south of their neighborhoods. Fruitville Road, which is an easy stroll south from the condominium, is proving to be a growth hotspot with a slew of projects lined up along this corridor.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 21st, 2016 – The first phase of the resource protection, preservation, and enhancement project for Palma Sola Scenic Highway successfully kicked off in September, an initiative that adds to delightful living in the West Bradenton communities flanking this road corridor. The project covers the four-mile stretch of Manatee Avenue West (S.R. 64 West), which includes the Palma Sola Causeway, from 75th Street West to East Bay Drive on Anna Maria Island.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 21st, 2016 – The Realtors Association of Sarasota and Manatee (RASM) continues to champion affordable housing. Just look at a program that its Leadership Academy launched recently to generate realtor and public awareness on the William E. Sadowski Affordable Housing Act. Enacted in 1992, this legislation created a dedicated revenue source for Florida housing programs dependent only on federal sources and appropriations approved by the state legislature.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 20th, 2016 – A long-pending plan for a townhouse development called the Preserve at Walden Lake off 33rd Street East in southeast Bradenton appears gaining steam. This project is located in a 38.5-acre site currently dominated by the residential subdivisions of Briarwood, Garden Lakes, and the deed-restricted Oak Terrace, all offering attractively priced Bradenton homes for sale.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 20th, 2016 – Plans that the city of North Port adopted earlier to help retain and attract residents through more and better equipped places to play have begun to pan out, subsequently further contributing to the marketability of its Sarasota homes for sale. This September, the city inaugurated a pedestrian and equestrian bridge linking its Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park to the 25,000-acre Carlton Reserve.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 19th, 2016 – A flurry of new businesses coming into the city of North Port promises to lend further excitement to its residential property market in the months ahead and onwards to 2017. The Tamiami Trail corridor near this highway’s junction with Tuscola Blvd. and Sumter Blvd. is one of the city’s new growth epicenters that could help spur market interest on North Port homes for sale.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 19th, 2016 – More home buyers appear gravitating towards properties in Charlotte County, recent monthly data from Florida Realtors© show. Sales of single family homes in August at the county’s Punta Gorda metropolitan statistical area rose 12.5 percent, the second monthly gain recorded this year after a 3.6 percent advance in June. In contrast, August sales in neighboring Sarasota and Manatee registered a 1.7 percent decline.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, October 17th, 2016 – Here’s encouraging news for aspiring buyers of distressed Suncoast residential properties for rehabbing and keeping them for their own use. They now faceless competition from investors with an appetite for foreclosures and flipping their purchases for a profit. Statistics that ATTOM Data Solutions culled for the 2016 second quarter show that flippers delving in Sarasota and Manatee homes for sale were on the retreat.

SARASOTA, FLORIDA, August 18th, 2016 – The 30 or so folks who bought homes at Chelsea Oaks and River Plantation off Fort Hamer Road in Parrish early in 2016 must have been elated with their choices of Manatee homes for sale. These homeowners will not only immensely benefit from the expected 2017 completion of Fort Hamer Bridge near their communities. They will also get added pep from two major park projects adjacent to this span connecting south to the amenity-rich Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

Prospective buyers of Longboat Key condos for sale who can’t narrow down their choices to either bayside or gulf-front properties can settle matters quick on Pelican Harbour & Beach Club. Located at the mid-key, this development offers the best of both worlds.

The accelerated growth of the property market in the Suncoast in recent years has reawakened interest toward a career in real estate. This resurgence is evident in the enrolment at the Ed Klopfer Real Estate Schools in Sarasota which increased by about 20% this year. This gain is over and above the expectation of its owner, Ed Klopfer, who noted that people are now more optimistic going into the real estate profession.

Mark II is the larger half of a condominium development located in the 12-mile long barrier island of Longboat Key, one of the upscale destinations for searchers of Sarasota homes for sale. This property, situated mid-island, was developed during the early 1970s.

Longboat Terrace is a small condo community located at 5393 Gulf of Mexico Drive edging toward the northern tip of the 12-mile stretch of Longboat Key. It is composed of some 36 townhouse-type two-story condos built during the late 1970s.

Available residential properties in the best of neighborhoods move in the market quite fast, a truism that very much applies to Longboat Landing. A well-priced sales listing in this condominium can easily find a committed buyer because of its great location fronting Sarasota Bay.

An initiative is underway which can be expected to further bolster the reputation of Sarasota as the Cultural Coast, a trait which has attracted many creative hands, hearts and minds to settle in this part of Southwest Florida. Through the combined efforts from the private and government sectors, a comprehensive feasibility study was launched recently for the establishment of an artists’ enclave in Sarasota’s historic North Trail corridor.

Builders in Sarasota and Manatee have the residential property market in these two counties pretty well covered with their current model offerings cutting across various price segments. This wide choice for prospective buyers of newly built residences was evident in the annual Parade of Homes which the Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association held in late February up to early March of 2014. Eighty homes from 26 builders were showcased during the 16-day tour, up from the 65 house models displayed the previous year.

SBRE, a full service realty firm, observes that since October 2013, Lennar has been aggressively promoting sales of its new builds starting around the $200s at the Gran Paradiso community in the West Villages district of North Port. The homebuilder acquired this 370-acre property sometime in the latter half of 2013, drawn by the infrastructures that its original developer, Sam Rodgers, has already set up. Also, the community’s strategic location near I-75 and U.S. 41 is a decisive advantage.

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SARASOTA, FLORIDA, November 27th, 2013 – Home sales in Sarasota look slowing down in the last two months, with September closed deals down 14.6% from August. However, Sarasota Bay Real Estate maintains that this decline which follows the 1.2% retreat in August sales from the July level doesn’t portend dreary days are ahead for the local home market. On the contrary, Florida and its metro areas are expected to grab the limelight from California, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.

Grand Mariner provides everything a buyer could ever desire from its lush landscaped grounds, luxurious amenities to the private yacht harbor. Floor plans for the Grand Mariner condos for sale range from 3,608 to 4,473 square feet with prices around $2 million to the $3.5 million area.