Sarasota Real Estate Blog and News 
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 10:24am.
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Longboat Key, Florida is a gorgeous barrier island with dazzling beaches, lush
landscaping and high-rise condos filled with residents that are a mix of
"snowbirds" (those who vacation on or own second homes on Longboat Key),
natives, and full-timers.
To explore Longboat Key, you travel back in
time when starting your road trip at the very North end. Here the quaint and
historic Longbeach Village area dates back to 1912 when Longboat Key landowner
Rufus Jordan constructed many of the early residences. Explore today's beautiful
Key residences at real estate open houses and home tours, being sure to check
out the current exhibition at the LBK Center for the Arts while in the area.
You've no doubt worked up a thirst by now, so stop in at…
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 9:43am.
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Curious what is happening in the Siesta Key real estate market? Below are the statistics as of June 30th, 2009.
Siesta Key Homes - January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009
54 homes currently under contract
221 homes currently for sale
58 single family sold
Highest sales price - $2,900,000
Lowest sales price - $220,500
Average sales price - $718,155
Median sales price - $502,500
Siesta Key Homes - January 1, 2008 - June 30, 2008
66 single family sold
Highest sales price - $8,000,000
Lowest sales price - $252,500
Average sales price - $1,300,740
Siesta Key Condos - January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009
52 condos currently under contract
450 condos currently for sale
87 condos sold
Highest sales price - $2,225,765
Lowest sales price -…
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 1:34pm.
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A condo I had listed in the Renaissance recently closed for $218,000. It was a 1 bedroom, den, 1 bathroom, 1,030 square feet end unit on the 3rd floor. It was listed for $224,800. You can see more photos and details here. The buyers saw the unit on this website and came to town and bought it. If I can help you buy or sell a downtown Sarasota condo give me a call at 941.812.6272.
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 11:23am.
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Back on the market! This Longboat Key waterfront home is a fantastic value. The home next door without a swimming pool just closed for $670,000. Priced at $699,000 this is one of the least expensive canal front homes in Country Club Shores.
Description:
A great opportunity to enjoy the waterfront lifestyle from this canal
front home on Longboat Key. No boating hassles here as you can hop on
your boat behind your home and be in the Sarasota Bay and Gulf of
Mexico within minutes. This charming two story home has two master
suites. Relax on the 30 foot balcony on the 2nd floor overlooking the
canal, city and bay. Other features include: remodeled kitchen, two
sided fireplace, tile flooring, recently painted neutral colors, 2.5
car garage with…
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Monday, June 8th, 2009 at 5:35pm.
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Looking for a fabulous downtown Sarasota condo as a weekend or winter getaway? Take a look at this fabulous condo in 100 Central that I just listed. This is one of the best locations in downtown. My sellers use Whole Foods Market as their personal pantry. You can be grabbing a meal or shopping there within footsteps of this condo. Residents can also walk to countless award winning restaurants, Marina Jacks, shopping, Saturday's Farmer's Market, Stabucks, Ringling bridge, Ritz Carlton and several other exciting destinations. You will love the convenience 100 Central has to offer.
Please visit my 100 Central condos page to see more information and other condos for sale. Call me at 941.812.6272 if you would like to see this unit.
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Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 9:26am.
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Our listing at 1125 Bogey Lane in Country Club Shores went under contract recently. You can see the details of the home here. It is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with 2,367 square feet. It sits on the canal which has no bridges to bay.
Country Club Shores Update
- 37 homes for sale
- Highest asking price - $6,495,000
- Lowest asking price - $364,900
- Median home price - $1,645,000
- 6 homes currently under contract and waiting to close
- Since January 1 nine homes have sold
- Highest sales price 2009 - $1,500,000
- Lowest sales price 2009 - $320,000
- Median sales price - $757,000
Please call us at 941.812.6272 if you are looking to buy or sell a home on Longboat Key. Shayla and I would be happy to help you.
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Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 5:54am.
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When you are looking at property via the web don't you love it when you can see overhead images of the home and neighborhood? Now on my property pages you can see satellite images via Microsoft's Birdseye technology. It is pretty neat. I also had the Google Street Map technology added to my property pages as well. This way you can see in front of each house or condo as well as up and down the street. It gives you a better idea of the neighborhood and area. Take a test spin and let me know what you think.
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at 10:09am.
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I have a buyer need. My client is looking for a beach front lot or home on Casey Key, Lido Key, Siesta Key, Longboat Key or Anna Maria Island. I know what is currently out there and listed in the Sarasota MLS.
Realtors - if you have clients that are looking for sell their beach front property and it is not listed please give me a call at 812.6272. Please call me if you are a beach front owner and wanting to sell. Thanks.
Visit my Sarasota beach front home page if you are looking to make a similar purchase.
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Monday, May 25th, 2009 at 1:38pm.
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I should not really be working today but I had a few minutes to run some reports for a client of mine. He wanted me to send him all of the bank owned properties for sale in the various areas of Sarasota. I get a lot of requests from people who are looking for foreclosures in the area. I ran a search for "bank owned" properties in the Sarasota MLS and below are the number of properties that showed up in my search.
Sarasota county - 186
Manatee county - 140
Longboat Key - 1
Lido Key - 0
Casey Key - 0
Bird Key - 2
Siesta Key - 4
Lakewood Ranch area - 13
Downtown Sarasota - 4
As you can see there are very few bank owned properties on the barrier islands. Note that these figures do not include short sales. You can visit my Sarasota Foreclosures…
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 7:00am.
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I was fortunate enough to have sat on a panel in the Michael Saunders and Company recent conference about blogging and real estate websites. If any MS&C Realtors need help setting up a blog or website feel free to give me a call at 941.812.6272 or email me at marcrasmussen@michaelsaunders.com. I'd be happy to help.
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