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Sept. 7, 2011

Sarasota Real Estate Market for August 2011

Sarasota Market is Up over Last Year

August 2011 Market Update and Commentary

 

Sarasota, FL - The Sarasota real estate market is tracking ahead of 2010's numbers in terms oSarasota Real Estate Market Update - Units August 2011f units sold up 2.4%, average sales price up 7.1% and average cost per square foot …

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Sept. 2, 2011

SarasotaOne.Com Discussion Board

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Do you like our website? Tell us here! Do you have a suggestion or something you would like to see? Tell us here! Is there something you like about our service and would like to mention it here? We would love to …

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Aug. 17, 2011

The Florida (un)Fair Foreclosure Act of 2012

The Florida (un)Fair Foreclosure Act of 2012

Everything BUT Fair!

September update - It's now HB-1191

I saw several blog posts about this new piece of proposed legislation and cannot believe this could be anything serious. My first reaction was to see if it was April fools …

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July 1, 2011

Happy 90th Birthday Sarasota County!

Ninety years ago Sarasota broke off from Manatee County and became Sarasota County. It seems the locals did not like sending their tax dollars north and not receiving much for their hard earned dollars. it almost seems like not a lot has changed!

Don't forget this weekend's boat races …

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June 27, 2011

Siesta Key Beach Named Top US Beach

Siesta Key Beach EntrySarasota - Dr. Lederman aka "Dr. Beach" named Siesta Key Beach the top ranked US beach. His criteria included the overall size of the beach, the "powdered sugar" texture of the sand, and the fact that Siesta Key Beach is one of the cleanest beaches thanks to the recent …

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June 22, 2011

Pineview High School in Sarasota Ranked #14 in the Nation

Pine View Tops #14 on the list of Top US Schools Again

US News and World is out with their annual report listing the Best Ranked School's in the US. The magazine reviewed 21,786 public high schools. Rankings are based on offering of college level courses, performance of low-income …

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April 28, 2011

Market Snapshot for April, 2011

April 29, 2011 Sarasota, FL - Every once and a while I run an MLS search to help me understand where the market is headed. For those who know me, I tend to be a bit of a pessimist about all of the media hype regarding the market is coming …

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Jan. 26, 2011

House of Cards

I really enjoyed this program called the "House of Cards." The program, hosted by David Faber of CNBC really showed some of the issues behind the mortgage melt down, securitized loans, who was really injured, and just how arrogant those with all the money and power of Wall Street are. 

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Dec. 3, 2010

Mortgage Interests Rates on the Move Again

Interest rates have been at all time lows for months now. That may be over as rates up-tick across the board. One of the realities of this market is that interest rates and prices will not hit a bottom all at the same time. An interest rate change from 4% …

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Nov. 5, 2010

Pinellas County Joins Mid Florida

Pinellas County Real Estate for Sale

You just knew it was a matter of time. Over 90% of the buyers in the Florida real estate market start their search on the internet. The synergy enjoyed by the members of MFR cannot be denied. The people that suffer by Pinellas …

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