It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Total home sales fell more than 4% in March, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. Lawrence Yun, the association's chief economist, said in the report rising job numbers suggest there are…
A report from the Herald Tribune in Florida. "The number of single-family homes for sale in Sarasota and Manatee counties has surpassed the high point prior to the buyer-induced frenzy that occurred after the COVID pandemic set the real estate…
A report from Fox Business. "Home listings were up by 13% year over year at the end of February, according to Redfin. This is the largest increase in three years. 'House hunters are out there, and competition picks up every…
A report from the Newport Daily News in Rhode Island. "The City Council is considering asking its legislative delegation to submit a bill that would allow the city to impose a 3% tax on real estate sales over $2 million.…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "It’s not just a flash in the pan. The local real estate market’s inventory is sustaining growth. In Sarasota County, active inventory for single-family homes increased by 75.4 percent, to 3,135 listings. The…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "See ya later, panic-buying, bidding wars and forgone home inspections. The post-Covid buying rush is all but gone, and important housing market markers like inventory, and days on the market have increased substantially…
A report from the Bradenton Herald in Florida. "The Sarasota/Manatee Realtor Association released its year-end housing report for 2023, and it shows a buyer’s market trend with housing inventory returning to pre-COVID levels. In Manatee County, the year 2023 saw…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "The latest report showed that the median price for a single-family home is now $500,000 in Sarasota County and $485,861 in Manatee County, reflecting increases of more than 52 percent and almost 41…
A holiday topic starting with the Herald Tribune in Florida. "After back-to-back double-digit yearly growth coming out of the pandemic, real estate prices in Sarasota-Manatee will round out the year mostly flat. Robert Goldman, a local Realtor with Michael Saunders…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "'Lots of sellers are over-asking and still aiming for the numbers they saw right after the pandemic,' says Bernadette Caswell, of Michael Saunders & Company. 'But that was a blip and it’s over.…