Welcome to My website, designed specifically to help you discover everything you want and need to know about Sarasota.  Feel free to browse - I have several buttons across the top of this page, use them to navigate my site: 

  • Home Page - You are here!
  • Home Search - Enables you to do your own search for homes on the market here
  • Sarasota - All about Sarasota, along with links to a multitude of recreational sites and things to do
  • Our Featured Homes - Properties  listed with MY Realty Company
  • Why Buy Now - Some straight talk about buying/investing
  • Selling Your Home - Information about selling in today's market

You'll also find buttons on the left side of the page.  Browse them for general information to learn about buying and selling real estate here. 

Looking for foreclosures? You'll find a search link at the bottom of this page.

Planning to make Sarasota your home . . . or perhaps your home away from home? 

  • Did you know:  Sarasota's real estate market has been one of Florida's strongest markets over the last three years.  We have consistently out-sold surrounding areas and cities across the state.  Why? Because Sarasota is unique: it's considered the cultural center of FLorida, and it's big-city amenities and small town ambience make it one of the most popular vacation and retirement spots in Florida. 
  • Did you know:  On October 6, 2009 Barbara Corcoran, real estate guru, named Sarasota the number one city in the US to buy real estate. Her criteria: prices in Sarasota dropped a full one third in the last year alone. However, more recently prices have increased by 13%, a significant rebound.

That makes our beautiful city a great place to live and a fabulous place to invest.  And let's face it, whatever your reasons for buying a home, it's always an investment.    

What type of home do you want/need? Here are some options:

  • Urban living: condominiums in the heart of downtown, with shops, fine dining, marina and exhibits along the bay.  If you prefer a house, there are some upscale neighborhoods just outside the downtown area
  • Golf course communities
  • Bay and Gulf front homes and condominiums: located on the mainland and on Siesta, Longboat, and Casey Key.
  • Suburban living: if you want a house, a yard, with nearby school/shopping center/medical facilities
  • Sarasota features new homes, vintage homes,remodelled homes; high rise condo's, maintenance-free villas, over 55 communities . . . and more!

If you're planning to move to Sarasota,  you really can't do it alone. So take the first step - call me.  

 I'm ready to go to work for you! 

 

P.S. Whether you're coming to Sarasota to work or to play, or a little of both, our beaches are waiting for your footprints!








Today's Rates:

Mtg Loan    Rate  APR
30-yr Fixed5.01%5.17%
15-yr Fixed4.4%4.63%
1-yr Adj4.22%5.24%
* national averages



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Sarasota Herald Tribune:
 
New rules on short sales could help housing market
2/8/2010 9:15 PM
By TOM BAYLES.... Lenders are key in a government plan to speed up the process ...Read More
 
Bulldozers bringing better future to Celery Fields
2/8/2010 8:17 PM
By DOUG SWORD.... Birdwatchers have expressed concern about construction at the popular site ...Read More
 
School tax backers target Venice
2/8/2010 9:37 PM
By TIFFANY LANKES.... It is nearly the only part of the county to consistently vote against the levy ...Read More
 
Couple will spend Valentine's Day on the ice
2/8/2010 8:34 PM
By HALLE STOCKTON.... Skaters will spend special day in the spotlight ... separately ...Read More
 
Sarasota film fest solidifies its dates
2/8/2010 10:38 PM
By STEVE ECHEVERRIA JR..... Organization also announces staffing changes for April event ...Read More
 
Lyons: Sewage seemed to outrank man's home
2/8/2010 7:02 PM
Tom Lyons.... While trying to get the state to build a wall to buffer his neighborhood from Interstate 75 noise, Paul Sloan was amazed to hear about a wall the state has already built. ...Read More
 
Agricultural Hall of Fame adds tomato farmer McClure
2/8/2010 11:34 PM
Staff Report.... The late Dan McClure, a tomato farmer and longtime political figure, will be inducted today in the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be at the Florida State Fair in Tampa. Tickets were sold in advance. McClure died in 2006 at the age of 80. ...Read More
 
Examining storm surge risks
2/8/2010 11:14 PM
By KATE SPINNER.... Predicted sea level rise could put most Sarasota County homes at risk of hurricane flooding ...Read More
 
Venice's Tra Ponti project seeks bonds
2/8/2010 7:17 PM
By KIM HACKETT.... Stalled project is a finalist for $6 million in stimulus funds ...Read More
 
Regional transit doubts changing to optimism
2/8/2010 11:13 PM
By DALE WHITE.... A few years ago, elected officials in Sarasota and Manatee counties expressed skepticism about joining the fledgling Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. ...Read More




 

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