Sarasota Real Estate Blog

My clients just purchased this fabulous waterfront home in Indian Beach neighborhood of Sarasota, Florida. This home has 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and 5,299 square feet. It has roughly 300 feet of seawall and rip rap. All of the rooms and bedrooms have fabulous water views. It feels like you are o...

  Like the beach? Like stunning water views? You will love L' Elegance Sarasota condos located directly on Lido Key beach. This 105 unit building was constructed in 1996 which means you get high ceilings, large windows, lots of natural and some of the best views in Sarasota, Florida. The entire ...

Marc Rasmussen – Sarasota Luxury Homes Are you thinking about putting your house on the market? Do you want to sell it within one to two weeks? Statistics show that staging your home by a professional will result in a sale much quicker than a home that is cluttered and unkempt. Staging is not abo...

I did not notice this until John Allen, who is a buddy but also happens to be a competing Realtor for Google rankings in Sarasota, brought it to my attention. Our local newspaper, the Sarasota Herald Tribune, has a blog section called Inside Real Estate. The blog author does a great job of keepin...

The real estate market is in shambles in many parts of the country. Home prices have never dropped this much. Sellers have been hit hard over the last 5 years.  Despite all of the blood in the streets it might be the perfect time to be a homebuyer. Billionaire Warren Buffet once said, “Be fearful...

My homeowners insurance bill came in the other day and I thought to myself, “renters don’t worry about bills like this.” I have been a home owner since the late 1990’s so I am used to property taxes, insurance, property management and everything else related to home ownership. I remember the days...

If you have been searching for beachfront property then now is the time to find your dream home at Positano condos on Longboat Key. The oceanfront lifestyle complete with private beach and unbeatable views of the Gulf of Mexico can be yours. This small and intimate community can offer you securi...

If you have not heard of Bird Key, Florida do not be surprised. It is an elite community of only five hundred and ten houses off the coast of Sarasota. It was designed to appeal to people of means who enjoy spending time in, on and around the water. In fact a great many of the home there have di...

  The chart above shows the inventory, sales and pending sales over the last 4 years for Sarasota county. As of December 2010 there were 2008 condos for sale. That is a far cry from 3,529 condos for sale in April of 2007. Based on closed sales the Sarasota condos market had about a 12 month supp...

Curious to see what $1,050,000 gets you in Sarasota, Florida? You can have this lovely 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom, 4,091 square foot canal front home on Bird Key for $1,050,000. It closed January 25, 2010 for that price. A million dollars is about the starting price for a canal front home on Bird Key....