Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

More Inside News on the Oil Spill

One of our Sotheby’s Agents wrote to us today Hello; I just spoke to a client of mine in the oil industry who is currently working in the northern gulf coast. He has been retained as an environmental clean up specialist and has been utilized in the past for previous incidents involving similar remedediation. Even [...]

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

How bad is it? Will the oil reach our Sarasota beaches?

I think if any does reach our beaches it will be in very small quantities. But time will prove me right or wrong. What do you think?  We welcome your comments below.   In the following article we will look at some important aspects of the current Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  And [...]

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Existing Home Sales and Pending Sales Continue to Increase

National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said recently that while improving market conditions may help give a boost to consumer confidence, we need to watch out for the fall-out from the Greek crisis as well as the looming and impact the of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster will have on the economy [...]

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Pending Home Sales Up

In Sarasota there were 1,160 pending sales in the month of April compared to 1,060 in the month of March. Pending sales were up 18% from April 2009 when only 981 were reported.  Nationally, April was the third consecutive month of increases in the number of home sales.  In the Northeast sales rose nearly 30%. [...]