Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Sarasota’s Tourism Industry Had a Great Spring Season

Well, the numbers are officially in and tabulated and let us all find joy in knowing that the Spring Season was a great one for the area.  And better still, it wasn’t only Sarasota that experienced this bump in tourism, the region and entire state saw improvement over the same period of time in 2010.  [...]

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

President Obama Wants Government in Mortgage Market

The President wants the government to continue to play a pretty significant role in the mortgage market.  He has given a small group of advisors the role of putting together a plan that would keep them active especially as it relates to extending the federal loan subsidy for most home buyers.  This comes from the [...]

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Short Sales’ Outcomes Vary Widely

Many people have jumped on the “let’s do a short sale” bandwagon after hearing of a good report from someone who went through the process and now feels as if the world is off of their back.  A few here and there even received a cash payment from their mortgage company in the end, as [...]

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Lakewood Ranch Coming Back Strong After Recession

Had you been touring Lakewood Ranch in the past couple of years you would have noticed many properties that looked unloved and forgotten.  You would have seen yards that needed help and driveways that needed the help of a pressure washer and so on.  These had all been signs of the foreclosures in the area.  [...]

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Lakewood Ranch Coming Back Strong After Recession

Had you been touring Lakewood Ranch in the past couple of years you would have noticed many properties that looked unloved and forgotten.  You would have seen yards that needed help and driveways that needed the help of a pressure washer and so on.  These had all been signs of the foreclosures in the area.  [...]

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Major Builder Has New Bullish Owner

Taylor Morrison, formerly known as Taylor Woodrow, has officially been under the parental umbrella of TMM Holdings Limited Partnership Since mid-July.  The partnership spent $955 million for the company.  Taylor Morrison is known as the nation’s 14th largest homebuilder and has a very noteworthy presence in  Southwest Florida.  In 2010 the company enjoyed 564 closings [...]

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Sarasota’s Market On the Upswing

Some of the movers and shakers of Sarasota have recently made some bold statements about the condition of the market that can be backed up by firm statistics, helping to give some further confidence to those who have been debating about when to buy.  Jefferson Riddell, a local attorney whose firm is in the top [...]

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Sarasota County to See Some Tax Decrease

Yes…..you read that correctly.  It isn’t often that people see their real estate taxes decrease but, that will be the case now for some homeowners.  The reason for this is that a vote passed this month by county officials to keep the general property tax rate flat with the exception of some special taxing districts [...]