Although the luxury single family home market ($1M+ homes) is much better balanced this year than last, it is still a strong buyer’s market in both Manatee and Sarasota counties. Markets are generally considered in “balance” when there is about six months of inventory for sale at the current pace of home sales. When the inventory gets greater than that, buyers tend to have more leverage than sellers in negotiations.
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Price Reduction in Esplanade
Enjoy the benefits of Esplanade resort living in this 3 bedroom, 3 bath condo. With almost 2,400 square feet of living space, this is a rare opportunity to own a “non-golf-bundled” home in one of Lakewood Ranch’s most sought-after communities.
Although the Florida Public Service Commission opened the door for significantly more residential rooftop solar in Florida last month, make sure you do your homework before walking through it. While I am a big fan of solar power, I am a bigger fan of people protecting their pocketbooks.
The idea of living a simplified life sounds attractive to many of us. We have thought about the benefits of owning fewer things (less to clean, less to organize, less stress, more money and more energy). We are often ready to declutter, but we get tripped up with where to be begin.
We sold our house earlier this year as our oldest went off to college last fall, and we thought we would try something new. However, we didn’t find a house we wanted to buy quickly enough to make an easy transition. To make lemonade out of a lemon, we decided to try living on a key. Accordingly, we ended up doing an off-season rental of a home on Siesta Key.