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Best Burgers in Sarasota, FL
2007-09-07 15:04:00
Dining in Saras ota My little 89 year old aunt always laughs when I tell her I had dinner at Knick’s. She always asks: “what did you have?” My reply is “a hamburger.” “A hamburger” she says, “that’s not dinner.” Knick’s hamburgers are thick and juicy served on a mouth-watering roll, not a bun. ...
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The Oaks, Country Club Community Update, Sarasota, FL
2007-09-04 12:30:00
Pretisgious Gated Community with Golf Course Homes The Oaks has become a family oriented community over the last ten years. With beautiful landscaping and excellent amenities, this is a premier golf course community in Sarasota. There are 36 active listings in the Oaks ranging from $329,000 for 2 bedroom, 2 bath, townhouse in the Oaks Preserve to a home with over 5,000 sq.ft. of luxury space priced at $12 million. Three homes in the Oaks are under contract and 11 homes have sold in the last six months. Sale prices ranged from $435,000 to $1,200,000 in this period. Membership to the Country Club and golf course are mandatory in this community. To schedule the Herron Group for a tour of homes or townhouses in the Oaks or other Sarasota properties Sarasota neighborhoods, call Annette at 941-504-3922 or Nick at 941-350-5035. search for : golf course community in Sarasota, Sarasota properties
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Give Roundabouts a Chance in Venice and Sarasota
2007-09-03 16:52:00
Roundabouts Gaining More Prominence in the Saras ota Area Hillview Street’s roundabout, near Morton’s Market in the popular West of the Trail neighborhood in Sarasota, is easy to maneuver. Have you ever tried the roundabouts in Hilton Head? For years I dreaded approaching one of these circles, and after traveling in Italy and France in remote areas, I got the hang of it. Hilton Head has improved their busy roundabout by adding designated right lane dividers in the heavily traveled circles. They seem to work nicely and continue to remain in place. There are more than a dozen roundabouts planned for areas around Sarasota. Read entire Herald Tribune article. To schedule the Herron Group for a tour of West of the Trail homes or homes in other Sarasota neighborhoods, call Annette at 941-504-3922 or Nick at 941-350-5035.
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Longboat Key Condominiums for Sale
2007-09-02 14:43:00
Longboat Key FL Condos If you’re searching for a fabulous waterfront condo on Longboat Key FL, The Water Club has 7 listings ranging from a 2 bedroom 3 bath unit with peekaboo view priced at $1,395,000 to a spacious 3,500 gulf front unit priced at $3,695,000. There ...
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Remodeling Your Deck or Terrace
2007-09-01 17:53:00
Have an Existing Deck or Terrace and afraid you can’t match the material to remodel? Check out the ideas in this article. You don’t need to match the decking materials exactly. Try designing an extension with various levels. Add a level for the grill, one for seating and one for your plants and ...
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More Selling Strategies in a Buyer?s Market
2007-08-31 12:46:00
Offering Incentives to Buyer s If you are like many sellers, you’ve had your Sarasota home for sale for six months to a year with a few or no nibbles, not even many showings. You’ve probably reduced the property three times, and you are completed frustrated. You are certainly not alone. Interesting articles are ...
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Uptick Nationally in New Home Sales
2007-08-25 16:20:00
Southwest Florida Builders See Better Year in 2007 Significant discounting is probably the reason for an uptick in new home sales according to local builder, Lee Wetherington, whose Lakewood Ranch home based building company is also seeing an increase in new homes sales. The Herald Tribune’s article points out that some buyers are not willing ...
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Sarasota Real Estate Transactions
2007-08-24 23:04:00
Public Record Real Estate Sales for Week - August 23, 2007 High-end sales took the stage this week. One Bay Island home sold for $2.55 milion and three others sold on Siesta Key for $1 million or more. Sarasota real estate’s top three transactions for the week were $925,000, $850,000 and a big gap ...
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Dream Vacation Homes in Sarasota
2007-08-23 14:34:00
Sarasota, FL, Vacation Home Paradise On my 32nd birthday, the Smith family spent a weekend skiing at the Homes tead in Hot Springs, VA. My children skied circles around me as I tried to master an old fashion rope tow. Surely, the Homestead has a chairlift now. ...
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Sarasota Florida Property Taxes
2007-08-22 13:20:00
Property Tax Disclosure Summary The property taxes on a listing sheet for Sarasota real estate is probably not going to be the amount of tax you will pay after your purchase. Call the Sarasota County Appraiser’s office if you have questions or visit their web site listed below. A prospective purchaser of residential property must be ...
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Make Contract Contingent Upon a Clue Report
2007-08-21 13:25:00
What is a Clue Report ? Each hurrincane season in Florida, homebuyers have more and more questions regarding insurance, and rightly so. Insurance is expensive and sometimes unavailable. Some properties have had too many claims and thus insurance is not available for the property. Clue is the Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange. Clue is ...
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Selling Sarasota FL Real Estate in a Buyer?s Market
2007-08-19 14:30:00
Do you need to Sell Your Sarasota Home? Just two years ago, there were eager buyers lined up to make multiple offers on your home. The days of listing your property and planning to move the next day or the next week are gone, for now. Most of the nation’s MLS services, including the Sarasota MLS, ...
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Buyer?s Market - Sarasota Real Estate Just Got Better
2007-08-18 12:58:00
Waterfront Property on Sale Easing the Discount Rate Could Help Home Borrowers Just like the stock market, no one can time the bottom of this buyer’s market in real estate. In Sarasota, the inventory still remains very high and now is certainly a good time to test the ...
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Downtown Sarasota Condominiums - Update
2007-08-16 14:23:00
Sarasota’s Skyline is Brand New If you haven’t taken time to wander the streets of Sarasota Florida lately, you’ll be very surprised at the changes. Some of the new condos, like Rivo at Ringling and 1350 Main are still adding finishing touches to add more glamour, luxury ...
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Bird Bay Golf Course Community in Venice, FL
2007-08-15 13:20:00
Just Listed in Affordable Area with Amenities Galore Bird Bay in Venice offers 5 swimming pools, tennis courts, shuffleboard, exercise room, library room, craft room. In addition to the resort lifestyle amenities, a new club house is being built in this Venice Florida golf course community. ...
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Lido Key Real Estate Report
2007-08-12 17:13:00
July 2007 Gulf Front Condo Sales on Lido Key, FL Returning to Florida this week from a quick trip to Hilton Head Island where it was hot, hot, hot, I’m back to work selling waterfront and golf Sarasota real estate. Searching the sales stats for Lido Key condo sales for July while pulling listings for ...
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Casey Key Gulf to Bay Property Report
2007-08-11 14:55:00
Private Island Paradise, Casey Key, Florida Report July 2007 Reporting on Casey Key, FL real estate for July, the Sarasota MLS stats show one home sold on this private island at a selling price of $3,800,000. This Gulf to Bay parcel with deep water for boating was 1808 sq.ft. with a list ...
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Staging Your Home in Sarasota , FL
2007-08-09 11:59:00
Even Movie Stars Stage Their Home s When Its Time to Sell When it’s a tough buyers’ market, sellers pull out all the stops to get their home sold. Staging has re-invented itself in the last few years and now even movie stars are using the idea to get the job done. Big stars such ...
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Home Inspections a Must
2007-08-03 13:55:00
Don’t Be In a Rush to Close the Deal Although I’d like to rush right along and close a transaction, it just makes good sense and protects all parties to have a home inspection. The Sarasota realtors that I’ve had the good fortune to work with on the opposite side of transactions have been ethical ...
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Sarasota?s Accolades
2007-07-30 15:09:00
Captivating Saras ota, Florida Sarasota Florida is captivating with its culture, wonderful climate, whitest beaches and luxury real estate. Florida blooms year round and coastal vistas abound. Many residents flock to here from the largest cites in the world to buy second and Sarasota vacation homes because ...
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Sarasota FL Real Estate Market Shows Signs of a Rebound
2007-07-27 14:18:00
News from the Sarasota Association of REALTORS® from a press release of July 25, 2007 Sarasota real estate market rebounding compared to 2006 statistics The local real estate market is more than 18 percent ahead of last year’s sales pace, year-to-date through the end of June 2007, and the median home sales prices are heading up, with ...
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Tips for Staging Your Sarasota Home for a Quick Sale
2007-07-26 15:31:00
Here are some excellent tips for staging your home. With the increased inventory in the Sarasota real estate market, sellers need to have their home shining. Your home must stand out above the other listings in its neighborhood. Read the tips. The concept may not be new but the term “staging” has taken ...
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Relax in Sarasota with an Income
2007-07-25 13:40:00
Similar to many of the baby boomers, Bruce Dawson, one of the retirees in Lakewood Ranch, FL, left the corporate world early because he was in a position to do so. After stints as CFO of Dean and DeLuca, one of my favorite stops in Manhattan, and in Tampa where he was President of ...
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Need Someone to Oversee Your Sarasota Home?
2007-07-24 14:09:00
Retiree Trying Some thing New Susan Robinson, Saras ota resident, spent 20 years in the insurance business. Since moving to Sarasota , she has reinvented herself to keep her mind sharp and service the needs of second homeowners in Sarasota. Read entire story. If you travel back and forth from several homes, travel for work or travel just ...
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Ringling Museum Wins Award in Sarasota, FL
2007-07-23 12:31:00
Sarasota Art Highlighted In June, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art won three 2007 state of Florida Davis’ Productivity Award s. To be selected for this award, all chievements nominated “must include documentation for cost savings or increased revenue and must have at least five priority characteristics listed for each award. If you are a new ...
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Downtown Sarasota Real Estate News
2007-07-22 14:57:00
Living in Downtown Sarasota Just Gets Better and Better Now you can live in the middle of everthing Sarasota has to offer. For a limited time, you can choose one of the last three move-in ready condos at Broadway Promenade. The two bedrooms models and penthouses offer the finest amenities and overlook a courtyard or bay. Sarasota’ newest Publix is right outside your door at the Broadway Promenade, and other retail shops including a spa are located close-by. Other popular downtown Sarasota condos, conviently located to the heart of happenings are: Plaza at Five Points 100 Central 1350 Main For excellent professional results when buying or selling luxury Sarasota homes or condos, contact Annette Smith or Nick Herron, the Herron Group, RE/MAX properties at 941-504-3922 or email Annette your preferences and we’ll automatically send information on homes or condos that match your criteria.
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Thursday nights on Main, Downtown Sarasota
2007-07-21 16:41:00
Bob Ardren’s Main Street Beat in the Pelican Press reports: “Downtown residents, through groups such as the downtown Saras ota condo owners, are getting involved too, realizing they have a big stake in the quality of life downtown.” Downtown merchants are close to agreeing on an ...
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Don?t Go Overboard When Remodeling to Sell Your House
2007-07-19 13:58:00
Preparing Your House to Sell ? “It is often difficult for homeowners to look at their houses objectively and come up with remodeling ideas on their own,” said Kate Burton, spokeswoman for Certain Teed, a building products’ manufacturer, who suggested that neighbors and family members are often more objective. Another veteran real estate agent “suggested that too ...
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Is the worst over? See what the experts Say about the FL market!
2007-07-15 20:43:00
Worst is over, real estate experts say Population growth is one of the reasons why Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors thinks Florida will be one of the first to recover from the housing doldrums. . . . the softness that has bedeviled Southwest Florida’s residential real estate market for almost ...
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Discover Luxury Waterfront Lifestyle on Siesta Key, FL
2007-07-10 13:12:00
Summer Cove Offically Opens With Residences Move-In Ready On June 28, the luxurious community of Summer Cove on Siesta Key officially opened. New residents will enjoy spectacular bay and Gulf views from their new condominiums. Three-bedroom residences are now move-in ready. Amenities of ...
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