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Experts say the market’s strength can be attributed to a series of factors, including an increase in cash sales and the use of escalation clauses in sales contracts as buyers seek to make sure they get their house. COVID-19 is also a factor, as well as a massive wave of baby boomers retiring at once.  And while the market is strong now, some experts say this might be just the beginning. As more people discover Sarasota and tell their friends about their new hometown, there could be more waves of new buyers in the near future.  So many multimillion-dollar homes are being sold that local ...

Mansion Global After a $3 million discount, the home closed for $16.5 million By V.L. Hendrickson  |  Save Coastal Home Photography Coastal Home Photography ••••• Despite selling at a $3 million discount, the $16.5 million sale of a waterfront mansion on a barrier island south of Sarasota, Florida, tied for the most expensive deal in the county. The sale of the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom residence on Casey Key sold for the same amount as the previous record holder, the sale of a classical-style mansion in late 2020, according to the Multiple Listing...

After 40 days on the market, a waterfront home on Casey Key sold recently for $16.5 million, the second property to sell for that figure in less than a year in the Sarasota-Manatee county area. Top of the market $16.5 million $16.5 million $13.25 million $13 million +1 $13 million $12.5 million $12 million $11.85 million $11.4 million $10.5 million $10.5 million $10.5 million $10.25 million $10 million 3410 Flamingo Ave., Siesta Key, sold in 2015 The property at 1900 North Casey Key Road was marketed for owner Eric T. Small by Joel Schemmel of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s Dow...

NewsSportsTicketLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals MARKET SNAPSHOT: Snead Island is one of Florida's best-kept secret The island at the mouth of the Manatee River and south of Terra Ceia Bay has a pristine, old-Florida atmosphere. Chris Angermann Snead Island at the mouth of the Manatee River and south of Terra Ceia Bay has a pristine, old-Florida atmosphere. There are only 800 homes or so, surrounded by tropical foliage. Emerson Point Preserve, a 365 acres nature preserve – part mangroves, part Florida coastal jungle — occupies nearly half of the island’s area. A networ...

Last week, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection approved the pumping of wastewater into the Tampa Bay ecosystem from a reservoir at Piney Point – a former phosphate plant in Manatee County. A leak in the liner of the reservoir has caused a partial breach in one of the containment walls and officials hope that pumping more than 30 million gallons of wastewater out of the reservoir will relieve pressure on the walls and reduce the chance of an uncontrolled major breach. Check back to this story for the latest updates on evacuations, the status of the breach and the responses ...