| It's a seller's market in Sarasota! Home owners will not | | | | are reporting now that despite huge increases in |
| often read this piece of advice in the current situation - | | | | property prices, buyers are still scrambling over each |
| but here it is: if you are thinking of selling your home in | | | | other to buy a Sarasota home. It's the Sarasota |
| Sarasota, now is a good time to list it! There are | | | | version of the Oklahoma Land Rush. |
| buyers waiting to snap up homes in this Florida | | | | Although Sarasota has a strong foundation of retirees, |
| paradise. This is an unusual situation and begs the | | | | they only account for approximately a third of the |
| question: Why does Sarasota miss the realty | | | | population. The fastest growing group of the population |
| doldrums? | | | | is the average family looking for the average family |
| The local real estate taxes are lower than they are in | | | | home. |
| other nearby counties but this would probably have | | | | Sarasota believes in entertaining its residents. Major |
| nothing to do with its popularity as a place to live. In | | | | events such as the Spring Carnival, Jazz Festival, |
| fact, it is thought to be the sheer beauty of the place | | | | Comedy Festival, the Music Festival and the Film |
| that draws people in like a magnet. | | | | Festival are interspersed with many and varied events, |
| However, there is more appeal than just visual beauty | | | | recreational classes and seminars. |
| in this scenic, sun-soaked city. Sarasota has gourmet | | | | You can enjoy live music which is as different as The |
| dining, first class shopping areas, museums and state | | | | Mikado is to The Beach Boys. You can watch the |
| parks to take your breath away. A large and diverse | | | | Russian Ballet on stage or 'Simply Ballroom'. Your |
| interest in the arts means that opera, ballet, live plays | | | | family can learn Dancing for Kids or watch 'The |
| and musicals are all available on a regular basis. | | | | Hungry Caterpillar'. There is a plethora of live shows, |
| You are offered pristine beaches, fishing, golfing, | | | | plays, comedies and dramas for all the family. |
| boating and the perfect climate to enjoy them; the | | | | Sarasota also wants to entertain your brain, so you |
| climate usually sits at a comfortably warm | | | | can attend classes to learn a language, study foreign |
| seventy-three degrees almost year round. Sarasota is | | | | affairs, find out how a Bedouin lives, learn to fly, delve |
| thought to be a paradise by its residents. | | | | into Bio-Identity Hormones, study the intricacies of |
| Sarasota and its neighbors to the north and south | | | | genealogy and learn Bridge. |
| form the seventh largest property market in the USA. | | | | Just want to relax? Sarasota also offers all the usual |
| It is also the third fastest growing major market in | | | | classes in hobbies and crafts, computers and exercise |
| Florida, along with its neighbors, Charlotte County and | | | | etc. There is even a 'classroom on wheels' in case |
| Manatee County. | | | | your old mum visits! You will never be bored in |
| Its growth rate is quadruple the reported national | | | | Sarasota even if you do manage to drag yourself |
| average and the per capita retail sales are 20% | | | | away from the beaches. |
| above the national average. Sarasota is a booming | | | | The more that Sarasota is investigated, the more |
| place! | | | | obvious the answer to the question becomes: Why |
| In 2004, property prices showed an increase of a | | | | does Sarasota miss the realty doldrums? Because it is |
| massive thirty-three percent. Local real estate agents | | | | a true paradise - it offers everything. |