Real Estate Report

Sarasota Condo Sales Surge as Local Housing Market Picks Up Speed

Sales are rising, inventory is shrinking and luxury buyers are spending big. But there are still deals to be made.

10/22/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Room to Roam

Siesta Key Estate Sells for $26 Million Cash—the Area’s Most Expensive Home Sale of 2026

Built on a vacant Gulf-front lot, 3990 Higel Ave. has seven bedrooms, a guest house and 131 feet of Gulf frontage.

09/29/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Bay Meets Gulf

Manasota Key Sale Sets New Englewood Record

Nashville businessman Dale Broadrick bought the Gulf-to-bay estate for $9.2 million after searching Florida’s barrier islands for privacy, boating access and nearby amenities.

09/24/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Real Estate Report

Sarasota-Manatee Home Sales Rise as Inventory Tightens

July brought more closings, fewer active listings and a surge in Sarasota’s luxury market.

08/19/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Seven Figures

Nearly One In Nine Sarasota-Manatee Homes Sold for $1 Million or More This Spring

Seven-figure sales grew more than twice as quickly as the overall housing market, suggesting $1 million isn’t the rarity it once was.

08/06/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Master Class

Lakewood Ranch Holds No. 2 Spot for New Home Sales as Wellen Park Jumps to No. 3 Nationally

Lakewood Ranch and Wellen Park landed among the nation’s top three master-planned communities, while Bradenton’s new SeaFlower earned an honorable mention.

07/31/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Real Estate Report

Sarasota-Manatee Home Sales Surge as Inventory Shrinks and Prices Split

June median prices reached $492,450 for Sarasota single-family homes, $490,000 in Manatee, $343,750 for Sarasota condos and townhomes and $310,000 in Manatee.

07/22/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Shore Thing

Gulf-Front Lido Shores Estate Sells for $15 Million in One of the Region's Biggest Deals of the Year

After 20 years of ownership, Thomas and Paula McInerney sold their nearly 2-acre Westway Drive property in an all-cash transaction.

07/20/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Second Chapter Salvage

The Iconic Sarasota Architectural Salvage Warehouse Is Closing in April

After more than two decades of ownership, Jesse White begins a months-long liquidation following the sale of his Central Avenue building.

02/03/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Sprawl Surge

Sarasota County’s Master-Planned Giants Keep Dominating National Rankings

RLCO's 2025 list again places Lakewood Ranch and Wellen Park in the top 10, with more than 3,000 combined new-home sales and a regional growth footprint that now rivals small cities.

01/11/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Internships

We're Looking for Editorial and Sales & Marketing Interns

Previous Sarasota Magazine interns have gone on to work for The New York Times, NPR, Bustle, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and more.

08/22/2025

Dolce Dinaro

This Longboat Key Home Just Sold for $30.3 Million—Cash

The Venetian-style estate known as Serenissima was listed for $35 million in June and sold just 25 days later. It's the most ever paid for a home on Florida's west coast outside the Naples market.

08/01/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Holding Main Ground

Two Major Buildings in Downtown Sarasota Have Sold for $13 Million

Sarasota-based Baird, Inc. purchased the Sunburn Cannabis Dispensary and Fit2Run buildings for $13 million—but the group plans to keep the Art Deco-style buildings the way they are.

01/17/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Year in Review

The Most Expensive Residential Sales of 2024

Despite back-to-back hurricanes and an overall cooldown, people’s pads actually got pricier in 2024.

12/30/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Condo High

A Record-Crushing Condo Sale Bucks a Market Slump

At $21,244,000, a double condo sale at the Residences at the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort shows that hurricanes can't stifle the need for more beach.

11/04/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Big Deal

Sarasota County's Purchase of Albritton Fruit Farms Is Final

The property will provide soil for covering waste at the county landfill located just south of the farm and "will not be used as a landfill," according to a county spokesperson.

10/29/2024 By Kim Doleatto

End of an Era

Albritton Fruit Farms Will Likely Be Sold to Sarasota County Later This Year

The county expects to purchase the 341-acre, sixth-generation family farm for $19 million. Sarah Albritton says she and her husband hope to restart their beloved you-pick operation elsewhere.

06/04/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Wandering Eye

This Siesta Key Home Just Sold for $9.25 Million. Let's Take a Look.

The sale of the waterfront home made for one of the priciest transactions in Sarasota County so far this year.

05/31/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Top Sale

Behold the Most Expensive Residential Sale in Sarasota County

Listed for just under $34 million last year, this Harbor Acres waterfront home sold for $20 million—cash.

05/14/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Sky High

Will This $15 Million Siesta Key Home Be the Year’s Top Sale?

Less than three months into 2024, the sale of a waterfront home on the northern end of the key has already exceeded last year's top deal.

03/12/2024 By Kim Doleatto