home prices sarasota florida: How to Get the Most Money When Selling Your Sarasota Home - 03/13/17 03:33 PM
How to Get the Most Money When Selling Your Sarasota HomeEvery homeowner wants to make sure they get the best price when selling their home. But how do you guarantee that you receive maximum value for your house? Here are two keys to ensuring you get the highest price possible.1. Price it a LITTLE LOW This may seem counterintuitive. However, let’s look at this concept for a moment. Many homeowners think that pricing their home a little OVER market value will leave them room for negotiation. In reality, this just dramatically lessens the demand for their house (see chart below). Instead of the … (13 comments)

home prices sarasota florida: Spring Housing Market Starts Early on Sarasota's Suncoast - 03/08/17 09:30 AM
Housing Market Expected to “Spring Forward” 
The "Spring Market" on Sarasota's Suncoast Starts EarlierJust like our clocks this weekend in the majority of the country, the housing market will soon “spring forward!” Similar to tension in a spring, the lack of inventory available for sale in the market right now is what is holding back the market. Many potential sellers believe that waiting until Spring is in their best interest, and traditionally they would have been right. Buyer demand has seasonality to it, which usually falls off in the winter months, especially in areas of the country impacted by arctic temperatures and … (2 comments)

home prices sarasota florida: Where are the Home Prices Heading in the Next 5 Years, Sarasota? - 02/27/17 08:07 AM
Where Are the Home Prices Heading in the Next 5 Years, Sarasota?
 Today, many real estate conversations center on housing prices and where they may be headed. That is why we like the Home Price Expectation Survey. Every quarter, Pulsenomics surveys a nationwide panel of over one hundred economists, real estate experts, and investment & market strategists about where they believe prices are headed over the next five years. They then average the projections of all 100+ experts into a single number.The results of their latest survey:Home values will appreciate by 4.4% over the course of 2017, 3.4% in 2018, 2.8% in … (4 comments)