foreclosure: Sarasota Market Snapshot and Opinion - 04/29/11 02:19 PM
April 29, 2011   Sarasota, FL - Every once and a while I run an MLS search to help me understand where the market is headed.  For those who know me, I tend to be a bit of a pessimist about all of the media hype regarding the market is coming back and happy days are here again.   I am into my own facts as I find them and see them.   That being said...
According to the MLS, Sarasota county has 6112 active residential properties (including single family, condos etc).  Of these, 205 are bank owned (REO).  Yes, just 3% of the active properties are … (1 comments)

foreclosure: Foreclosure Observation in Sarasota County - 03/15/11 04:29 PM
I know foreclosures filings are way down.  I was checking and updating my numbers and found an interesting little tidbit that I would like some comment on.
Bank of America and/or BAC, we all know as this nice folks that used to be known as Countrywide has as of today to file one single foreclosure case in the county....at least in their name.  Also, the other big one I noticed is that JPMorgan Chase has filed only 1 so far this year.
Chief Judge Hayworth was on the news and stated that he understands a new wave may be coming and that … (3 comments)