Zip Codes 34285, 34292, 34293 By:  Robert Goldman, PA, JD, REALTOR®   There’s a serious shortfall in inventory, as strong sales continue unabated.  It is being driven by sellers who properly price their homes for sale and recognition by buyers that the market has likely hit bottom. Homes for Sale / Inventory — At 865 (…) Read more

Zip Codes 34285, 34292, 34293 By:  Robert Goldman, PA, JD, REALTOR® Last month I said all indicators point to sales increasing, inventory declining and prices rising.  March certainly confirmed that prediction.  Far and away, March was the strongest month for sales we’ve seen in some time in Venice.  Here are the stats: Inventory — homes (…) Read more

Zip Codes 34285, 34292, 34293 Based on my analysis of home sales in Venice, as of the end of February 2012, these are the trends: Sales will increase. Inventory levels will decline. Prices will rise to a historically sustainable annual average of 3%. By any measure the number of homes for sale is way down.  (…) Read more

The State of the Real Estate Market in 2011 at Sawgrass can be summed up as follows: Sales Up – Almost 40%. Prices Down – Close to 6%. 2011 was a good year at Sawgrass.  There were more homes for sale, 7.7% more in 2011 versus 2010, but more noteworthy, the actual number of homes (…) Read more

For all properties available for sale in 2011, there were fewer homes available for sale and less sold than in 2010.  It was due to a significant drop in Short Sales and Bank Owned Properties (“Distressed Properties”).  However, Non-Distressed Properties had a significant increase in the number of homes available for sale and the amount (…) Read more

Zip Codes 34285, 34292, 34293 The five (5) major 2011 stories in Venice for real estate values and activity: Prices Stabilized at a New Bottom. Unit Sales Are Up. Less Homes Available For Sale. Homes Sold When List Price Within 10% of Sold Price. 25% of All Sold Properties Were Distressed Sales. Buyers had fewer (…) Read more

  The Lakes of Jacaranda is a resilient and desirable community.  However, it is not immune from the challenges faced by a depreciating real estate market.  In 2010 the average active list price was $315,000, at a time when the average sold price was $290,000.  This represented an 8% difference between the average list price (…) Read more

The big stories for 2011 regarding real estate values and activity at Lake of the Woods were: There were significantly less homes available for sale Nevertheless, the number of homes sold remained the same. Prices have stabilized. Right priced homes — there was less than a 10% difference between original list price and sold price. (…) Read more

The four (4) big stories for real estate values and activity on the Island for 2011 were:   More homes sold. Prices stabilized. Distressed sales went down. Homes sold when list price was within 10% of selling price.   Homes sold at a rock solid pace, increasing at a market stabilizing and healthy 5% increase (…) Read more