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Let’s start with some good news. The City of Sarasota will invest $500,000 in new windows, a new roof and other improvements to the Municipal… Read more »

In light of the zika virus’ invasion of a neighborhood north of downtown Miami, here is a story from September 14, 2013, on how mosquitoes are… Read more »

Real estate transfers from May 2016. Source: Sarasota County Property Appraiser. $50,000 minimum. 3710 Gulf Of Mexico Dr #C21 Longboat Key, 34228, 9934 – Gulfshore… Read more »

Lynne Koy of Coldwell Banker’s Longboat Key office sold $6 million in volume earlier this week in one day. One of the deals was the… Read more »

A map of Florida’s hurricane landfalls over the past 50 years shows a gap over Sarasota and Manatee counties. So when a Sarasotan brags about… Read more »

Because of an editor’s error, a guest column by Lorrie Muldowney in the May 29 print edition of the Real Estate section contained an incorrect… Read more »

In 1966, those who sought to preserve the nation’s historic places thought it was all about holding back the bulldozer. After passage of the National… Read more »

The developers of the DeMarcay at 33 S. Palm condominium will begin deconstruction of the historic hotel on the site on June 15, according to… Read more »

A compound that was built by the watercolor artist Hilton Leech in 1940 and bought by ceramic artist Frank Colson and his wife, Diana, in… Read more »

A question-and-answer interview with Gretchen Schneider, general manager of the City of Sarasota’s planning and development department, regarding the zoning code as it relates to the… Read more »

Realtors, and their marketing departments, have a fairly new tactic in the battle for buyers: Storytelling. Every older house has a story. The vintage property… Read more »

In 1979 Dr. James Marsh, a young plastic surgeon in search of a place to live and work, and his girlfriend, Beverly, a nurse, came… Read more »

The area south of Englewood and Rotonda known as Cape Haze, or Placida, encompasses barrier islands and an elongated inland triangle west of Coral Creek…. Read more »

  Like so many artists before her, the Danish-born Kathleen Keenan came to Sarasota on a vacation in 2012 from her home in Falmouth, Massachusetts,… Read more »

ORLANDO — After Hurricane Ike’s storm surge virtually wiped out all the beachfront houses east and west of Galveston, Texas, in 2008, FEMA came to… Read more »

Infill projects are making an impact By Harold Bubil Real Estate Editor The 2016 Parade of Homes is more than a procession through master-planned communities… Read more »

  The 2016 Designer Showhouse celebrates the creativity of two dozen design professionals and the determination of one Ohio woman to rescue a vintage home… Read more »

The Historical Society of Sarasota County will present “The Great Developers” as the latest in its “Conversations at the Crocker” series at 7 p.m. Tuesday… Read more »

My article last week discussed the longevity annuity as a tool for protecting retirees who are heavily dependent on a stock of financial assets against… Read more »

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