Sarasota’s biggest lenders see slight drop in mortgages as snowbird season ends
Sarasota’s largest lenders originated 637 mortgages in April – seven percent fewer than in March. The dollar value of loans was also lower – $135.3 million vs. $152.7 million in March. Sarasota’s More...
Kaleta company makes $150,000 on Holmes Beach lot sale
Gulf View Retreat LLC, a Bradenton company managed by home builder Shawn Kaleta, bought a vacant residential lot at 3014 Avenue E in Holmes Beach for $450,000 in January and sold it five months later for $600,000. The More...
Sarasota’s top 20 closing firms in April
Ranked by the dollar value of closings: CLOSING FIRM CLOSINGS VALUE FLORIDA TITLE 20 51,734,720 WILLIAMS PARKER 42 31,989,831 MSC TITLE 112 26,436,200 GIBSON KOHL 77 24,457,352 BERLIN-PATTEN 62 19,479,064 ICARD More...
Sarasota attorney answers “bubble” questions
Sarasota real estate attorney Evan Berlin said he has received a deluge of questions latley about whether we are headed toward another “bubble.” Here’s his answer: It is our opinion that the recent More...
Periodontist picks up office space in Lakewood Ranch
Eastman Periodontics & Implants PLLC, a Bradenton company managed by Lindsay B. Eastman, bought a 2,586-square-foot office condo at 6310 Health Park Way in Lakewood Ranch for $336,143 and financed the purchase More...
Another large drop in early stage foreclosures
Sarasota’s largest lenders filed 215 early stage foreclosures in April – a 24 percent drop from March. JP Morgan Chase led the pack for the third month in a row, but its filings were down by 32 percent from More...
Bradenton office building commands same price as 2005
Ranch Lake Investors LLC. a Bradenton company managed by Hazel Ford, sold a 12,712-square-foot office building at 8640 State Road 70 E in Manatee County to Pitch Pine LLC for $2.2 million. Ford’s company paid More...
Shrewd investor grosses $520,000 on Bollieterri Villa
Hammock Bay LLC, a Bradenton company managed by Georgia Nicholoudis, sold a 3,572-square-foot unit in the Bollieterri Villas condo complex for $1.07 million. The price was nearly twice the $550,000 Hammock Bay paid More...
252-unit apartment complex sells for $21.75 million
Hunting Place Apartments Limited Partnership, a San Francisco company managed by Thomas Coates, sold a 252-unit apartment complex at 3201 Huntington Place Drive in Sarasota, to Huntington-Sarasota LLC for $21.75 More...
Office condo developers transfer units and land to Engelwood Bank
H&H Enterprises of Venice LLC, a Venice company managed by Jeffrey S. Hutchinson and Randall L. Higel, transferred four office condo units at 1090 Knights Trail Road two acres of vacant commercial land at 101 More...