Sarasota Fall Fun!! Season is here, and so is cooler weather!

  Jill French · REAL Broker · Sarasota & Bradenton Oct–Nov 2026 🍂 🎃 🎨 ⚔️ Your Fall Sarasota Fun Guide Season is officially ON — and Sarasota is showing off! 🌴 October and November in Sarasota are genuinely magical — perfect weather, the snowbirds are back, and the event calendar is absolutely st

Tired sellers and the August market report for Sarasota and Manatee

The lastest market data has been released for the Sarasota/Manatee area. Some good news, some bad. We have fewer days on market, and fewer months supply (homes for sale over absorption, or sales, rate) than last year. However, you can see that the closed sales haven't changed as much, so that lends

I'm so confused, what's the difference to me between a rate buydown and a price reduction????

Market Education Price Reduction or Rate Buydown?What Sellers (and Buyers) Need to Know Two ways to put money back in a buyer's pocket — and why they don't work the same way at all. If you've been watching your listing sit on the market, or you're a buyer trying to make a stretch budget work, you've

Seaflower, the new community by Anna Maria Island

  Photo: Seaflower, Bradenton FL Local Perspective · Bradenton, FL I've Watched This Coast Grow for 40 Years — Here's Why Seaflower Caught My Eye Jill French  |  Sarasota & Bradenton Real Estate I've lived in Sarasota for nearly forty years, and I still remember when Cattlemen Road was "sooooo far o