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

Why more homeowners are giving up their 3% interest rate and moving

  If you’re like a lot of homeowners, you’ve probably thought: “I’d like to move… but I don’t want to give up my 3% rate.” That’s fair. That rate has been one of your best financial wins – and it can be hard to let go. But here’s what you need to remember… A great rate won’t make up for a home that

The housing market is turning a corner heading into 2026

  After several years of high mortgage rates and hesitation from buyers, momentum is quietly building beneath the surface of the housing market. Sellers are reappearing. Buyers are re-engaging. And for the first time in what feels like forever, there’s movement happening again. No, it’s not a surge.