More robust real estate news: January’s top-selling home went under contract in just four days at $110,000 over list price. The three-story home at 636 Beach Road on Siesta Key sold for $4.1 million after a list price of $3,990,000. With 4,163 square feet, it has four bedrooms, four baths and plenty of beach-front terraces. [...]

New Bradenton Showroom Home-Tech has been an industry leader in the fields of home-service agreements, air conditioning and major appliance sales and service for more than three decades. With programs like the Gold Service Agreement Contract, which lets subscribers fully insure their appliances and air-conditioning for an entire year, Home-Tech offers complete and comprehensive care. With [...]

Homebuyers yearning for peace, quiet and a whole lot of land—a minimum of five acres, to be exact—often look east of I-75 at Gator Creek, Saddle Creek and Saddle Oaks, says Lee Byron of Michael Saunders & Company: “They’re especially appealing to buyers from Connecticut, Virginia and other parts of the country who are accustomed [...]

Just as Manhattanites started moving to Brooklyn and turned it into the hip new place to live, Sarasotans are looking around at neighborhoods that used to be a little declassé, a little square, a little shabby, and thinking, “Hey, I could live there.” And not only are these neighborhoods getting a second wind; they’re beginning [...]

Custom Cabinetry Celebrating 25 years serving the Suncoast, Contemporary Cabinetry and Closet Concepts has spent those years focused on providing excellent customer service and designs for kitchens, closets, wall units, home offices, armoires and Murphy beds.   Thanks to virtually unlimited capabilities, “We can express our clients’ personal style in almost every way possible,” says [...]

A 4,287-square-foot Manasota Key Gulf-front home at 7100 Manasota Key Road, originally listed for $4.2 million in late 2010, has sold for $2.4 million, making it the highest-selling residential property sold in December. It has four bedrooms, five baths and an infinity pool flanked by a summer kitchen. The master bedroom has two terraces, one [...]

Timing is everything, and unfortunately, sales at The Concession Golf Club and Residences suffered mightily as it debuted smack in the middle of the housing bubble five years ago. But the rough patch appears to be over for the 1,200-acre gated community, according to Sarasota builder Roy Dupuis, whose spectacular Grand Cypress and Villa San [...]

Siesta Beach, now officially the country’s best, has lots of beautiful condos overlooking its pure white sand, but a house in such a prized location is hard to find—particularly a house like this showstopper. With three levels for living, a four-car garage underneath and a rooftop swimming pool, it may well be Sarasota’s ultimate trophy [...]