There’s lots for sale right now in this charming downtown neighborhood.   The quintessential Sarasota neighborhood? Without a doubt, that would be Laurel Park. I’m partial to it, I admit. I have lived and/or worked there ever since I moved to Sarasota. I’ve seen it change from a rundown and slightly raffish area of rednecks [...]

The new Palmer Oaks condos offer much more than you’d expect  for the money.   By Robert Plunket   The $200,000 condo has long been a staple of Sarasota real estate. There are a million of them all over town, from Palm Aire to the Beneva corridor. They are about the cheapest form of housing [...]