MANATEE - The bad news: the number of existing-home sales fell 8 percent in Bradenton-Sarasota in January, compared to a year earlier. The good news: Bradenton-Sarasota was the second strongest performing market in the state, which saw the number of sales fall 27 percent.
Helping more homes change hands was a 20 percent fall in the [...]

Some people log on to YouTube.com to enjoy a recap of their favorite sitcoms or to catch an amusing amateur video.
But people might not turn to the popular video Web site as a venue to search for their next home.
A local real estate agent has started uploading virtual tours of his listings last year as [...]

Local real estate professionals reacted to the final sales figures for 2006, released Thursday by the Florida Association of Realtors, by saying the market correction has plateaued and the local real estate industry is likely on the rebound.
The final statistics for existing single-family homes showed that sales in the Bradenton-Sarasota market fell 34 percent in [...]

A few projects may have been canceled or, in the words of some developers, “repurposed.” But it seems that the condo-sales market in Center City fared better during the 2006 real estate slowdown than markets did in Washington, New York, Boston, Miami and Las Vegas, according to economists, developers and local real estate agents.
Though final [...]

The City Council on Wednesday approved a downtown condominium project near the beach and a statement supporting senior-only communities in Oceanside.
The council voted 4-1, with Councilwoman Shari Mackin in dissent, to OK the planned three-story complex with 11 condominiums on the northeast corner of Pacific Street and Sportfisher Drive.
More than 40 people, many from the [...]