Overall property sales reached 528 in the Sarasota market in February 2010, up nearly 49
percent over February 2009, and pending sales were also strong at 967 – the second
highest total in the past four years. The statistics continue to reflect a recovering Sarasota
market, as median sale prices also rebounded for condos in February and remained [...]

Southwest Florida – Neal Communities announces Bruce Williams Homes as the second home builder in Central Park in Lakewood Ranch. Bruce Williams recently broke ground on two new models. The community of about 800 homes, which Neal Communities is developing, is located east of Lakewood Ranch Blvd between Malachite and 44th Avenue and will open [...]

Sarasota, FL –John Cannon Homes, Inc. led the competition of 30 model homes in this year’s Parade of Homes Single Family Home Design Awards by taking home 21 awards. Three of those awards were in the “Best Over All” category awarded to: The Kiah at The Country Club at Lakewood Ranch, The Royal Melbourne in [...]

Southwest Florida – Filling a void in the semi-custom home building market left from the departure of most home builders in this segment and responding to recent luxury home building interest, industry leader Pat Neal and 21-year Neal Communities veteran Mark Sochar have launched Neal Signature Homes.
Luxury home sales momentum
A resurgence in interest and sales [...]

Tampa Bay, Florida, March 3, 2010 – Garrison Developer Group of Florida (GDGFL) celebrated the start of construction on The Preserve at Alafia, 351-waterfront luxury apartments, with a groundbreaking ceremony last week. Executives from GDGFL were joined by Tampa-area dignitaries for the February 25th riverside ceremony and reception.
The luxury apartments of The Preserve are Phase [...]

Southwest Florida – Neal Communities’ success has confirmed a real estate rebound in Manatee/Sarasota. The Lakewood Ranch-based home builder sold homes in all price points and has signed 47 contracts year-to-date, a rate of about one home per business day. The Mandalay community has fewer than ten homesites left and luxury home sales are gaining [...]

Southwest Florida – Neal Communities recently broke ground on the first three of several model homes in its newest community, Central Park in Lakewood Ranch. The community of about 800 homes is located east of Lakewood Ranch Blvd between Malachite and 44th Avenue and will open July, 2010. About 200-300 people are working throughout the [...]

(February 23, 2010) Re/Max Alliance Group agent Tracey Mullen with the Harris & Mullen Team recently completed her Short Sale and Foreclosure Certification (SFR). For many real estate professionals, short sales and foreclosures are the new “traditional” real estate transaction. While short sales and foreclosures are not for the faint [...]

Southwest Florida – A public and private partnership that included Manatee County Parks and Recreation and Director Cindy Turner, support from Commissioner Donna Hayes, Manatee East Little League fundraising efforts, family and corporate funding, and a final donation from Neal Communities has made Lakewood Ranch Park Opening Day, including a new concession building, both a [...]

SARASOTA, Fla. (February 23, 2010) Susan J. Miller, SFR,QSC with Prudential Palms Realty has earned the nationally recognized Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certification. The National Association of REALTORS® offers the SFR certification to REALTORS® who want to help both buyers and sellers navigate these complicated transactions, as demand for professional expertise with distressed sales [...]

SARASOTA, FL – Chaim Gleitmann of Xena Vallone Realty has earned the Short Sales and Foreclosure Resources (SFR) certification, announced Broker/Owner Xena Vallone, who also holds the SFR designation.
Gleitmann recently completed the SFR certification program offered by the National Association of Realtors, which includes training on how to qualify sellers for short sales, negotiate with [...]

Tampa, Fla. – MiraBay, by Newland Communities, is excited to announce that the SouthShore master-planned community is now offering four brand-new executive home designs by one of the community’s featured home builders, Bayfair Homes. The four new designs will present new home buyers with the ideal coastal-living experience at prices beginning in the $400s, plus [...]