
Contrary to the fact that in most of the country, real estate sales have been cooling off for several months, home and condo sales in Sarasota County showed continued strength again in June. For the fourth straight month, property sales exceeded 1,000. In June, Sarasota County property sales numbered 1,048.
The breakdown of real estate sales in June was 727 single-family homes and 321 condos. The first half of 2014 remains ahead of the near-record sales pace of 2013, an historic year for property sales with the second highest number of sales in Sarasota Association of Realtors’ 91 year history. “We are continuing to see heavy traffic at open houses and brokerages across the county,” said Sarasota Association of Realtors® President Peter Crowley.…