
While for the first 9 months of 2015 home and condo sale in the Sarasota Manatee County market ran at a record rate, real estate sales in this market actually slowed slightly in September. Overall property sales in September were 1,608 with 927 in Sarasota County and 681 in Manatee County. Sarasota County closings fell below the never-previously-recorded string of six straight months of over 1,000 sales per month for the first time since February. Association President Stafford Starcher said, “While the real estate market has finally taken a breather in September, which is traditionally a slower month anyway, overall sales numbers are still very strong.”
The lack of properties for sale continues to cause prices to rise. There was a very…