Sarasota Real Estate Prices

From today's Sarasota Herald Tribune

Big home-price gains
By MICHAEL BRAGA
michael.braga@heraldtribune.com
Housing prices in the Sarasota-Bradenton market continued their sizzling climb during the first month of the year. The median sales price for existing homes surged 32 percent in the market in January, from $217,000 to $287,100. Sales climbed, too, rising 18 percent from 829 in January 2004 to 976 last month. In fact, nowhere in the state did home prices drop.