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Longboat Key | Real Estate

The home at 423 Polk Drive was built in 2019 with three levels and a rooftop overlook. (Photo courtesy of Joel Schimmel, Premier Southeby's International Realty)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 7, 2022
Ringling Estates property sells for $4.75 million

A Ringling Estates home on Polk Drive tops the week's sales at $4.75 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Built in 1993, the home at 605 Weston Pointe Court has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,806 square feet of living area. (Courtesy of Ryan Ackerman, Coldwell-Banker Realty)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 31, 2022
Weston Pointe property sells for more than $2 million

A Weston Pointe property tops the week's sales at $2.05 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
New housing stock increased by 10.9% between 2010 and 2020 in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metro area. Over that same decade, population grew by 18.2%. (File photo)
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 29, 2022
Sarasota region housing stock grew 10.9% from 2010 to 2020

Far outpaced by population growth, new housing stock in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton area grew more than the national average in the decade between the 2008 recession and COVID-19.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The fenced property at 203 Garfield Drive includes two buildings, both constructed in 1936. (Photo by Eric Garwood)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 24, 2022
Ringling Estates properties sell for $2.9 million

Two Ringling Estates properties on Garfield Drive top the week's sales at $2.9 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Although it costs a lot to rent a place to live in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton MSA, renting remains a better bargain here than does purchasing a home. (File photo)
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 23, 2022
Sarasota region ranks among the lowest rent-cost-to-ownership ratios in Florida

Although rents are difficult to afford in Sarasota County, the metro area ranks among the lowest of its peers in Florida when compared to the cost of purchasing a home.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 17, 2022
Country Club Shores home sells for $3.1 million

A Country Club Shores home on Schooner Lane tops the week's sales at $3.1 million .

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Built in 1994, units J-204 and K-205 have four bedrooms, two-and-two-half baths and 5,185 square feet of living area. (File photo)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 10, 2022
L'Ambiance condos sell for $6.75 million

A pair of L'Ambiance condos top this week's home sales at $6.75 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The home at 550 Norton St. was built in 2002. (Eric Garwood)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 3, 2022
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $2.8 million

A Sleepy Lagoon home on Norton Street tops this week's sales at $2.8 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The home at 1125 Center Place on Lido Key was built in 1960. It has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,371 square feet of living area. (Photo courtesy Lisa Rooks Morris, Premier Sotheby's International Realty)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 27, 2022
Lido Key home sells for $3.75 million

A Lido Key home on Center Place tops this week's sales at $3.75 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Tangerine Bay Club's 10 buildings surround TBC’s ten, low-rise buildings are situated around the pool island. (Photo courtesy of Maureen Horn, Michael Saunders & Co.)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 20, 2022
Two properties each sell for $1.6 million

A Bird Key home and a Tangerine Bay condo topped this week's sales, each at $1.6 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Grand Bay is one of Bay Isles Association's 19 communities on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 10, 2022
Grand Bay condo sells for $3.25 million

A Grand Bay condo tops the week's sales at $3.25 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 6, 2022
Longboat Key area's top residential real estate sellers for the first half of 2022

The highest price in the area is $10.4 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Unit 246 condominium at 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,781 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 29, 2022
Grand Bay condo sells for $3 million

A three-bedroom unit in Grand Bay is the week's top seller at $3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The home at 96 N. Washington Drive sold for $6.5 million. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 22, 2022
St. Armands home sells for $6.5 million

A St. Armands home in John Ringling Estates tops the week's sales at $6.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The home at 3303 Gulf of Mexico Drive is the highest sale of the year at $13.75 million.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • June 15, 2022
Longboat Key home sells for $13.75 million landmark price

An extensively remodeled home on Longboat Key helped continue the trend of escalating prices for local real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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