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Longboat Key | Real Estate

Unit 502 at the Water Club I, 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, five bathrooms and 3,400 square feet. It sold for $1,925,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 13, 2011
Water Club unit sells for $1,925,000

David and Alberta Purpora, St. Armands Key, sold Unit 502 at the Water Club I, 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Thomas Grusecki and Christina Grant, of Schiller Park, Ill., as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, for $1,925,000. Built in 1996, the 3,400-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and five bathrooms. It last sold for $771,000 in January 1999.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The home at 700 Lyons Lane sold for $1,775,000 in June.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 13, 2011
June real-estate sales summary

The following is a summary of key residential real-estate sales recorded for the month of June at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Data from June 2010 is also listed for comparison.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Stanley
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 13, 2011
Real Estate Report

Signature Sotheby's reports more than $1 billion in sales Coldwell Banker announces increase in activity Island Real Estate starts new monthly photo contest

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Bob Stanley is managing broker of Coldwell Banker’s Longboat Key office.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 7, 2011
Coldwell sees increase in pending sales

Pending sales are up 38% from last June, while open sales increased by 26.5%.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The 6,520-square-foot home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive, on Bird Key, was built by Murray Homes and designed by Cliff Scholz. It sold for $4.95 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 6, 2011
Bird Key home sells for $4.95 million

The Bird Key home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $4.95 million - the largest sale on the island since January 2008, when the home at 643 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $6.9 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 6, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Andrew Bers Team named recipient of Five Star Award

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  • Real Estate
The 6,520-square-foot home was built by Murray Homes and designed by Cliff Scholz. (Courtesy: Detlev vonKessel)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 29, 2011
Bird Key home sells for $4.95 million

The sale amount is the highest amount paid in more than three years on Bird Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Photo courtesy of Barbara Ackerman The home at 700 Lyons Lane has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 4,563 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,775,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 29, 2011
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $1,775,000

James and Pamela Eatrides, of Bradenton Beach, sold their home at 700 Lyons Lane, in Sleepy Lagoon, to Michael and Desiree Trahan, of Waitsfield, Vt., for $1,775,000. Built in 2006, the 4,763-square-foot home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. The property last sold for $325,000 in April 1999.

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  • Real Estate
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 29, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Wagner Realty announces its top agents for May; SAR announces strong sales numbers for May

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  • Real Estate
Unit A-802 at L’Elegance on Lido Beach, 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 1,980 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,083,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 22, 2011
Lido property tops week's sales

Lewis and Debra Comer, of Unit 1104, sold Unit A-802 at L'Elegance on Lido Beach, 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive, to Kerstin Halsall, Constance Crosby and Cecil Rochwerg, as trustees of The Sapphire Trust, of Ontario, for $1,083,000. Built in 1996, the 1,980-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It last sold for $718,000 in April 2000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Kepecz-Hays
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 22, 2011
Coldwell's Longboat Key office has record May

Coldwell Banker's Longboat Key office experienced a record May, with more than $59 million in pending sales.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Andrew Bers is broker-associate at the Re/Max Alliance Group Longboat Key office.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 16, 2011
Andrew Bers earns ABR designation

The designation is awarded after coursework in buyer representation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 405 Polk Drive has four bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms. It sold for $2.55 million, along with Lots 10 and 11 in Block 50 of the John Ringling Estates Inc. Lido Beach Subdivision B.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 15, 2011
Lido Beach property sells for $2.55 million

The sale was the largest of 12 key sales recorded during the shortened week of May 31 through June 3 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Tim Field
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 15, 2011
Real estate reports

Timothy Field elected to ITNSarasota board

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Unit F-208 at L'Ambiance, 415 L’Ambiance drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two half-baths and 3,220 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,375,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 8, 2011
L'Ambiance unit sells for $2,375,000

The sale was the largest of 12 transactions recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of May 23 through May 27 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

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