Click here for the April 2022 Press Release and Statistics. SARASOTA, Fla. (May 19, 2022) – The active inventory of single-family homes showed a positive change in April 2022, the first year-over-year increase for the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton MSA since May of 2019. According to data from Florida REALTORS® and compiled by the REALTOR® Association of [...]
Are you a leader? Would you like to help shape the future of our Association? If so, then consider applying to serve as a Director or Officer. You can be a part of the next generation of REALTOR® leaders who will guide our Association into the future. The real estate industry is constantly evolving, adapting [...]
By: Tony Veldkamp, 2022 President of the REALTOR® Association of Sarasota and Manatee Senior Commercial Advisor, SVN Commercial Advisory Group SARASOTA, Fla. (May 11, 2022) - This week the Sarasota City Commission will be presented with a plan to update the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the city. The REALTOR® Association of Sarasota and Manatee [...]
North Port-Sarasota-Manatee MSA ranks #1 out of the four Florida cities that made the Top-20 Emerging Housing Markets for Spring 2022 SARASOTA, Fla. (April 26, 2022)— The Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com® today released the WSJ/Realtor.com® Spring 2022 Emerging Housing Markets Index. The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metro area was ranked at the 3rd spot for Spring [...]
Quarter 1 Winner: Meghan Keever, Realtor®, NextHome Excellence RASM has established a Humanitarian Award to be bestowed quarterly, designed to recognize the Realtors® who are doing great things in our community. We want to show our members and the two-county area that Realtors® make up a large part of our community’s success. The RASM Community [...]
Congratulations to the 12 REALTORS® and one Business Partner selected to be participants in the RASM Leadership Academy Class of 2022. The RASM Leadership Academy is a rigorous program designed to develop emerging REALTOR® leaders who want to get involved, make a difference, grow their business, and expand their leadership skills. Rachel Butrum, NextHome Excellence Tiffany [...]
By: Tony Veldkamp, 2022 President of the REALTOR® Association of Sarasota and Manatee It’s no secret that we are experiencing a perfect storm in our local real estate market. In addition to COVID-related stresses on our market and supply chain issues, the biggest impact is the huge influx of new residents moving to our area. [...]
By: Tony Veldkamp, 2022 RASM President On February 15, the Commercial Real Estate Alliance (CREA) of the Realtor® Association of Sarasota and Manatee (RASM) hosted their 8th Annual Downtown Horizons breakfast. This annual event has always provided fantastic information on the developments in our downtowns to local commercial real estate agents, residential agents, their guests, [...]
By: Peter Pike, Esq., Pike Law Firm My neighbors put their house on the market and less than a week later had accepted an all-cash contract with no contingencies. They proceeded to purchase a smaller townhome, all cash, and were planning to re-pay the money that they had taken out of a retirement account to [...]
SARASOTA, Fla. (January 24, 2022) – The REALTOR® Association of Sarasota and Manatee was recognized with two RPAC awards at the recent Florida REALTORS® Mid-Winter Meetings in Orlando, hitting two major goals outlined by the state Association. Of all the Associations in the Mega Board category, RASM was recognized with the Fastest Board to Reach [...]