sarasota golf real estate
The Realtor Association of Sarasota just published the latest real estate figures for the month ending May 31. Overall sales in Sarasota County for single family homes recorded a 20% median sale price increase, since May of last year. Overall sales were 1,182 for the month…only 42 sales shy of the all time record. What…
Lately, I’m consistently hearing my clients say they just can’t rationalize paying golf membership dues for 12 months while being in their future Sarasota home for, say, just 1 to 3 months per year. One solution I suggest to them: take a look at University Park Country Club. This is a gated, and beautiful, award winning…
Longboat Key is a great option for all lifestyles and price ranges. Beachfront homes or condos, canal/bay front or Golf course homes and condos for sale. Its your pick. Longboat Key Club Let’s not overlook the Longboat Key Golf Club as a golfing option simply because their expansion plans are still awaiting approval. In fact,…
One of the most common questions I get from clients buying golf course property relates to closing costs. “How much are they ?” one would ask. My answer is always a counter question. “Well, will you be paying cash or financing ?”. Closing costs are far less expensive for cash buyers. Allow me to explain….
When it comes to Sarasota golf course real estate it doesn’t get any better than this. I recently viewed this spectacular Oaks Club home and thought I would share it. The Oaks Club is Sarasota’s premier Golf and County Club. This home is located on the first hole of the Eagle. For information on this beautiful home or…
The Concession Golf Club The developers of The Concession have formalized a roster of builders to construct a second home push in this upscale golf course community east of Lakewood Ranch. At The Concession, the community’s golf course and clubhouse remain the primary draw. But thanks to new signs of life in Sarasota’s high end…
Rosedale Golf & Country Club is expanding. This gated, semi-private golf course community just off SR70 will see it’s first new homes section since its inception in 1994. Three builders ( Ashton Woods Homes, John Cannon Homes & M/I Homes ) will begin construction this year on 445 new homes on 237 acres. This will bring…
As reported in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, The Meadows appears ready to amend their bylaws in an effort to attract golfers and boost revenues. As reported by Mark Cardon, it is a sign of the economic times. Country clubs are simply no longer as private as they once were. Jacaranda West Country Club, Palm-Aire Country…
In an earlier blog in February, I detailed which clubs offer reciprocal priviledges to my home club, The Oaks. That same blog prompted a number of enquiries as to the differing costs of membership associated with some of these private local golf clubs. So here is a list of nine clubs with their full initiation fee and…
I was recently asked in an e-mail if there were any golf courses in Sarasota done by “recognisable big name architects”. Are you kidding ? This could take a while. Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin won Golf Digest’s “Best New Private Golf Course 2006” for The Concession. Arnold Palmer designed three tracks in Lakewood Ranch…Legacy…
