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March property sales highest total since August 2005 Property sales in the Sarasota real estate market remained hot in March 2013 and for the first quarter of 2013. The March 2013 sales figure of 887 was the highest total since August 2005, and for the full first quarter, sales were 11.3 percent higher than in 2012. Members of the Sarasota Association of Realtors ®  sold 628 single family homes and 259 condominiums in March 2013. That compared to 504 single family homes and 229 condos sold in February 2013, for a 21-percent increase over last month and 6.7 percent higher than March 2012. The huge number of sales coincided with an impressive increase in the median sales price, especially for single family homes. The figure of $210,000 for single family homes was the highest since August 2008 - nearly five years ago. For condos, the median was $182,000. The condo figure has fluctuated substantially over the past few years, dropping to a low point of $127,000 in July 201...

From Sandy: We are currently putting together the business directory to be delivered and I need help.  If you can help put them together, please let me know. Also, I still need people to deliver them to the streets below.  If your street is listed or you se another street you can deliver to, please let me know. Street names are followed by the number of homes to deliver to.  The Directory is a large element of our annual budget, and it's free to all residents. Please contact Sandy if you can help:   sallen11@comcast.ne t, or  321-5582. Berkshire 88 Bikini 36 Chaucer 19 Coleridge 18 Eton 19 Fiji 6 Honolulu 25 Jarvis Rd. 156 Lanai 33 Luzon 6 Marlborough 10 Maui 3 Mauna Loa 168 Paota 9 Ponea 22 Samoa 56 Tarawa 47 Tema 23 Timor 21 Tonga 32 Tora 5 Vana 54 Waikiki 33 Wake 34

Interested in helping the area's business community? Here's one way:  Annual BIZ Exchange hosted by Fruitville 210 Community Alliance:    This will be an opportunity to meet & Support F210 local Businesses.   We want all F210 Businesses to be promoted around our F210 Neighborhood. Keep your TAX dollars in the Sarasota County tax base! BE LOYAL - BUY LOCAL            Tuesday - MAY 19th 6:30 - 8:00pm EVENT:            6:30 - Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Pres/CEO Steve Queior will address the meeting. 6:45 - 7:45  - BIZ Exchange / card exchange & networking 7:45 - 8:00  - Clean-up - we MUST be out by 8:00pm Library closes!!       Location: Fruitville Library - 100 Couburn Road      PLEASE bring your Neighbor with you Tuesday Night! Thank you, Karen Heffner Board Secretary/Treasurer Fruitville 210 Community  Alliance www.Fruitville210.org