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        <title>Sarasota Condos Real Estate Blog</title>
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        <description>Our Sarasota Condo blog will help you stay on top of all the comings and goings in this active market.  Please feel free to ask questions or share your comments, we love to hear what you have to say.</description>
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            <author>adam@sarasotacondos.com (Adam Robinson)</author>
            <title>Siesta Key Fireworks</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Looking for something to do with you Fourth of July?  You could always check out the Siesta Key Fireworks Display.  This year will mark the 21st annual celebration of Independence Day on Siesta Key, and the spectacular show of lights begins around 9pm.  The show takes place over Sarasota Bay, and tickets are currently being sold for those wishing to attend the main event.  These VIP packages require a $150 donation, which is the only form of funding for the event.  Those who purchase the VIP ti... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:50:16 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>adam@sarasotacondos.com (Adam Robinson)</author>
            <title>New Villages planned for Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota County</title>
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The Schroeder-Manatee Ranch property southeast of I-75 and University Parkway will soon see a very different type of housing development. Sarasota County has acquired all essential approvals to begin the construction of the Villages of Lakewood Ranch. The concept behind this so called &quot;village&quot; development is based upon the style of neighborhoods present before suburban life was adopted. 

The Sarasota 2050 growth plan that was created several years ago describes villages as clusters ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:16:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>adam@sarasotacondos.com (Adam Robinson)</author>
            <title>Financing Sarasota Condos </title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Sarasota&rsquo;s condo market may be getting better, and soon.&nbsp; Recently Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac initiated new policies that will help condos and short-term rental properties especially.&nbsp; Fannie Mae is aggressively adding new units to its approved lending list, including 35,000 units in the Miami area alone.&nbsp; Thousands more from across Florida are expected to be added throughout the year.&nbsp; Freddie Mac is now backing new mortgages in low occupancy and high association fee d... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:50:58 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>adam@sarasotacondos.com (Adam Robinson)</author>
            <title>Festival Time in Sarasota</title>
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April could be called &quot;Festival Month&quot; in Sarasota and along the west coast of Florida.   There are a half dozen festivals, ranging from the Fringe Film Festival and Florida Winefest designed to attract out-of-town visitors and extend the tourist season to Siesta Fiesta which is more for locals. 
   
From April 7 - 11th, we have the Sarasota Fringe Film Festival., where one can screen over 300 films.  Over 40 of these films have a local hook, such as the suspense thriller, &quot;Dea... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:06:32 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>adam@sarasotacondos.com (Adam Robinson)</author>
            <title>Rabid Otter Terrorizes Venice</title>
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Move aside peaceful manatees and splashing dolphins -  make way for...the rabid otter! 


You think I'm   kidding? Just last week,    one of those cute, furry little guys went berserk and attacked a 96 year old Venice man. The poor fellow was out for his morning walk, when this otter comes out of nowhere, dives at his legs, and takes him down. Then, like he's got ahold of halibut, refuses to let go. 


A passing truck driver, thought the old guy had fallen off his bike and r... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:12:58 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>adam@sarasotacondos.com (Adam Robinson)</author>
            <title>Sarasota Condo Sales SOAR</title>
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Sarasota County:   January 2010 Condos Sales Double!


Condo sales in Sarasota County were up over 100% for Jan. 2010 compared to Jan. 2009.   The MFR MLS system shows that in Jan 2010 there were 153 condo closed.  In Jan. 2009 the MLS records showed there were only 72 condos sold.  For more information on all Sarasota condos, search available listings or view the many Sarasota Communities.

  

    
      

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            <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:30:47 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>adam@sarasotacondos.com (Adam Robinson)</author>
            <title>Welcome to SarasotaCondos.com</title>
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Hello everyone.&nbsp; I have gone live on this site.&nbsp; However, this iswhat I call a soft opening.&nbsp; Until more of the pages, content, and design are completed I will not be promoting the site too musch.

Most of Siesta Key is completed with a page built for every complex on our island.&nbsp; Manly Longboat Key complexes and downtown buildings are also complete.

ADam 
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            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:32:06 -0500</pubDate>
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