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	<title>Michael Saunders Real Estate Blog &#187; The Real Estate Market</title>
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	<description>Thoughts and Opinions about the Greater Sarasota, FL Real Estate Market</description>
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		<title>Home Builders: Twice as many &#8220;Improving Housing Markets&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Market Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Real Estate Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punta Gorda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[he number of housing markets showing measurable improvement nearly doubled in January with the addition of 40 new metros to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). The IMI now shows 76 improving markets, up from 41 in December, with 31 states and the District of Columbia represented by at least one entry.]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Property Sale Establishes New Benchmark for Casey Key</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Gulf-front estate listed by Linda Roe Dickinson—of Michael Saunders &#038; Company—became Casey Key’s highest selling property of 2011 when it closed on July 15.  The sale was also the year’s second highest involving residential properties in Sarasota County; yet another indicator that the market for high value properties in Southwest Florida has improved considerably.  The last time a Casey Key property sold for a higher amount was in November 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Why It&#8217;s Time To Buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Heatherman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Real Estate Market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June 2006, when the housing market peaked, the prospect of a five-year national housing bust seemed unimaginable to most people. And yet here we are, with the latest Standard &#038; Poor's Case-Shiller index showing that prices hit new bear-market lows, falling back to 2002 levels nationally and to 1990s levels in some battered regions.

Despite all the gloom, however, there are growing indications that it is a good time to buy.
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		<title>Southwest Florida Market Defies Housing&#8217;s Double Dip</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/southwest-florida-market-defies-housings-double-dip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Market Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manatee Market Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarasota Market Reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Real Estate Market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the housing market in many U.S. markets shows signs of a continued correction in prices, the market for properties in Southwest Florida continues to buck the trend with strong sales and rising prices, it was reported today (June 1) in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.  See article for complete details:]]></description>
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		<title>Sarasota, Manatee &amp; Charlotte Counties: Year Over Year Sales Comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/sarasota-manatee-charlotte-counties-year-over-year-sales-comparison-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[market reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarasota County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trendgraphix Reports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sarasota, Manatee &#038; Charlotte Counties: Year Over Year Sales Comparison]]></description>
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		<title>Sarasota, Manatee &amp; Charlotte Counties: Year Over Year Sales Comparison (April)</title>
		<link>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/sarasota-manatee-charlotte-counties-year-over-year-sales-comparison-april/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/sarasota-manatee-charlotte-counties-year-over-year-sales-comparison-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarasota Market Reports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our market’s recovery continued moving forward in April.  Inventories of available properties continued to decline throughout Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte Counties; while sales were up by more than 27% in Manatee County, 19% in Sarasota County and 17% in Charlotte County.  Pending sales, a strong harbinger of closed sales to come in the next 30 to 60 days, were also up significantly.  Pendings were up 52% in Manatee County, 27% in Sarasota County and nearly 10% in Charlotte County.]]></description>
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		<title>The Neighborhood Report – Downtown Punta Gorda</title>
		<link>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/the-neighborhood-report-%e2%80%93-downtown-punta-gorda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/the-neighborhood-report-%e2%80%93-downtown-punta-gorda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Butzko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Golf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Luxury]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homebuyers and visitors are taking notice in the real estate opportunities available throughout downtown Punta Gorda.]]></description>
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		<title>Sarasota, Manatee &amp; Charlotte Counties: Year Over Year Sales Comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/sarasota-manatee-charlotte-counties-year-over-year-sales-comparison-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/sarasota-manatee-charlotte-counties-year-over-year-sales-comparison-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders &#38; Company</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Market Reports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte Counties, sales and pending sales for the month of February continued to paint a picture of sustained recovery across all three areas.  The number of homes for sale declined by as much as 24% (in Sarasota County) versus last year, while sales were up by as much as 27.2% ( in Manatee County); and pendings up by as much as 57.3% in Charlotte County.]]></description>
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		<title>Sarasota, Manatee &amp; Charlotte Counties: Year Over Year Sales Comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/sarasota-manatee-charlotte-counties-year-over-year-sales-comparison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Market Reports]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent trends in the Southwest Florida real estate market—as reported by TRENDGRAPHIX—continue to show encouraging signs of a market in recovery.  Year-over-year inventories of existing homes for sale are down by nearly a fifth to a quarter across all three counties of Southwest Florida; while both closed and pending sales in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte Counties remain steady and dramatic.

]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Amy &#8211; Why Buy Now?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/ask-amy-why-buy-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Butzko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Home Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Expert Advice Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Real Estate Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Drake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ask videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebuyers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Homes &#038; Condominiums director Amy Drake discusses why a raise in inventory and lowering prices make this a great time to buy a new condominium.]]></description>
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