{"id":17555,"date":"2026-04-25T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/?p=17555"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:20:29","slug":"sarasota-county-single-family-home-market-update-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/2026\/04\/25\/sarasota-county-single-family-home-market-update-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarasota County Single-Family Home Market Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sarasota County\u2019s housing market in March 2026 showed steady forward movement, with closed sales rising 8.9% year over year to 890 transactions. The median sale price increased as well, up 3.3% to $485,000, signaling continued buyer demand despite broader market fluctuations. Cash buyers remained a significant force, making up 42% of all closed sales, though this share is slightly lower than the 44.7% recorded a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inventory tightened considerably, with active listings dropping 24% to 3,351 homes, while new listings fell 19% to 998, indicating fewer fresh options for buyers entering the market. Even with limited supply, buyer activity stayed strong: new pending sales increased 6.9% to 895, suggesting ongoing momentum heading into the spring season. Overall, the data reflects a competitive market defined by rising prices, strong demand, and shrinking inventory. The infographic below, from Florida Realtors, contains more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarasota County\u2019s housing market in March 2026 showed steady forward movement, with closed sales rising 8.9% year over year to 890 transactions. The median sale price increased as well, up 3.3% to $485,000, signaling continued buyer demand despite broader market fluctuations. Cash buyers remained a significant force, making up 42% of all closed sales, though […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,26,1],"tags":[12,13,15,20,19,6,17],"class_list":["post-17555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-buying","category-home-selling","category-real-estate","tag-home-buying","tag-home-selling","tag-real-estate","tag-real-estate-agent","tag-realtor","tag-sarasota","tag-sarasota-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17557,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17555\/revisions\/17557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgettbyzewski.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}