09/21/2026
For Sarasota & Bradenton Sellers: Your Leverage Just Went Up
If you have been waiting for the right moment to list your home, the late-summer numbers show that demand is soaring and inventory is shrinking.
Active single-family listings plummeted 20.8% in Sarasota and 7.0% in Manatee County.
Buyers are acting fast. Single-family homes went under contract in a median of just 47 days in Sarasota and 45 days in Manatee.
Because of the tight inventory, sellers are walking away with a much larger share of their original asking price—averaging 94.7% to 95.6% across both counties.