08/29/2025
Sarasota is where island living meets world-class golf.
Imagine waking up to emerald fairways and salty breezes, with your designer golf course practically in your backyard. Within a 15-mile radius of Sarasota, you'll discover around 76 golf courses—about 40 public and 34 private layouts—offering everything from leisurely 9-hole loops to championship-grade 18s. Narrow it to just Sarasota proper, and you'll still find 28 courses, including 14 public, 3 municipal, and 11 private greens.
Hidden gems abound featuring Longboat Key’s golf course resort-style island living, Lakewood National—a dual, Arnold Palmer–designed 36-hole marvel—and the elegant Esplanade, with its artful course and clubhouse rhythm.
Over the past five years, Sarasota’s real estate hasn’t just moved; it has soared. Longboat Key luxury homes now routinely top the $2 million mark, with Gulf-front estates trading between $5–15 million, and a jaw-dropper sale reaching $30.3 million in July 2025.
Lakewood National delivers a more approachable entry point, with condos starting in the mid-$200,000s and executive to estate homes stretching into the $400–700 thousands.
With Longboat Key values up about 69% over five years (and a wild 115% over the past decade), even suburban spots in Sarasota have climbed fast.
That kind of rocket-fueled growth—that’s not fantasy. Sarasota serves it all: art galleries, world-class beaches, sunsets that could soothe a philosopher, and your clubs just steps away.
Whether you're buying, investing, or selling, Vanguard prime Realty is here to help you make your move. Whether it’s over a property tour or a quick nine holes, I’m here to help you find—or market—your place in Sarasota.
– Tomasz Borucki, Vanguard prime Realty, brokered by Keller Williams on the Water