Sarasota is the best real estate bargain and St. Pete is #6 in America.
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The region's real estate market got a boost on Tuesday from a segment on NBC's "Today" show, where nationally recognized real estate expert, Barbara Corcoran, told host Al Roker that the best home values in the nation can be found right here, right now.
Sarasota topped her list of cities now holding the best real estate bargains. "Sarasota, Florida, was probably a symbol of the worst real estate market in the country," said Corcoran. "The Florida markets were hit early. Last year alone prices went down by a full third in Sarasota, but prices are already up 13 percent so it's moving fast and buyers are snapping up bargains." Sarasota's sophisticated urban lifestyle was cited as a key draw, as well as the area's beaches.
Corcoran also talked about St. Petersburg, Florida as having the sixth best real estate bargains in America. Other top 10 cities included Marietta, GA; San Francisco, CA; Grand Rapids, MI; Naperville, IL; Trenton, NJ; St. Louis, MO; and Saginaw, MI.
The mention on NBC was all the talk in the region's real estate circles. Barbara confirms where real estate prices have dropped the most and have now shot up in the recent quarter. The one nice thing is that it was not just anyone saying it, but it was a real statistical view of what is happening in our local marketplace (along Florida's Central Gulf Coast).
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