Real Estate Trends due to COVID

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Is COVID the genesis for an unwanted renaissance? One constant in life is change and we are definitely changing whilst adapting to our new environment. Right now, the Sarasota Real Estate Market is as hot as a July day and we hope this will continue for the near future. As we continue to work our way through this calamitous pandemic, we are starting to see significant changes to life as we once knew it.

The Florida REALTORS® find the following:

  • More people are moving from city life to the suburbs
  • Offices are moving to home settings or are getting smaller for obvious reasons
  • Retail Vacancies – We are already moving to online shopping and have been for years – COVID exacerbated the transition and we will continue to see retail shrink and commercial space leases might see lower rent

We will continue to adapt to the dynamic socio-economic challenges that face us all with hope, ingenuity and malleability – that’s what we do.

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