Anna Maria Island Property Sales Report (AMIPSR) is the real estate investor's premiere news service for updates and analysis on real estate sales and investments on Anna Maria Island, Florida. Each edition examines all the details of the property sales and new pending sales from the previous month, comparing the data to the month before and the same month the year before.
Special quarterly editions reflects on the previous quarter and the same quarter the previous year.
The much-anticipated year end edition every January analyzes the entire year as well as the fourth quarter data comparisons.
Eleven times a year, since June of 2004, AMIPSR brings you all the real estate news you need to understand and evaluate vacation and investment property purchases on Anna Maria Island, which includes the cities of Anna Maria, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach. AMI is a jewel of an island, surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay, across the bridge from Bradenton and Longboat Key and half an hour from Sarasota. AMIPSR will keep you in constant touch with real estate trends on Anna Maria Island, including the all important "How much did it cost?."
Whether your interest is buying or selling, AMIPSR can be your "rudder" in potentially dangerous coastal waters of the real estate business.
The publisher, Barry Gould is a licensed REALTOR® affiliated with Island Vacation Properties, LLC of Holmes Beach. He brings his experience to the publication and offers professional perspective and tips on better-than-average opportunities AMIPSR subscribers get here first.
AMIPSR editor Dantia Gould is an experienced journalist who has written about many topics throughout her career, the most recent being property sales on Anna Maria Island. A long time beach lover, she currently is happiest writing about the place and topic she loves most, Anna Maria Island and property sales on the island..
There is no charge to receive Anna Maria Island Property Sales Report but that doesn't mean the information is not extremely valuable. The local and regional newspapers regularly quote AMIPSR, giving full credit to the Goulds for the information they provide each month.
Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 9:14 pm.
ACTIVE LISTINGS ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND CONTINUE TO CLIMB, THE NUMBER OF SALES ARE WAY DOWN BUT THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE SIGNS
The number of active property listings on Anna Maria Island continues to increase, up from the 632 reported in the last issue of AMIPSR on Feb. 13, 2006 to 714 on May 11, 2006. The active listings included 289 single family residences with an average listing price of $1,055,314.; 285 condominiums, average listing price of $744,875.; 81 duplex/triplex listings, average listing price of $878,953.; 37 lots, average listing price of $1,140,743.; and 22 commercial properties, average listing price of $2,902.545.
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 26, 2006 4:23 pm.
ACTIVE LISTINGS ON ANNA MARIA ISLAND TOP 600
The number of active property listings on Anna Maria Island continued to increase in January, going from 431 at the start of ‘06 to 632 as of Feb. 13 ‘06.
The current list comprises 250 single family residences, up from the 167 reported in the January ‘06 issue of AMIPSR.
There are also 254 condominium listings, up from 174 last month.
A total of 78 duplexes and triplexes are currently on the market versus 57 last month.
The number of lots on the market more than doubled in the last month, going from 15 then to 31 currently.
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 19, 2006 6:30 pm.
Rates Continue On Slight And Gradual Upward Trend
McLean, VA Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market SurveySM (PMMSSM) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.28 percent, with an average 0.5 point, for the week ending February 16, 2006, up from last week’s average of 6.24 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.62 percent.
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 11, 2006 6:39 pm.
By Rick Catlin
Island Reporter
Despite record levels of single-family homes, condominiums and duplexes for sale on Anna Maria Island, the market is still strong and people are still buying, Island real estate agents say, although prices may be leveling off.
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 11, 2006 6:38 pm.
By Holden Lewis
BANKRATE.COM
After five years of sizzling growth, home price appreciation shows signs of cooling.
For prospective home buyers, the market shift provides a chance to remaster an old negotiating tactic: the art of the lowball offer. Strategies for securing a below-market price vary by locality. In any region, however, experts say bargain-hunting buyers can close favorable deals by applying a few basic principles.
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Posted on Tuesday, Jan 17, 2006 8:58 am.
The tiny Gulf Coast island is little-known, which accounts for its laid-back appeal. In winter, the water is cool, but the atmosphere is warm.
By Ferne Arfin
Special to The Times
In the Anna Maria Island Historical Museum, the cover of a vintage brochure features a Victorian bathing beauty. “Anna Maria Beach, Florida’s Famous Year-Round Resort!” trumpets the headline, ambitiously declaring it the greatest resort city in the state.
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Posted on Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006 6:40 pm.
This is the issue of AMIPSR we’ve all been waiting for…the year in review edition.
The bottom line?
Total gross sales of Anna Maria Island properties were up 46% in 2005 compared to 2004.
The average price paid for island properties was up 28.2% over 2004.
The total number of properties sold on the island in 2005 were up 14% from 2004.
(Some private sales were not included in these figures).
These number are outstanding and encouraging but do they accurately illustrate the market conditions today? NO!
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Posted on Thursday, Nov 10, 2005 6:42 pm.
It seems no matter where people gather the most asked question is, “What do you think of the real estate market on Anna Maria Island?”. Ominous terms such as, “bubble” and “buyer’s market” are finding there way into press articles but the indisputable market statistics are yet to support any such trend in the Anna Maria Island market.
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Posted on Monday, Oct 10, 2005 6:49 pm.
While national news stories talk about a slowdown in real estate sales, the slowdown does not appear to have affected Anna Maria Island–yet.
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 10, 2005 6:52 pm.
Spared any major hurricane activity in August 2005, real estate sales made impressive gains over August 2004, when Hurricane Charley made landfall in Southwest Florida on August 13.
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