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We Buy Houses in Sarasota, FL

Sell your house fast for cash, as-is. A written offer within 24 hours of one call, and you pick the closing date.

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Sell Your House Fast for Cash in Sarasota, FL

We buy houses in Sarasota and across Sarasota County for cash.

A short call about the house and its condition gets you a written offer within 24 hours. There are no commissions, repairs, cleaning or showings, and we pay standard closing costs. Your cash offer is based on what you tell us about the house. If your answers reflect its real condition, the price on the contract is the price at closing. A Florida title company or closing attorney handles the paperwork, and you choose the closing date, in as little as 14 days.

At a glance

No repairs or cleaning
No commissions or showings
We pay standard closing costs
Close in as little as 14 days

Selling in Sarasota

Selling Your Sarasota House, One Step at a Time

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1. A Short Phone Call
Talk us through the house and its condition. No repairs to arrange and no showings to host.
2. An Offer You Can Read
Within 24 hours you have a written cash offer to look over with family, with no commissions taken out.
3. Close When It Fits
Pick the closing date that suits your plans; a title company or closing attorney does the paperwork.
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Sell Your Sarasota House As-Is: Milton, Surge and Older Homes

Hurricane Milton came ashore at Siesta Key on the night of October 9, 2024, as a Category 3 hurricane. From Longboat Key to Venice, the surge reached 4 to 6 feet above the ground, and a sensor on Longboat Key measured 5.04 feet above the normal high-tide line ³. Two weeks earlier, Hurricane Helene's surge had already damaged many buildings along Sarasota County's coast, where dozens of people were rescued ⁴. If wind or water got into your house in either storm, you don't need to repair it before you sell. Tell us what happened on the call.

Water isn't only a coastal problem here. Sarasota's own flood guide notes that about 40% of flood insurance claims come from moderate- to low-risk areas, and that homeowners insurance does not cover flooding. It also explains the 50% rule: when restoring a damaged house would cost half or more of its market value, it has to be brought up to current flood standards, which can mean raising it ⁵.

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Cash Offer or Listing With an Agent in Sarasota?

If your Sarasota house is updated and you can be patient, listing it with an agent may well bring a higher price than we'd offer. Patience costs money, though. There's the commission, the repairs a buyer asks for, and monthly insurance, taxes, utilities and any association dues until closing, even in the months you spend somewhere else. The Sarasota County figures after the example show how long listings have been lasting.

The cost example for Sarasota estimates a listing's take-home; compare our written offer with that number.

On a $455,000 sale

Example, not a quote.

Listing with an agent

Sale price: $455,000
Agent commission (5.5% here; it varies): −$25,025
Repairs before listing (example): −$12,000
Documentary stamp tax on the deed: −$3,185
Owner's title policy (state rate): −$2,350
Settlement and other closing fees (example): −$1,400
Three months of carrying costs (example): −$8,190
You'd walk away with: $402,850

Comparing a cash offer

In this example, listing would leave you about $402,850 before your mortgage payoff. Compare that with your cash offer, less any closing costs you'd still pay.

With our cash offer there's no agent's commission, and we pay standard closing costs.

Your numbers depend on your house, your loan and your county. Want your real numbers? Enter your address above or call (984) 489-8269.

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Sarasota Housing Market, September 2026

Listing figures for Sarasota County, FL.

Median asking price: $455,000; down 4% from a year earlier
Median days on market: 93 days; down 10% from a year earlier
Homes for sale: 3,865; down 17% from a year earlier

Homes listed in Sarasota County, FL sat a median 93 days on the market in September 2026, down from 104 a year earlier. The median asking price in Sarasota County, FL was $455,000 in September 2026, down 4% from a year earlier.

Fastest-moving ZIP codes

Lowest median days on market among ZIP codes with 20 or more homes listed, September 2026.

34233 — 66 days
34240 — 66 days
34237 — 70 days
34232 — 80 days
34241 — 83 days

Source: Realtor.com Economic Research, September 2026. Asking prices of homes listed for sale, not sale prices.

Selling a House in a Sarasota Historic District

Several Sarasota neighborhoods are on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Laurel Park, listed in 2008, the Overtown Historic District, listed in 2002, and Central-Cocoanut, listed in 2005 ¹. Separately, the City keeps its own local register. Changing a locally designated structure takes a Certificate of Appropriateness: the application goes through the Office of the City Auditor and Clerk, staff review it, and the Historic Preservation Board holds a hearing ².

That review is about changes to the building. If your house is locally designated, or sits in one of these districts, mention it on the call, along with any outside work that was planned, approved or turned down.

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Selling a Florida House in a Hard Spot

If one of these sounds like your situation, here's what Florida law says about it, in plain terms. For advice on your situation, talk to a Florida attorney.

Facing foreclosureA lender has to go to court first. How the sale works, and how long you can still stop it.

Sarasota County foreclosures are heard by the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, which covers DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties ⁶. A foreclosure auction is a court-ordered sale of the property to pay what a final judgment says is owed, and in Sarasota County the Clerk holds every one online ⁷. The Clerk's advice to homeowners at risk is to be proactive and not ignore letters from the bank, and it lists the Legal Aid Society of Manasota and Gulfcoast Legal Services among the places to turn ⁸. Under Florida law you can stop the sale by paying the full judgment amount until the clerk files the certificate of sale, or a later time the judgment sets ⁹. Selling first may still be possible, but Florida's equity-purchaser law puts tight rules on buying a home in foreclosure ¹⁰. Have a real estate attorney read anything before you sign.

Inherited a houseWho handles the estate, and the shorter court process smaller estates may use.

Sarasota County estates are handled in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit ⁶. A probate case is opened by filing a petition with the Sarasota County Clerk, in the county where the person lived. A formal administration has to be filed by a Florida attorney unless the personal representative is the only beneficiary, and if there's a will, it must be filed with the Clerk within 10 days of the notice of death. The quick small-estate procedure, disposition without administration, can't be used for real estate ¹¹, so an inherited house goes through probate, or through summary administration when the estate is worth $150,000 or less or the owner died more than two years ago ¹². Tell us where the estate stands, and we'll fit the closing to it.

Behind on paymentsA servicer generally can't start foreclosure until you're more than 120 days behind.

Federal rules generally bar a mortgage servicer from starting foreclosure until you're more than 120 days behind ¹³. That time can be used to call your servicer about options, or to sell before a case is ever filed.

Going through a divorceHow a court splits the house, and why selling can make it simpler.

In a Florida divorce, the court starts from the premise that marital property should be split equally, unless there's a reason for an unequal split ¹⁴. Selling the house turns it into money that's simpler to divide. Your divorce attorneys can tell you what your order requires before either of you signs a contract.

Selling a rental with tenantsYour tenants don't have to move out first, and their deposits pass to the new owner.

The tenant doesn't have to move out before we make an offer. When a Florida rental is sold, the tenants' security deposits and advance rent go to the new owner, with an accounting for each tenant ¹⁵. If a tenant is month to month, either side can end the tenancy with written notice at least 30 days before the end of a monthly rent period ¹⁶. Tell us about the lease and the rent on the call.

Moving away or downsizingLine the sale up with your move, and you may keep part of your homestead tax savings.

The sale can line up with your move. If you had a Florida homestead exemption in any of the past three years and set up a new Florida homestead, you can apply to carry part of your old assessment savings to the new home, up to $500,000 ¹⁷.

Sarasota Neighborhoods and ZIP Codes We Buy In

We buy houses in the City of Sarasota and across Sarasota County, plus the Manatee County areas with a Sarasota mailing address. If you don't see your neighborhood, call anyway.

In-Town Sarasota

Downtown
Laurel Park
Gillespie Park
Alta Vista
Arlington Park
Southside Village

North Sarasota

Newtown
Indian Beach Sapphire Shores
Bayou Oaks
Desoto Lakes
Whitfield

South Trail and the Keys

Siesta Key
Gulf Gate
Vamo
Pinecraft
South Gate
Cherokee Park

East of I-75

Fruitville
Bee Ridge
The Meadows
Palmer Ranch
Lakewood Ranch area

ZIP codes we buy in

34231
34232
34233
34234
34235
34236
34237
34238
34239
34240
34241
34242
34243

Sarasota Cash Home Buyers: Common Questions

How fast can you buy my house in Sarasota?

A Sarasota closing can be set for as little as 14 days after you accept our written offer. Most of that time goes to paperwork: a title search, and your lender's payoff statement, due within seven business days of your written request ¹⁸. An HOA or condo association, an estate or a tenant can add steps. A later date is fine too.

How do you decide your cash offer on a Sarasota house?

Over the phone, built from what you tell us. We'll ask about the house's age and construction, what Milton or Helene did to it, the roof, the air conditioning, any flood insurance claims, and whether it's lived in, rented or empty for part of the year. Share what you know, including what still needs fixing. If a line in the written offer isn't clear, ask before you decide.

How much will a cash buyer pay for my Sarasota house?

That comes down to the house and your description of it: its condition, the storm repairs left to do and anything else it needs. The written offer is a figure you can measure against a listing's take-home after costs, using the cost example for Sarasota.

Will a cash offer be lower than listing my Sarasota house?

Often, yes. A well-kept Sarasota house with time on its side may sell for more through an agent. Look at the money each choice leaves you once commission, repairs and the months of carrying costs are paid.

Do I have to disclose problems if I sell my Sarasota house as-is?

Generally, yes. Florida's highest court ruled in Johnson v. Davis that a seller must tell the buyer about known problems that materially affect the home's value and aren't easy to see ¹⁹. Florida law also has you disclose, at or before signing, any flood damage, flood insurance claims and FEMA assistance while you've owned the home ²⁰. In Sarasota that includes surge or rain damage from Helene or Milton.

My Sarasota house was damaged by the storms. What is the 50% rule?

It's a rule about rebuilding, not selling. If restoring a damaged house would cost 50% or more of its market value, it has to be brought into compliance with current flood standards, usually by raising the house and its equipment to the base flood elevation plus extra height called freeboard. The same applies to improvements that reach 50% ⁵. Before any work starts, check with the building division of your own jurisdiction, whether that's the City of Sarasota or Sarasota County ⁵. If you've been told your house crosses the line, tell us, and ask a real estate attorney what it means for your sale.

How do I find out whether my Sarasota house is in a flood zone?

Look up the address on FEMA's flood map site, msc.fema.gov. High-risk zones are the V, VE, A, AE, AH, AO and Coastal A zones; zones X and shaded X are moderate to low risk. Evacuation maps are different from flood maps, so your evacuation level doesn't tell you the zone. A building in a high-risk zone with a federally backed mortgage has to carry flood insurance ⁵. If you know your zone, mention it on the call.

Do you buy houses near Sarasota?

Yes. We also buy houses in Venice, North Port and Longboat Key ²¹, and in ZIP codes 34285, 34292, 34293, 34286 and 34287. If you're not sure, call us.

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