Casey Key FL Real Estate - Market Update

Despite the soft market, inventory levels for Casey Key homes for sale have remained fairly constant. Casey Key Real Estate continues to be some of the most desirable real estate in all of Florida. There are currently 48 homes for sale on Casey Key ranging from $999,000 to $14,999,000.
Casey Key Market Snapshot:

• Active Listings: 48
• Lowest Priced Home: $999,000
• Highest Priced Home: $14,999,000
• Median Listing Price: $2,572,500
• Average Listing Price: $3,535,627

Casey Key Sales Data (last 6 months)

• Sales Last 6 months: 5
• Highest Sale: $6,200,000
• Lowest Sale: $1,075,000
• Median Sales Price: $1,800,000
• Average sales Price: $2,815,000

Casey Key Recent Sales Chart


If you are interested in exploring current opportunities on Casey Key, call the John Allen Team direct at 941-544-6467. We can help you search all Sarasota homes for sale to find the property most suited to your lifestyle and budget.

Casey Key Florida: Pardise Found

Known for its "Old Florida" charm, Casey Key is one of Sarasota's simpler islands consisting of single family homes and just a few inns and cottages. There are no towering hotel chains or beach resorts here, only charming and luxurious estate homes. Homes on Casey Key range from simple beach villas to sprawling Gulf front estates. Many homes have their own private beach.
With less than 500 homes, both full-time and part-time residents enjoy their private and quiet sanctuary away from the rest of the world. However, the island is only minutes away from all of the culture, shopping, restaurants and amenities Sarasota and Venice have to offer. It no wonder why so many high net worth individuals from around the world are drawn to this secluded area. One can truly call their home paradise on this island.
BuySarasota.com gives you access to information on thousands of MLS litings. Use the comprehensive Casey Key homes section to search through current listings. Give the John Allen Team a call direct at 941-544-6467 if you would like more information or a private tour of Casey Key homes for sale.

Casey Key Florida Home Sales Heating Up

The Summer temperature is not the only thing heating up on Florida's Gulf Coast, Casey Key home sales are heating up as well. Currently the Sarasota MLS reports 49 homes for sale on Casey Key. Our July 2 Casey Key real estate update showed that there were two homes under contract. In our April update, there was only one home under contract. Today there are 5 homes pending with listings prices from $2 million to $8 million – more evidence that the real estate recovery of the luxury market is beginning. Savvy buyers are taking advantage of the current market conditions. There has been one closed home sale on Casey Key in the last 6 months. We represented the buyer for this transaction.

Currently the selection of waterfront Casey Key real estate for sale is excellent. Buyers are surfing listings for fairly priced properties with good value and buying. Small beach houses are booked for showings as well as older ranch style houses that are ready to be razed or updated. Magnificent waterfront mansions are built in place of smaller houses on Casey Key. An $8 million Gulf to Bay residence built in 1990 offering 4 bedrooms is under contract. Activity is once again on the rise.
Affluent home buyers from around the world choose this tropical island for its beauty and privacy. Residents and vacationers love the beaches, the jetties, the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The natural beauty of this tropical island with its lush foliage, wildlife and array of architectural styles is perfect for every camera buff and adventurer.
A quiet, laid-back community, you’ll see walkers, bikers and Mote Marine volunteers during sea turtle season on the Key tending turtle nests. You’ll have to watch out for little baby turtles making their way to the ocean or the mamma as she makes her way back to Gulf at this time of the year.
Casey Key offers some of the Sarasota area’s prime waterfront real estate as it stretches between the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota Bay.
Casey Key Real Estate Stats for Last Six Months

• Highest Priced Home for sale: $17,000,000
• Lowest Priced Home for sale: $1,295,000
• Homes Currently Under Contract: 5 ($1,995.000 to $8,295,000)
• Recent Closed Sales: 1

For more area information, photo galleries, and virtual tours of Sarasota’s barrier island: Siesta Key, Lido Key, Bird Key, Longboat Key, and of course Casey Key, visit our main Sarasota real estate website or contact me direct at 941-544-6467.

Don't Forget Your Camera When You Visit Casey Key

There's more to Casey Key than its real estate. Gated estates with draping bougainvillea, a pelican diving into the Gulf of Mexico for his catch of the day and an aristocratic heron walking across a lawn are all Casey Key scenes that will warrant a snap of your camera lens.


Casey Key's towering palms, lush tropical foliage are magnificent backdrops for the palatial mansions that any camera buff would love. Take a walk or a drive on Casey Key and visit some of South West Florida's most beautiful real estate. You'll pass flowering oleander, hibiscus and orchid trees. This Florida Key will keep your head spinning while snapping your lens at every bend and turn.

Stop at the Casey Key Fish House for lunch, take a walk on the beach or visit the jetties. Make a reservation at the Gulf Surf Resort Hotel, a vintage 1950s motel and stay a few days on the beach. Explore Casey Key.

If you're lucky enough to get to Casey Key during sea turtle season, you will enjoy taking photographs of the Mote Marine volunteers who tend the nests. You may see a little baby turtle making his way to the ocean or maybe the mamma as she makes her way back to Gulf after laying her eggs.

Casey Key is home to some of the areas premier real estate. Currently the Sarasota MLS reports just over 50 homes for sale on Casey Key FL priced from the low millions to $17 million. There are small beach cottages which are priced for the land value alone as well as some new homes with boat docks and deeded beach access.

Snapshot of Casey Key Real Estate

• Highest Priced Home: $17,000,000
• Lowest Priced Home: $1,175,000
• Average Price: $3,880,472
• Median Price: $2,800,000

For more area information, photos, and virtual tours of Siesta Key, Longboat Key, and Casey Key real estate, visit BuySarasota.com today or contact Jon Allen at 941-544-6467.

Collecting Sharks Teeth on Casey Key Beach

You’ll see many walkers on Casey Key Beach with their heads down. They are looking for sharks’ teeth, shells and pieces of sea glass. Jewelry makers use sharks’ teeth especially in expensive designs and according to some sources rare sharks’ teeth can command a price of up to $5,000.

Divers enjoy the cool Gulf waters searching for sharks’ teeth in the Venice, FL and Casey Key area too. Dive sites offer information on spots to work near and around both Venice and Casey Key. Read more on this Florida fossil site.

Both Casey Key and Venice are vacation destinations for avid collectors of sharks’ teeth. Venice even hosts an event around the first of April each year called the Shark’s Tooth Festival. This year the event is April 9,10, and 11 at the Venice Airport Festival Grounds. Browse among fossil vendors, arts and crafts booths and enjoy shark tooth hunts. Be sure to bring sunscreen. The back of your neck might need it!

Casey Key is a private island located about 15 miles south of downtown Sarasota, Florida. This Sarasota neighborhood is known for being a tropical paradise where many celebrities reside. The 8 mile barrier island is also home to extraordinary sunsets!

For more information on Casey Key Beach real estate or if you are interesting purchasing Casey Key properties, contact John Allen today at 941-544-6467 or visit BuySarasota.com.

Casey Key Real Estate Market Update - April 2009

Casey Key Florida is a secluded slice of paradise located 15 miles south of downtown Sarasota. Unlike so many other barrier islands, Casey Key real estate consists almost entirely of single family homes. Zoning restrictions will not allow the development of high-rise condos on the island.


The Sarasota MLS has 54 Active single family homes listing for sale on this private tropical island. Casey Key homes for sale range from palatial to small beach cottages from a past era. Casey Key homes are on the Gulf or the Bay. Some of the properties on Casey Key have Gulf and Bay frontage offering beach cabañas and boat docks. Casey Key’s real estate selection is ample right now. Current prices range from $1,175,000 to $17,000,000 for homes on this exclusive key.

Residents of Casey Key peddle their bicycles to the Casey Key Fish House for lunch, take walks with their dogs on the beach searching for sea glass and shells, and watch pelicans dipping in the Gulf for their dinner. The sunsets on Casey Key are spectacular.

Casey Key Real Estate Data - April 2009:

• Highest Listing Price: $17,000,000


• Lowest Listing Price: $1,175,000


• Average Home Price: $3,955,000


• Median Home Price: $2,855,000


• Homes Under Contract: 1


• Properties Sold Last Six Months: 3

If you are searching for a home on real estate on Siesta Key, Longboat Key or Casey Key, contact John Allen at 941-544-6467. John shows Casey Key real estate and all Sarasota’s barrier islands’ homes for sale regularly and has the experience in waterfront properties necessary to guide you to a successful purchase of Casey Key real estate. If you would like to make an appointment to view homes on Casey Key, please give us plenty of advance notice so we can schedule appointments with other real estate agents and sellers.

Casey Key Florida Real Estate News

Welcome to Casey Key Florida!

We will be posting on this blog regularly to keep you updated on the latest Casey Key real estate market information including new listings, sales and inventory updates and other news relevant to Casey Key. Feel free to contact us with any specific requests.

If you are interested in real estate listings, head over to our Casey Key homes for sale section where you can view detailed information about the island as well as search all active MLS listings. You will not be disappointed.