By John Hielscher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Hillsborough Title has acquired CornerStone Title in Lakewood Ranch. Founder Mary Howard will continue to serve as relationship manager for Cornerstone Title, which still operate under that name and remain at its Lakewood Ranch location. “We...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Rick Helbing, of Suncoast Advisory Group in Sarasota, has been named among the 150 Best Financial Advisers for Doctors by Medical Economics magazine. He has made the list every year since 2009. Helbing is a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Consultant...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Amy Robinson, a broker-associate with RE/MAX Alliance Group, will appear in a 10-minute segment on the British real estate show “A Place in the Sun.” Like the American show “House Hunters,” “A Place in the Sun” shows British house...

Bradenton Herald SARASOTA – Amy Robinson, a broker-associate with RE/MAX Alliance Group, has been selected to appear on the British real estate show, “A Place in the Sun.” She will appear in a 10-minute segment as the Sarasota real estate expert. “A Place in the...

By Josh Salman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune As John Wilcher laid sleepless in his Army bunk not far from areas of Afghanistan pockmarked by bombings, he could think only of a promise he had made his daughter two years earlier. Wilcher didn’t know if he would ever see his family again...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune RoseBay moves Sarasota office RoseBay International Inc., a real estate brokerage with offices in Bradenton and Sarasota, has moved its downtown Sarasota office to 1386 5th St., Suite A. The new office focuses on property management services and training, the company...

By Michael Pollick, Sarasota Herald-Tribune SARASOTA – Re/Max Platinum Realty, in a push to sell luxury properties, has moved its St. Armands Circle office to larger quarters and is becoming a full-fledged company franchise. The new office is on the ground floor at South Adams Drive and...

By Marsha Fottler, Sarasota Herald-Tribune After her husband Burt died three years ago, Lorraine Kaplan deliberated for a long time before she decided to stay in the couple’s 3,400-square-foot split-level home on Longboat Key. The couple had built the contemporary home in 1987 as a...

By Amy Keller, Florida Trend Interest from foreigners in Florida residences is spreading to properties throughout the state. Interest in single-family homes from corporate buyers such as equity firms has been a major factor in moving Florida’s residential real estate market out the...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Because his father was a land developer in Sarasota, Tim Macksey grew up around home building. He has built several homes for himself. One of them was a green building, decades ahead of the trend. In 2002, he got his contractor’s license and started Old World...

By Chris Angermann, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Born in Orlando, Denise Oyler has lived on the Gulf Coast for 30 years. She spent her career in the boating and fishing industry as a professional angler, competing in tournaments to catch redfish, working as a charter boat captain in Sarasota Bay,...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Although she was born in Russia, Marina Parkin considers herself a Canadian, having lived in Toronto for most of her life. A graduate of York University, she is certified as an accountant both in Canada and in the United States. She came to Sarasota 10 years ago and...