Being No. 2 for another year is really a good thing, said Virginia Haley, executive director of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau. Siesta Key businesses can still say they have a Top 10 beach.

Home sales rose 38 percent in the Sarasota-Bradenton market during March as the median sales price rose in both month-to-month and year-over-year comparisons, possible proof that a bottom has formed.