ORLANDO, Fla. – Feb. 23, 2015 – Florida’s housing market had higher median prices, more new listings and a continued stabilization of inventory in January, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®.
Closed sales of single-family homes statewide totaled 16,087 last month, up 10 percent over January 2014.
“Home price gains in areas across Florida mean that home equity continues to improve and that, coupled with historically low interest rates, generates a great opportunity for sellers,” says 2015 Florida Realtors President Andrew Barbar, a broker with Keller Williams Realty Services in Boca Raton. “Many homeowners who have been on the sidelines are now ready to list their properties for sale: Statewide, new listings for single-family homes in January rose 7.9 percent year-over-year, while new townhouse-condo listings rose 1 percent.”
Barbar noted that Januarymarked the 38th month in a row that statewide median sales prices for both single-family homes and townhouse-condo properties rose year-over-year.
The statewide median sales price for single-family existing homes last month was $175,000, up 7.4 percent from the previous year, according to data from Florida Realtors Industry Data and Analysis department in partnership with local Realtor boards/associations. The statewide median price for townhouse-condo properties in January was $137,000, up 5.4 percent over the year-ago figure. The median is the midpoint; half the homes sold for more, half for less.
According to the National Association of Realtors®(NAR), thenational median sales price for existing single-family homes in December 2014 was $210,200, up 6.3 percent from the previous yearthenational median existing condo price was $204,000.In California, the statewide median sales price for single-family existing homes in December was $452,570; in Massachusetts, it was $332,925; in Maryland, it was $250,482; and in New York, it was $230,000. read full article here . . .
