Florida Sales Report – October 2008

Single-Family, Existing Homes

 

 

Realtor Sales

Median Sales Price

Statewide &

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)

 

October

2008

 

October

2007

 

%

Chge

 

October

2008

 

October

2007

 

%

Chge

STATEWIDE* (1)

       10,443

9,118

15

    $169,700

$222,200

-24

STATEWIDE-YEAR-TO-DATE

     104,495

112,782

  -7

$193,700

   $236,900

-18

Daytona Beach

            480

497

  -3

$157,400

   $184,600

-15

Fort Lauderdale

625

428

46

$252,500

   $354,000

-29

Fort Myers-Cape Coral

720

405

78

$139,500

$239,300

-42

Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie

383

218

76

$134,600

$201,000

-33

Fort Walton Beach

174

189

 -8

$186,300

$202,800

-8

Gainesville

130

175

-26

$173,300

$198,200

-13

Jacksonville (2)

774

778

  -1

$169,700

$184,200

-8

Lakeland-Winter Haven

271

238

14

$131,600

$157,100

-16

Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay

423

361

17

$152,200

$189,400

-20

Miami

453

367

23

$246,800

$354,800

-30

Marco Island (3)

36

27

33

   $505,300

$450,000

12

Ocala

194

188

  3

   $122,600

$161,400

-24

Orlando

1,445

1,227

18

$177,900

$238,500

-25

Panama City

78

        101

-23

$188,900

$201,100

-6

Pensacola

280

319

-12

$152,900

$161,900

-6

Punta Gorda

227

168

35

$121,800

$183,300

-34

Sarasota-Bradenton

542

528

   3

$169,000

$263,900

-36

Tallahassee

119

169

-30

$180,800

$214,200

-16

Tampa-St. Petersburg-
Clearwater

2,021

1,814

11

$152,300

$205,600

-26

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton

618

450

37

$264,600

$348,300

-24

 

(1)    * Statewide figure includes data from the Naples Area Board of Realtors.

(2)    Data from the St. Augustine & St. Johns County Board of Realtors was not available.

(3)    Data is only from the Marco Island Association of Realtors.

 

Editor's note: Sales numbers represent totals of Realtors' closed transactions from local Realtor
boards/associations within the MSAs.

 

This information is based on a survey of MLS sales levels from FloridaÕs Realtor boards/associations. MSAs are defined by the 2000 Census. Source: Florida Association of Realtors and the University of Florida Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies.