Florida Sales Report – August 2008

Single-Family, Existing Homes

 

 

Realtor Sales

Median Sales Price

Statewide &

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)

 

August

2008

 

August

2007

 

%

Chge

 

August

2008

 

August

2007

 

%

Chge

STATEWIDE* (1)

10,847

11,282

-4

$186,900

$234,100

-20

STATEWIDE-YEAR-TO-DATE

83,194

94,880

-12

$199,100

$239,400

-17

Daytona Beach

573

596

-4

$164,200

$201,900

-19

Fort Lauderdale

604

538

12

$269,800

$368,800

-27

Fort Myers-Cape Coral

684

520

32

$146,900

$250,800

-41

Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie

339

287

18

$153,900

$214,200

-28

Fort Walton Beach

223

219

  2

$203,900

$227,300

-10

Gainesville

176

236

-25

$177,500

$218,000

-19

Jacksonville (2)

831

1,008

-18

$184,900

$195,700

-6

Lakeland-Winter Haven

250

314

-20

$134,800

$170,900

-21

Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay

494

430

 15

$155,500

$202,800

-23

Miami

469

385

 22

$276,000

$392,900

-30

Marco Island (3)

29

35

-17

$435,700

$507,900

-14

Ocala

207

219

-5

$130,300

$154,400

-16

Orlando

1,445

1,472

 -2

$204,400

$249,300

-18

Panama City

96

136

-29

$192,300

$198,600

-3

Pensacola

288

417

-31

$154,400

$168,400

-8

Punta Gorda

176

223

-21

$138,100

$186,500

-26

Sarasota-Bradenton

551

779

-29

$218,200

$291,400

-25

Tallahassee

156

269

-42

$186,700

$206,400

-10

Tampa-St. Petersburg-
Clearwater

2,154

2,154

$171,200

$214,100

-20

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton

623

568

10

$323,300

$366,200

-12

 

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

(2)    Data from the Amelia Island-Nassau County Association 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.