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What Do You Do When Your Home Drops $135K In Value?

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Real Estate Agent with Joe Manausa Real Estate 8508880888

Summerbrooke home sales appear to be slowing, and home values are dropping far faster than we have seen in the past. The Summerbrooke neighborhood is one that we have reported about often in the past, but today’s graphs are new.

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Below, we see that the average home price in Summerbrooke has dropped from a high of $466K in 2006 down to its current average of $331K. This represents an average price decline of 29%, which is one point better than average for all Tallahassee neighborhoods (single family homes), but this very clearly demonstrates just how much equity is gone from the Tallahassee real estate market. How many owners can afford to lost $135,000?

Summerbrooke Home Sales Image

Recently, we saw the best buy in Summerbrooke lower its asking price by $50,000. Lately, it is taking significant pricing corrections for home sellers to get noticed by the fewer buyers who remain in the market. With most of our buyers in the price range for a Summerbrooke home, they first have to sell a home before they are able to buy a home, and with such a significant reduction in equity, many just are not able.

Summerbrooke Home Sales Report Graph

Home values have also declined 29% in Summerbrooke, where the average price per square foot of a home sold in Summerbrooke this year has dropped to $115 (compared to $161 in 2006). If you have to sell a home in Summerbrooke, you had better use the best home selling plan on the internet to squeeze every last dollar from your home. If you are only “thinking about selling,” you need to recognize the market is still heading lower and you will have to wait years before values even return to levels that we are seeing today.

Recent Home Sales In Summerbrooke

 

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Comments(6)

Robert McArtor
RE/MAX Components - Fallston Maryland - Bel Air, MD
Top Listing Agent for Baltimore and Harford County

Hang a "Welcome Home" sign above the front door and just smile and be thankful I HAVE a home! :)

May 30, 2011 12:56 AM
Kim Delia
Remax Professional Associates - Charlton, MA
Realty Delia Group

That hurts, I bought in 2005 and I'm currently $125,000 under water... least I'm not alone.

May 30, 2011 12:57 AM
Fernando Herboso - Associate Broker MD, & VA
Maxus Realty Group of Samson Properties - Clarksburg, MD
301-246-0001 Serving Maryland, DC and Northern VA

A bad situation for many homeowners. . that may prolong for a little while 

May 30, 2011 01:02 AM
Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL
Joe Manausa Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee Real Estate

Robert, I think that would be a wise choice for many.

May 30, 2011 01:30 AM
Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL
Joe Manausa Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee Real Estate

Me too Kim (and then some). It is what it is ...

May 30, 2011 01:31 AM
Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL
Joe Manausa Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee Real Estate

Yeah Fernando, a long while I suspect.

May 30, 2011 01:31 AM