Joe Kendall, Realtor with Sandals Realty writes, the number of single-family homes sold in Lee County in June rocketed to a record high of 1,705 this was more than twice the 719 recorded in June 2008, according to statistics released today by the Florida Association of Realtors.
Statewide, the number of sales was 15,850, up 28 percent from 12,339 a year earlier and up from 13,921 in May. The median statewide price was $148,000, down 28 percent from $205,300 a year earlier and up from $144,400 in May.Some more good news the National Association of Realtors that I am a member announced that sales of previously occupied homes rose for the third month in a row in June which is a long time coming! Not everyone is buying foreclosures! Home Builders close out pricing is working in getting home buyers back at looking at newer construction again!
The association said home sales rose 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million last month, from a downwardly revised pace of 4.72 million in May. Home sales haven’t risen nationally for three straight months since early 2004, during the housing boom.
Sales are expected to increase through the end of 2009 with the current forecast for the first quarter of 2010 is a positive return to new home construction.
Sales of foreclosures and other distressed properties made up about a third of all transactions last month, down from nearly half earlier this year.
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Joe Kendall, Realtor Sandals Realty
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Like the graphic for time to buy. Your distressed sales only make up a third..wow that is good...you must be ahead of us in Miami.
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