Florida Sales Are Improving!

This data is from March & April 2009, and details an improving real estate market. Pairing this with the recent news that California has seen 3 months of increasing sales, and the picture starts to look much better than what the doom & gloom media have been saying.

Florida existing home sales rose in April for the eighth consecutive month. Here are city by city numbers fo single family homes:

City Percent increase April 08/April 09

• Tampa-St. Pete-Clearwater 11%
• Orlando 38%
• Fort Myers-Cape Coral 81%
• Jacksonville -5%
• Fort Lauderdale 33%
• West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 3%
• Sarasota-Bradenton -12%
• Daytona Beach 10%
• Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay 17%
• Miami 98%
• Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie 26%
• Lakeland-Winter Haven 22%
• Pensacola 16%
• Punta Gorda 2%
• Fort Walton Beach 2%
• Ocala -8%
• Tallahassee -28%
• Gainesville -40%
• Panama City 11%

The majority of these cities have impressive year over year sales increases leading all involved to believe the state is reaching and may have well reached bottom, and inching up.

Now is the time to get moving in on the great pricing, and the fabulous homes for sale in Jacksonville, and use your $8K first time homebuyer tax credit. Contact me to get the process started!

Carol Zingone is a Broker Associate with a 100% Customer Satisfaction Rating in Jacksonville Beach, FL with Prudential Network Realty. She helps buyers and sellers throughout the Beaches, Intracoastal West and Greater Jacksonville, FL areas. She can be reached at 904/993-9048 or via email at carolzingone@clearwire.net