January19, 2010 - Home Sales & Stats for the Month of December - Fort Myers

January 19, 2010

By REALTOR ® Association of Greater Fort Myers and the Beach, Inc.

Members of the Association closed 1,340 single family home sales in December, bringing the total for 2009 to 16,789; this is a 91.4% increase vs. 2008 when 8,768 homes were sold.

Of the December sales, 48.3% were bank-owned, 18.2% were short sales and the remaining traditional sales made up 33.4% .

The median price was $89,929, which is 8.0% lower than the prior December; however, the median price continues to be influenced by the number of bank-owned and short sales, which continues to drive down the overall median price.

During Quarter 4, the median price for traditional sales was $135,000 (a 3.5% decrease from the prior quarter), for bank-owned sales it was $69,900 (up 2.7%) and the median price for short sales was $94,950 (up 6.6% from last quarter).



Debbie Ringdahl
VIP Realty Group Inc.
1560 Periwinkle Way
Sanibel, FL 33957

239-770-7029
dringdahl@VIPRealty.com