Leon County Florida

Tallahassee home sales grew by 12% in August versus August 2010, and this is very good news for a housing market on the decline.

If you need to sell a home in Summerbrooke, you might feel like it’s 2002 all over again. Why? Because Summerbrooke homes are selling for the same values

Real estate depreciation in Killearn Acres -The price of homes that have been sold this year is down to $158K, which is $93 per square foot.

This real estate depreciation report compared average home prices in 2006 with average home sales prices in 2011.

Short sales are growing in number in the inventory, but are not selling at the same pace on the closing side of our reports.

Tallahassee Home Inventory Report September 2011: Housing supply and demand dynamics in the Tallahassee real estate market as of September 4, 2011.

Currently, closed sales in the MLS are fairly flat at just over 6 per day, and this is lower than what we saw at this time during the previous two years.

Very recent activity in the Pending Home Sales Index shows signs of positive movement

The home sales success rate currently appears to be on the rise, but concerns of the glut of homes in the shadow inventory hitting the market still present.

The problem in the market has many fronts, but the largest problem is not what many have been writing about in the large US newspapers.

Home sellers who are trying to wait for better days need staying power, but they are going to be greatly disappointed if they must sell in the next few years.

Home prices in Betton Hills are down 18% from the peak of the market, which puts it near the top of all Tallahassee neighborhoods.

Home sales in Piney Z have been on a steady decline since 2003, and 2011 looks to be no different.