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November 2008 Newsletter

Sean Greco – Realtor®, CIPS, CDPE, CLHMS, GREEN Certified, TRC

Designations and Certifications are explained at the end of the newsletter

Buy the Beach Realty, Cell 786-877-9220, buybeach.com

 

Greetings from South Florida,

 

I hope this email finds you well and looking forward to comparing this month’s data with last month’s data to spot trends and decide for yourself the status of the local Real Estate market, of which I work within 24/7. You are receiving this because we have been in touch about Real Estate here in the South Florida area, most likely property at the Beach. As you read the newsletter from month to month it will contain data that will help you to analyze market conditions. In addition, it is an unobtrusive way to stay in touch with you regarding my Real Estate Consulting Services.

 

Please remember to view the Trends and Graphs to analyze where the market has been and make predictions on where you think the market is heading: http://www.miamipropertiesandparadise.com/professional11.shtml

 

New this month on the website is the following link that will take you to some of the short sales and foreclosures in the same specific target market I track data for in this newsletter:

 

 In addition to this, there is another link that will take you to a chart that outlines some of the differences in consequences between a foreclosure and a short sale, it is vital to understand the processes and differences between the two: http://www.miamipropertiesandparadise.com/professional27.shtml

 

The below chart is data from the past 90 days for Condominiums, ending 10/31/08. The data is taken from South East Florida’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for the cities and townships of Miami Beach (South Beach, Mid Beach, & North Beach), Surfside, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, and Fisher Island.  The paragraph below the data will explain in more detail what is included in this analysis. Please don’t hesitate to pose any questions you may have, or simply give me a call or send me an email to discuss Real Estate in general. This data will help to analyze market conditions from month to month.

Price Range

Active

Closed

Listings Expired

% Listing Expired

% Sold

Avg DOM

Average Discount

New vs Resale

$0 - $199,999

873

72

202

23.14%

8.25%

120

8%

4 vs. 68

$200,000 - $249,999

439

27

83

18.91%

6.15%

141

13%

0 vs. 27

$250,000 - $299,999

475

26

109

22.95%

5.47%

182

11%

1 vs. 25

$300,000 - $349,999

295

27

64

21.69%

9.15%

118

7%

9 vs. 18

$350,000 - $399,999

389

25

111

28.53%

6.43%

174

7%

14 vs. 11

$400,000 - $499,999

458

40

102

22.27%

8.73%

137

11%

19 vs. 21

$500,000 - $599,999

331

26

83

25.08%

7.85%

153

11%

19 vs. 7

$600,000 - $699,999

245

20

53

21.63%

8.16%

181

10%

13 vs. 7

$700,000 - $799,999

178

8

40

22.47%

4.49%

290

9%

7 vs. 1

$800,000 - $899,999

128

5

26

20.31%

3.91%

263

11%

4 vs. 1

$900,000 - $1,179,999

174

10

30

17.24%

5.75%

111

11%

9 vs. 1

$1,180,000 - $1,399,999

130

9

42

32.31%

6.92%

206

16%

8 vs. 1

$1,400,000 - $1,799,999

149

12

29

19.46%

8.05%

121

12%

12 vs. 0

$1,800,000 - $2,199,999

82

5

8

9.76%

6.10%

125

16%

5 vs. 0

$2,200,000 - $2,699,999

95

3

17

17.89%

3.16%

210

5%

3 vs. 0

$2,700,000 - $3,199,999

41

4

7

17.07%

9.76%

395

11%

4 vs. 0

$3,200,000 - $3,999,999

64

2

8

12.50%

3.13%

172

5%

2 vs. 0

$4,000,000 - $4,999,999

45

2

4

8.89%

4.44%

350

11%

2 vs. 0

$5,000,000 +

84

2

11

13.10%

2.38%

91

15%

2 vs. 0

Totals:

4675

325

1029

22.01%

6.95%

186

11%

137 vs. 188

As you can see, I have broken the data into price ranges, and then you can see the amount of Active condos for sale, how many Real Buyers Closed on a condo for sale, how many of those listing agreements Expired unsold, then further calculated what percent of the Active condos for sale Expired and Sold. Then I calculated the Average Days on Market (Avg DOM), which is the amount of days it took the condos that sold to obtain a Real Buyer. Then I show the Average Discount, which is the percentage the Listed Price was discounted to the Actual Sale Price for all Closed Sales. The last column is for Closed Sales that were newer construction, which I considered to be anything built after 1995, versus older buildings built before 1995. I track this data for Condominiums and Single Family Homes separately due to their differences. I also track the data for the more luxurious buildings of South Beach, please feel free to email or call for that data.

 

The next set of data below is the same information for Single Family Homes. The one difference is that the last column is the Average Age of the homes Sold.

 

Price Range

Active

Closed

Listings Expired

% Listing Expired

% Sold

Avg DOM

Average Discount

Average Age

$0 - $399,999

18

9

1

5.56%

50.00%

130

7%

1942

$400,000 - $499,999

38

4

8

21.05%

10.53%

168

14%

1950

$500,000 - $649,999

53

3

16

30.19%

5.66%

179

13%

1952

$650,000 - $799,999

53

3

8

15.09%

5.66%

67

8%

1947

$800,000 - $999,999

61

3

16

26.23%

4.92%

67

8%

1940

$1,000,000 - $1,299,999

47

3

9

19.15%

6.38%

191

15%

1940

$1,300,000 - $1,599,999