Naples Area Market Report - February 2014
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On March 14th, the Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR®) reported that February 2014 continues to show strong sales growth in the Naples market.
Here's the report:
"Overall closed sales decreased 5 percent in the $300,000 and below price segment, which encompasses almost two-thirds of the existing home sales market, from 6,149 in the 12-months ending February 2013 to 5,823 in the 12-months ending February 2014. Conversely, the February report showed a 20 percent increase in closed sales for all homes over $300,000 from 3,159 closed sales in the 12-months ending February 2013 to 3,912 for the 12¬months ending February 2014. The largest decrease in inventory continues to be in the $300,000 and below price segment which saw a 20 percent decrease versus a 12 percent decrease in inventory for all other price segments combined.
“Homes under $300,000 made up 66 percent of the market in 2013 but we are starting to see that figure decline in 2014,” said Pat Pitocchi, NABOR® president and corporate trainer at Downing-Frye Realty. “Two factors are driving this change: median closed prices are going up and pushing these homes into a higher price category; and non-traditional sales [short sales and foreclosures] are disappearing.”
As the report demonstrated, of the 670 homes that closed in February 2014, only 82 were non-traditional sales. That’s a 10 percent decrease from a year ago when 687 homes closed in February 2013, of which 152 were non-traditional.
The report continued to show the majority of activity occurred on either end of the market with the middle market showing stability. Overall median closed prices for homes $300,000 and below increased 14 percent from $145,000 in the 12-months ending February 2013 to $165,000 for the 12-months ending February 2014, while overall median closed prices for homes $2 million and above increased 7 percent from $2,805,000 in the 12-months ending February 2013 to $3,000,000 in the 12-months ending February 2014. Yet for homes priced in between these two price categories (i.e., $300,000 -$2 million) the report shows virtually no change in overall median closed prices from the 12-months ending February 2013 to the 12-months ending February 2014.
The NABOR® 2014 February Report provides comparisons of single-family home and condominium sales (via the Southwest Florida MLS), price ranges, and geographic segmentation and includes an overall market summary. The NABOR® February 2014 sales statistics are presented in chart format, including these overall (single-family and condominium) findings:
• Closed sales for condominiums in the $2 million and above price category increased 102 percent from 55 in the 12-months ending February 2013 to 111 in the 12-months ending February 2014.
• Median home prices in the under $300,000 single-family home market rose 15 percent from $155,000 in the 12-months ending February 2013 to $179,000 in the 12-months ending February 2014.
• Overall Days on Market is at 94 for February 2014.
• Overall median closed price increased 17 percent from $210,000 in the 12-months ending February 2013 to $245,000 in the 12-months ending February 2014. • Overall inventory decreased by 15 percent from 5,443 properties in February 2013 to 4,633 properties in February 2014.
• Pending sales in the condominium market rose 6 percent from 5,356 properties in the 12-months ending February 2013 to 5,696 properties in the 12-months ending February 2014."
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