July 2012 Pinellas County Real Estate Statistics

The positive housing trend continues, although the inventory levels continue to drop, making it harder to find properties for buyers.  As long as the inventory stays low, the prices will continue to climb. 
Here is the month of July 2012 stats from the Pinellas Reator Organization:

Pinellas County Real Estate Statistics for July 2012

Residential sales were up just over 17%. Median sales prices were up 4.5% from $114,000 to $120,000 from July 2011 to July 2012. Listings continued to slide by almost 30% for the same time period.

Single family sales were up almost 19% from 759 to 900 over the last 12 months. This puts further pressure on the months-supply of inventory, dropping it 42%, from 6 months to 3.5 months. The median sale price increased by almost $15,000, from $122,000 to $137,600 over the last 12 months. Condo sales were up almost 16% with the median sales price increasing by about 2.5% from July 2011 to July 2012. Condo listings fell by 25% pushing down the month’s supply of inventory to 6 months.
In the distressed market short sales made up 19% of total sales for July and foreclosures accounted for 14%. This was a significant shift from last year when the two were neck and neck. The median sales price of short sales over the last 12 months has dropped by almost $32,000 from $122,000 to $90,000. The median price of foreclosed properties and non distressed properties had a negligible drop over the last 12 months.
One bright spot has been the days on market for both short sales and foreclosures haves dropped by almost three weeks over the last four months. Hopefully this trend continues and indicates that banks are processing their inventory more efficiently. Unfortunately, the days on market for non-distressed properties has increased by two weeks over the same time period. This is most likely due to increased problems with appraisals, mortgage financing, and insurance.