Thursday, June 24, 2010

Florida Governor Crist signs massive condo bill today

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – June 24, 2010 – Gov. Charlie Crist traveled to South Florida today to ceremonially sign this year’s massive condo bill, SB 1196. The bill, among other things, exempts some elevators from code requirements, revises voting laws for condo associations, and makes changes to loss assessment coverage.

More here:

http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=242134

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Sales stats for May – current prices of beach real estate

This just in:

Residential real estate sales for the month of MAY in the following beach areas:

Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Belleair Beach/Sand Key

There were 43 sales, consisting of:

Condominiums- 26 sales

Single Family Homes -  13 sales

Townhomes- 4 sales

Average square footage = 1585

Average Beds/Baths = 2/2.5

Average list price = $455,081

Average sales price = $400,703

Sales price to List price ratio = 90%

Average Days on Market = 135

Number of properties that are on the beach side of Gulf Boulevard (NOT necessarily Gulf front views) = 24

High sale: $1,350,000 – Belleair Beach house- 4000+ sq ft

Low sale: $101,500 – Condo, Indian Shores

DISTRESSED SALES DATA:

There were 12 distressed sales, consisting of 7 short sales and 1 foreclosure (REO, Bank-owned)

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