Destin  Florida

HOME SALES

In August, low mortgage rates, low unemployment rates and strong demographics continued to reflect positive economic signs in Florida with a total of 11,279 existing single-family homes sold statewide, according to FAR. The figure was closer to activity in August 2001 and 2002 – before the peak of the housing boom years – than the 15,252 homes sold in August 2006 for a 26 percent decrease in the year-to-year comparison. The statewide existing-home median sales price was $231,900.

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