International investors and those seeking to buy a second home in the sunshine state seem set to get more for their money compared to the boom days when Orlando average house prices were at $264,436 in July 2007.
The pace of sales last month actually fell slightly from October, to 2,238 from 2,319, but the November total was up more than 100 percent from the same month a year ago, an indication of how much sales activity has been improving for more than a year now. So far this year, Orlando Realtors have reported selling 21,420 homes, compared with 13,435 homes through the first 11 months of 2008.
Closer examination of the median house sale prices reveal that different types of sale produce different median house prices. The Orlando Realtors group broke down the prices paid for single-family homes and condo units in November by the level of financial distress involved: The median price for “normal” sales was $173,960, a 3 percent decrease from October to November; the median price for “short sales” was $122,000, down 2 percent from October; and the median for bank-owned properties was $84,000, up 5 percent from October.
