Homes for Sale in Naples Florida
The Bonita Springs real estate market for homes is starting to show signs of stabilizing in many aspects with some positive signs in some aspects and prospective buyers should be aware of the positive changes. The statistics presented and discussed below are global in nature for the Bonita Springs area and do not represent the more important micro-market views.
During the month of May a total of 129 homes were listed for sale. [Read more...]
The available homes for sale in the Bonita Springs area saw a drop in the number of homes for sale as of the end of April or start of May. The current number of homes for sale is 988. This represents a drop in the inventory of 71 homes. The decline represents of about 7 percent. In the year over year analysis the current inventory represents a decline of 104 homes or about 9 percent. In addition, the number of home available for sale is at the lowest level since August 2008. In August 2008 there were a total of 984. Below is a graphical presentation of the historical data for active listings by month from January 2008 to April 30, 2009.
Trendline of Bonita Springs Homes for Sale
The composition of the type of listings available for sale is rather interesting and could represent a major difference between prospective buyers’ perceptions, as well as, what is being reported by others as to how dire the Bonita Springs real estate market is. The vast majority of listings fall within the traditional listing category (traditional listings are listings being offered as a normal sale), followed by foreclosures, and potential short sales. The raw numbers for the various categories are 826 for traditional listings, 137 potential short sales and 35 foreclosures.
Classification of Bonita Springs Homes for Sale
A question arises – does the closed sales for April reflect the classification of the listings? The answer to this question will appear on this blog sometime within the next few days.
In previous posts you can compare the composition of both the Naples condos for sale to Bonita Springs condos for sale.
Your thoughts and comments are always welcomed.
The new listings for the month of March 2009 were 158 homes in the Bonita Springs area. The number of homes listed in March 2008 was 119. The increase of new listings of homes was 33 percent. In March 2007, the new listings were 164, representing a drop of 6 homes or decline of 4 percent.
In February 2009 the new listings were 133.
Of the 158 homes listed approximately 20 percent were potential short sales, 18 percent were foreclosed (bank owned), and the remaining 62 percent were traditional listings.
Median list price for potential short sales was $241900, foreclosed properties were $105450, and traditional listings were $475000.
In the month of March 2009 the sale of homes were 54. In March 2008 a total of 48 homes were sold. The year over year was 13 percent decrease. In March 2007 a total of 56 homes were sold. The decrease over 2007 was 2 homes or about a 4 percent.
Of the 54 homes sold, approximately 3 percent were approved short sales, 22 percent were foreclosures, and the traditional sales were 75percent.
The breakdowns of the median sold prices are discussed in the median sold price section below.
During March 2009 a total of 85 homes had an offer accepted by the seller. In March 2008, 63 homes were pended. The increase from March 2009 represents an increase of 22 homes or about 35 percent.
In March 2007 a total of 58 homes were pending sale. The increase between March 2009 and March 2007 was 27 homes or about 47 percent.
During the month of March 2009, the median sold price of a home in Bonita Springs was $312000. The median price is the sold price represents the middle value of the all sold prices within a stated range. The median sold price can vary from area to area within a local real estate market.
In March 2008, the median sold price was $594500. In the year over year comparison median sold price declined $282500 or roughly 48 percent.
In March 2007 the median sold price was $561250. In comparing March 2007 to March 2008 the price declined $249250 or about 44 percent.
Median sold price for approved short sales was $298000, foreclosed properties were $9000, and traditional listings were $377500.
The difference between the list price and sold pricefor approved sales was about 100 percent, foreclosed properties 92 percent, and traditional listings 90 percent.
Before making a decision to selling or buy a home in Bonita Springs it is important to know and understand the months of inventory available for sale within Bonita Springs. As a seller you want to know how many properties are competing with you for the prospective buyers looking at homes, as well as how aggressive you need to be with your list price. As a buyer you want to know how large a selection of homes are on the market and if you can great a great deal on a home. The months of inventory will assist you in determining if now is an appropriate time to list your home or purchase a home at a great price. The months of inventory represents how long it will take to sell the number of homes on the market at the rate of closed sales based upon the average over a period of 12, 9, 6, or 3 months.
During the month of August 117 Bonita Springs homes were listed for sale. For the same month in 2007, 149 homes were listed for sale; this represents a decrease of 21.5 percent. The increase from 2006 was 10.7 percent from the 131 new listings. In July 2008 there were a total of 110 homes listed for sale and in June 129 homes.
Potential short sale homes listed in August was 12 or 10.3 percent and 6 homes or 5.1 percent are listed as a foreclosure, REO or bank owned.
Village Walk of Bonita Springs had the largest number of potential short sales – 4 with a median list price of $227500. The remaining potential short sale homes were listed in numerous developments.
The Bonita Springs homes listed as foreclosures were spread through various developments.
The inventory of available Bonita Springs homes for sale in February was 1201 homes or about 33 months. At the start of August the inventory had dropped by 217 homes or 18.1 percent to 984 homes or about 26 months. [Read more...]