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Home Buyer & Seller Statistics

Active home search (median):
Number of Weeks Searched - 8
Number of Homes seen - 9

Method of Home Purchase, By Use of Internet:
Agent/Broker - 81%
Direct from Builder - 10%
Direct from previous owner whom buyer didn't know - 5%

Definitely would use same agent again: 68%

Actions taken as result of using Internet site: 
Drove by/viewed a home - 73%
Walked through a home viewed online- 57%
Found agent used to search/buy home - 23%

Prior Living Arrangement:
Owned previous residence- 47%
Rented an apartment or house - 41%
Lived with parents, relatives or friends- 9%

Source: 2007 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers

3/10/2008

Total Listings in Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough Combined are as follows for current vs the prior period:

3/10/09 - 21,148 Active Listings and 4,095 Pending

22,202/23,391/23,818/24,305/24,059/24,298 Active listings plus 3,240/2,998/3,209/3,355/3,302 pending and

3/10/09 – 19,544 sold over the last 12 months vs 19,199/18,768/18,529/18,416/18,157/18,227 sold 12 months.

Average sales price/Days on Market is $217,433/131 DOM as of 03/10/2009 vs $225,226/131 DOM vs $231,897/129 DOM vs $295,577/140 DOM vs $249,894/103 vs $254,507/103 DOM.

Looking at a typical 3 bedroom, 2 bath home between 1,200 - 2,100 sf in Pinellas County over the past 90 days:

As of 3/10/09 - Currently 320 sales @ $176,003/85 DOM vs $189,504/81 DOM vs 397 sales @ $198,561/89 DOM vs 469 sales at $201,470/83 DOM vs 418 sales at $215,203/89 DOM vs 419 sales at $214,942/87 DOM vs 433 sales at $217,528/89 DOM vs 433 homes average sold price of $219,745/89 DOM.

Above Statistics based on single family homes listed and sold in MLS only.

Sponsored by Associated Appraisal Group, Inc. - appraising real estate in Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough Counties.