Tampa Bay counties continued to be among the most popular Florida real estate markets in April 2012, based on sales data released by Florida Realtors. These five counties surrounding the Tampa Bay — Hillsborough, Pinellas, Sarasota, Manatee and Pasco — sold a combined total of 5,321 single-family homes, villas, condos, townhomes and co-ops in April.
Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota were in the Top Ten counties in total sales, with Pinellas ranking fifth, Hillsborough ranking seventh and Sarasota ranking ninth. There are 67 Florida counties whose residential sales are being tracked by Florida Realtors.
Here are the Top Ten counties in total home sales in April:
2,757 Broward County
2,577 Palm Beach County
2,278 Miami-Dade County
1,835 Lee County
1,524 Pinellas County
1,475 Orange County
1,474 Hillsborough County
1,112 Collier County
1,045 Sarasota County
829 Duval County
Meanwhile, the Top Ten counties in median sales price in April were the following:
$402,500 Monroe County
$385,000 Franklin County
$286,250 Walton County
$240,000 Collier County
$218,000 Saint Johns County
$212,000 Nassau County
$185,000 Okaloosa County
$174,950 Santa Rosa County
$168,500 Miami-Dade County
$160,000 Jefferson County
But the counties with the most expensive homes sold only a couple of hundreds and tens. Only Collier and Miami-Dade sold more than a thousand units. The most expensive county, Monroe County, sold 182 homes. This county is where the popular Florida Keys cities, including Key West, are located. Franklin County, which is located in the state’s Northwestern Panhandle and one of the state’s biggest counties in area, sold only 22 homes. Walton County, also in Florida’s Northwest Panhandle, sold 204 homes. Glades County is ninth in median sales price in April, at $170,000, but it sold only one unit in April.
Among the ten most popular counties among homebuyers, the most expensive markets were the following, including their April median sales prices:
$240,000 Collier County
$168,500 Miami-Dade County
$150,000 Sarasota County
$145,750 Palm Beach County
$140,000 Lee County
$128,000 Hillsborough County
$125,000 Broward County
$122,500 Pinellas County
$119,000 Duval County
$118,000 Orange County
In April 2012, the average sales price in Tampa, the biggest city in Hillsborough and its county seat, was $165,354, which was equivalent to 96 percent of the average listing price of $172,989. Its median sales price for single-family homes was $140,000.
A total of 289 Tampa homes in the less than $50,000 price range were sold and 14 million-dollar and multi-million-dollar homes were sold. Second to the bargain-priced homes was again the $200,000 to $249,999 range, which posted a sales total of 177 units. And if you want to experience something different you can always Rent villa in Maadi, and have a very good time with your family and friends.