The following statistical data is from information provided through the Multiple Listing Service of the Sarasota Association of Realtors. The following table summarizes what happened in each price segment. The Sold M, Pend M (Pending) and List M (Listings) columns are new transactions that happened during the month and the Pending, not yet closed and Listed are the totals of each in the MLS system. The Sold column is the total sales for 2010 year to date.

Houses Sold M Sold Pend M Pend List M List Sold ‘09
&$250,000 & under 305 1230 366 876 250 1279 3055
$250,000 to $500,000 103 387 128 295 133 842 958
$500,000 to $750,000 30 100 22 52 44 371 273
$750,000 to $1,000,000 14 49 9 32 23 240 87
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000 9 47 12 27 25 337 106
$2,000,000 & above 4 15 3 13 10 274 43
Totals 465 1828 540 1295 485 3316 4522
Condominiums Sold M Sold Pend M Pend List M List Sold ‘09
&$250,000 & under 186 670 182 538 176 1176 1431
$250,000 to $500,000 54 550 48 101 109 736 474
$500,000 to $750,000 25 86 15 34 42 328 163
$750,000 to $1,000,000 9 31 9 17 13 39 65
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000 8 32 6 16 76 149 60
$2,000,000 & above 2 12 0 2 2 75 20
Totals 284 1051 260 708 418 2603 2213
Grand Totals 749 2879 800 2003 903 5919 6124

62% of the months sales were single family homes and 38% were condominiums. Of the total sales 66% were properties that sold for $250,000 or less, 21% were sold for between $250,000 and $500,000, 10% sold for between $500,000 and $1,000,000 and 3% sold for over $1,000,000. The overall listing inventory is 3% less then where it was at the end of 2009.

As the statistics relate to listed properties vs. sold properties we have 12.6 months of inventory overall based on the April closings. 2009 ended with 10.1 months of listing inventory. There is only 6.2 months of inventory for properties listed under $500,000 compared with 10 months at the beginning of 2010, in the price bracket of $500,000 to $1,000,000 there is 12.5 months of inventory down from 22 months at the end of 2009 and over $1,000,000 there is 35 months of inventory vs. 45 months at the end of 2009 based on April 2010 closed sales. Six months of inventory is considered a neutral market meaning it is neither a buyers or sellers market.

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