Sunday, October 31, 2010

August 2010: US Property Values Continue To Fall; Florida In Top Five States

According to CoreLogic, a company that analyzes the real estate market, 78 of 100 metropolitan areas experienced year-over-year price declines in August 2010; this compares with 58 in July 2010.

Some states actually showed a price increase.

The five states with the highest price increase in August 2010 was as follows:

Maine up 5.8%
New York up 3.7%
Connecticut up 2.5%
Virginia up 2.4%
South Dakota up 2.1%

The majority of the states encountered a price decrease.

The five states with the biggest price decline in August 2010 was as follows:

Idaho down 14.0%
Alabama down 10.4%
Utah down 7.3%
Oregon down 6.3%
Florida down 6.2%

The decline in home prices in the United States from the peak in April 2006 until August 2010 was 28.2%. If distressed properties were not included in the calculation then home prices were down 19.6%, according to CoreLogic.

Please feel free to post an opinion or question and we will try to address them in future posts.

If you are looking to buy, sell, rent or invest in the South Florida real estate market, please feel free to contact me.

Michael Friedman
Realtor, Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE)
Lang Realty
561-989-2100

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