It was more of the same in October as sales stayed about the same as last year and prices were far behind.
Statistics released by Florida Realtors, the state’s real estate association, showed home sales down 21 percent and condo sales off 5 percent.
Sales prices also were way off last year’s numbers.
In home sales, the average Florida price of $136,600 was down 3 percent. In condo sales, the average October 2010 price was down 22 percent.
The Jacksonville market, one of 19 markets tracked by the association, was down 25 percent in home sales, going from 1,116 in October 2009 to 841. The average price of $141,000 was down just 4 percent.
The condo market remained reasonably in line with last year but prices were way off. For the state, sales were down 5 percent but prices were off by 22 percent.
The Jacksonville market showed strong sales over October 2009 with 152 going off the market compared to 109. That’s a 39 percent increase but the dollars were way down, from $92,500 to $66.400.
The Jacksonville market numbers are incomplete as Florida Realtors was unable to get figures from the St. Augustine & St. Johns Board of Realtors.
The sales and price information comes from MLS statistics at the local level.