High interest rates caused property sales to decline in Florida in December 2022

High interest rates caused property sales to decline in Florida in December 2022

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty (an agency specializing in luxury real estate) is summarizing the results of the previous year in a recently published report.

The growing mortgage rates and the wavering consumer confidence led to a reduction of house sales in Florida last November, particularly properties worth under $500,000.

For instance, sales of single-family houses in Miami-Dade County dropped by 39% and condominiums, by 43% compared to last November. The average price of the first property type reduced by $13,000, down to $902,338 and the second type of property actually became slightly more expensive (from $532,131 in November 2021 to $638,818 in 2022). The latter indicator became a record for Florida’s east coast.

4,293 single-family houses and 6,775 condominiums were sold in Miami-Dade County in November 2022. The supply of both property types grew by 4% compared to the previous month. 686 single-family homes and 1,020 condos were sold (39% and 43% less, respectively, than in 2021).

Sales of luxury properties in Miami Beach plummeted, with only 10 such homes sold in November 2022 (71% less than a year before), while the average sales price increased by 14%. Condominium sales also dropped by 43%, but their average price grew by 12% and the cost per square foot, by 13%.

Despite a slight decline in sales, the median price of single-family houses reached $555,000 and condominiums, $395,000 last November, which is 9% and 13% more, respectively, than a year previously. The cost per square foot increased by 7% compared to 2021 in the case of single-family houses and by 9%, in the case of condos.

As for upscale homes in Miami Beach, their average price reached almost $5.6 million last November, a 14% rise compared to the same period in 2021. The cost per square foot also rose to $1,595.

Condominium sales in Miami Beach showed a slightly better performance. Their average selling price was $973,774 in November, i.e. 12% more than a year ago, while the cost per square foot ($697) increased by 13%. It took 77 days on average to sell a condominium.

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