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Walton County Florida Real Estate Report for May 2017
June 20, 2017 by SoWal Staff
The latest SoWal Real Estate Report includes all of South Walton real estate activity for May 2017, including statistics for single family homes, townhomes, and condos in Walton County, Florida.
Single family closed sales were up 13% for May compared to the same month last year. The number of pending sales for Walton County was up 4%. Inventory was down 3.5%, a rare drop. Median sales price was up a sizable 10%. Dollar volume was up 22% over last year at $180.6 Million!
Months Supply of Inventory for Walton County was down 10% over the same month last year at 7.1 months for May 2017.
From the report: Months Supply of Inventory is an indicator of the state of the market, whether it is a buyers' market or a sellers' market. The benchmark for a balanced market (favoring neither buyer nor seller) is 5.5 Months of Inventory. Higher numbers indicate a buyers' market, lower numbers a sellers' market.
Quite an amazing number of properties on the high end and they are increasing.
The latest residential real estate report for May 2017 in Walton County summarizes sales and listing statistics of single family homes. The Walton County Real Estate Report is produced by Florida REALTORS® and provided by the Emerald Coast Association of Realtors® (ECAR).
Click here to open the latest South Walton Real Estate Report in pdf format. The charts and graphs are informative and well done. Great work has been done compiling the real estate report. The Walton County Real Estate Report is a service by ECAR and is a wealth of information about closed sales, pending sales, cash sales, condo sales, townhome sales and more.
The Real Estate Report includes real estate information about Walton County on the Emerald Coast, including all areas of South Walton and Scenic 30A, Inlet Beach, Rosemary Beach, Seacrest, Alys Beach, WaterSound Beach, Seagrove, Seaside, WaterColor, Grayton Beach, Blue Mountain Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, Sandestin, and Miramar Beach.
Real estate sales statistics are generated on approximately the third week of each month. These statistics include information recorded in the Emerald Coast Association of Realtors® (ECAR) MLS system by ECAR MLS participants and subscribers, and do not include information entered by other associations or “for sale by owner” properties.
Statistics are accurate as of the date they were generated as indicated at the bottom of each report. Reports created at other times or under other circumstances may produce different results.