Typically, home sales in South Walton, Florida tend to fall off after the end of the busy summer. Last year surprised us with higher than usual sales in the fall, and this year is also shaping up nicely.
October seems to bring the best weather along with the most brilliant emerald-green gulf water and some of the best sunsets of the entire year. 2010 was no exception.
Recently, someone showed me a graph of average price sales for homes in Walton County, noting that prices had no where to go but down.
I compiled sales data back to 2003 from Emerald Coast Association of Realtors, but using a better indicator, median sales price, and limiting the sales to South Walton.
It would be short of me to cover real estate without talking about why people want to be at the beaches in South Walton.
The cool weather blew in out of the north just in time for Fall at the beaches in South Walton.
Most vacationers have returned to work and school, leaving the most beautiful time of the year in SoWal to the locals and the occasional visitors.
After two months of slower real estate sales in Sowal, many people are wondering what happened with sales in August.
For this article, I’ll concentrate solely on detached homes sold in Rosemary Beach, one of the most sought after developments in South Walton.
Will August Bring More Sales? In South Walton, we have been very fortunate that our beaches haven’t seen much effect from the BP oil disaster in Louisiana.
It seemed like many prospective buyers put their purchase on hold, waiting to see what would happen to the beaches, and to the prices.
With so many people talking about the doom and gloom of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, along with overhearing a few other Realtors mentioning their buyers backing out of a contract or two, surprisingly sales for May 2010 in South Walton are positive.
You’ve just re-connected with a high school classmate on Facebook. Unfortunately, your newly found former acquaintance has just invited herself and the entire family to the beach for the long holiday weekend. What to do?
First, thank your lucky stars the old Seagrove Villa Motel survived the real estate bubble. Next - tell the friend in Atlanta or Nashville or wherever she currently calls home to make better use of her time online and surf over to and get a room at the Seagrove Villas Motel.
Year-to-Date Rosemary Beach Home Sales Surpass the Entire Year of 2009
With so many people along the Gulf Coast of Florida focused on the oil spill near Louisiana, it is not surprising that real estate sales information has taken a back seat in the news.
Spring has arrived in South Walton, and the increase in visitors to the “World’s Most Beautiful Beaches” also brings an increase in real estate closings in South Walton.
