Palm Beach County: Home Sales Hit 18-Month Low

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 24, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Housing market reports for October 2015 are now available. Below are the year-over-year figures for Palm Beach County from the Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB). RAPB is the 6th largest local association in the country representing over 14,000 REALTOR® members involved in all aspects of residential, commercial, and global real estate throughout Southeast Florida and the Treasure Coast.

In the townhouses/condos sector, we saw gains in the following categories: closed sales, median sale price, and average percent of list price received. Closed sales increased 2.9 percent from 1,175 to 1,209 transactions, and median sale price increased 11.5 percent from $130,000 to $145,000. For average percent of list price received, the increase was small, up only 0.7 percent from 92.2 to 92.8 percent. Meanwhile, median days on market decreased 14.3 percent from 56 to 48 days, and inventory levels continued to decline, down 6.1 percent from 6,193 to 5,818 active listings and down 10.6 percent from 5.5 to 4.9 months’ supply of inventory

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