Orlando home sales increase 2 percent as median price jumps 11 percent in January
The Orlando housing market experienced increases in both median price and sales in January, while the pool of homes available for purchase shrank by 21 percent in comparison to January of last year.
Orlando’s overall median home price (all home types combined) is $199,000, which is 10.6 percent above the January 2016 median price of $180,000. Year-over-year increases in median price have been recorded for the past 66 consecutive months; as of January 2016, the overall median is 72.3 percent higher than it was back in July 2011.
The median price for single-family homes that changed hands in January increased 8.8 percent over January 2016 and is now $216,500. The median price for condos increased 13.6 percent to $99,950.
The overall average home price for January 2017 is $244,904, an increase of 11.9 percent over the average home price in January 2016. The average home listed for $252,514 in January and sold for 96.99 percent of its listing price (96.70 percent in January 2016).
