Buyers Purchased More Than 450 Distressed Condos In South Florida's Broward County In Year 2019
Nearly 90 Broward County Distressed Condos Listed For Sale At What Should Be Peak Of South Florida Winter Buying Season
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DOWNTOWN MIAMI (March 27, 2020) - Nearly 90 distressed condo units - both shortsales and real estate owned (REO) by lenders - are formally listed for sale in the South Florida county of Broward, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® Realty LLC.
Based on distressed condo sales of about 38 units monthly in the entire 12 months of 2019, Broward County now has more than a two-month supply of REO and shortsale units available for purchase in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach at what should be the peak of the Winter Buying Season, according to the report based on data from the Southeast Florida MLS Matrix.
A balanced market is generally considered to have about six months of supply. More months of condo supply listed for sale suggests a buyer’s advantage and less months typically indicates a seller’s advantage in the market.
It is worth noting that about 94 distressed condo units are currently under contract - or pending - and waiting to transact in Broward County.
On the REO front, the average asking price of the 62 Broward County REO condos currently listed for sale is nearly $189,340. This works out to an average asking price of $165 per square foot, according to the data compiled by CondoVulturesRealty.com.
In the entire 12 months of 2019, the average transaction price of a Broward County REO condo was nearly $125,765 or about $114 per square foot.
This means the current asking price of a Broward County REO condo listed for sale is nearly 51 percent higher than the average transaction price achieved on a per-unit basis and nearly 45 percent higher than the average transaction price on a per-square-foot basis between January and December of last year.
In the four quarters of 2019, the lenders that were able to unload their REO units needed about 59 days to transact a Broward County condo listed for sale. The current Days-On-The-Market average for a Broward County REO condo listed for sale is about 67, according to the statistics.
On the shortsale front, the average asking price of the 25 Broward County shortsale condos currently listed for sale is nearly $164,645 per unit. This works out to an average asking price of about $156 per square foot, according to the data compiled by CondoVulturesRealty.com.
In the entire 12 months of 2019, the average transaction price of a Broward County shortsale condo was about $141,219 or about $130 per square foot.
This means the current asking price of a Broward County shortsale condo listed for sale is nearly 17 percent higher than the average transaction price achieved on a per-unit basis and about 20 percent higher than the average transaction price on a per-square-foot basis between January and December of last year.
In the four quarters of 2019, the sellers that were able to unload their shortsale units needed about 83 days to transact a Broward County condo listed for sale. The current Days-On-The-Market average for a Broward County shortsale condo listed for sale is 138, according to the statistics.
CondoVulturesRealty.com is a licensed Florida brokerage that specializes in assisting buyers and tenants in value-oriented condo acquisitions and leases in the tricounty region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.