Naples, Fla. (October 20, 2016) – The Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR®) released its Third Quarter 2016 Market Report, which tracks home listings and sales within Collier County (excluding Marco Island), and it showed overall inventory increased 40 percent with little change in median closed prices. In fact, as reflected in the report, the overall median closed price for homes on the market increased only 4 percent to $312,000 in the 3Q of 2016 from $300,000 in the 3Q of 2015. This was predominately driven by a 9 percent increase in the $300,000 and below price category. Comparatively, all other price categories saw a zero or negative price adjustment.
Upon reviewing the report, NABOR® President and Broker Associate with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Florida Realty Rick Fioretti said, “a quick analysis of price behavior since December of 2015 shows median closed prices leveled out.” Several broker experts agreed with Fioretti, adding that the pricing trend is a natural reaction to the increase in inventory.
“I think we’re seeing the completion of a cycle that began in 2013,” said Cindy Carroll, SRA, with the real estate appraisal and consultancy firm Carroll & Carroll, Inc. “Prices have remained relatively stable for over a year, and now I’m noticing more competitive value-based pricing as the supply increases.”
Carroll remarked that her business encounters a small herd of listings that are still not moving, and believes ongoing increases in inventory over the next six months will require these sellers to adjust their value perceptions. “The list to sale price ratio is shrinking and this needs to continue if we want to compete with new home construction.”
“If it’s overpriced, then the property sits,” said Dominic Pallini, Broker at Vanderbilt Realty, who went on to say that days on market decreased 12 percent in the $2 million and above price category, but overall, there was a 10 percent increase in days on market. “Pricing is critical now more than ever.”
While both pending and closed sales decreased 14 percent (quarter over quarter), inventory continued to rise in all areas of Collier County during the 3Q of 2016. Overall, inventory rose 40 percent to 5,044 homes in the 3Q of 2016 from 3,606 homes in the 3Q of 2015; with a marked increase in Central Naples, which rose 49 percent to 608 homes in the 3Q of 2016 from 408 homes in the 3Q of 2015.
Inventory increases in the condominium market were also remarkable during the third quarter of 2016. This home type experienced a 53 percent increase in inventory to 2,375 condominiums in the 3Q of 2016 from 1,557 condominiums in the 3Q of 2015.
The NABOR® 3Q 2016 Market Report provides comparisons of single-family home and condominium sales (via the Southwest Florida MLS), price ranges, and geographic segmentation and includes an overall market summary. The NABOR® 3Q 2016 sales statistics are presented in chart format, including these overall (single-family and condominium) findings:
