Islamorada Residential Real Estate

ISLAMORADA, Fla. - Oct. 11, 2022 - PRLog -- Per Kim Bagnell Thaler, "Top Producing Real Estate agent for Sotheby's International in Islamorada Florida."

Right now, the market remains strong & quite active. Although, it will likely cool as the year winds down.
The Islamorada residential real estate forecast is somewhat uncertain right now, given emerging factors that have still to manifest. These circumstances will probably take several weeks or months to show their impact. So, it's difficult to predict how the local real estate market will react. But, looking at previous data does give us a window into the most likely scenarios.

Let's first take a look at the current residential real estate market in the area. Currently, the listing price in Islamorada Florida stands at $1.5 million, which represents a 36+% increase over last year. Meanwhile, the median listing price per square foot is $932 and the medium selling price is up to $2.1 million. The sale-to-list price ratio stands at nearly 96%, meaning homes sell for about 4% under their listing prices. Presently, the market is heavily favoring sellers and is considered to be a solid seller's market, with the median listing days of activity being just 66 days, or slightly over two months from listing to sale.

While all of these figures represent a robust market, particularly for homeowners and sellers, activity will certainly slow as the Federal Reserve continues to incrementally raise interest rates, making mortgages substantially more expensive. Combined with persistent inflationary pressures, weakening purchasing power will also contribute to a real estate slowdown. Buyers will still have to shop mostly among resales as new construction in the area remains anemic. New construction activity will not return until materials are more readily available and affordable, along with the availability and willingness of laborers to enter the construction job market.

In conclusion, the residential real estate market in Islamorada is hot at this point, but will more than likely experience a significant slowdown as interest rates rise, inflation remains, and new construction does not offer buyers other alternatives to resales.

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