Market Report: Stuart, Florida Real Estate Snapshot for Zip Code 34996, Residential Sales for August 2011

For August 2011 in the 34996 Zip Code area of Stuart, Florida :

There are currently 160 active listings (down 7 from June).

28 Residential sales are pending and awaiting close or lender approval (down 5 from June).

9 Homes Sold in August(up 3 from June and down from a solid 17 sales in July).

After a solid 17 sales in July, only 9 homes closed in August for the 34996 zip code area of Stuart Florida.  With the latest poor economic news as well as a seeming political deadlock in Washington, consumer confidence has once again dropped and we are seeing a marked decrease in sales in the mid to upper range in the Martin County real estate market.  The latest sales (which show some good results) were mainly initiated prior to the more current news as typically real estate sales typically take from one to three months to close.

On the brighter side, the inventory continues to decrease.  Not a great amount of foreclosure sales of any significance have come on the market. Short sales continue to be numerous but for the most part, the lenders are cooperating much more aggressively and they seem to be closing quicker and with greater frequency.

With any uptick in the economic news, there should be a pretty good run on residential real estate as there is some pent-up demand with homes being at historically affordable levels.  If this demand is not met with increasing inventory levels, prices should remain steady and could conceivably rise a little for the most attractive properties.