Florida housing numbers mirror Tampa-St. Pete's

It looks like we're about average in Florida when it comes to single family home sales the past year, according to the Florida Association of Realtors.

Florida's average home sales decline was 38 percent in September 2007 compared with the same month of 2006. Median home prices fell 9 percent over the same period. The Tampa Bay area's numbers were 40 percent down in sales and 10 percent down in price.

The Realtor association numbers were a hair different than Tampa area numbers reported two weeks ago. That's because the state association adds Hernando County to the mix of Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties.

If you're after more details, take a look at two charts, one showing single-family homes Download September_2007_home_chart.pdf and the other condos Download September_2007_condo_chart.pdf .

Note that Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Ocala turned in extra lousy numbers. Even Orlando was hit harder than Tampa.