Hard to Find Good News on Home Values for Coral Gables
August 10, 2010 1 Comment
It is difficult to imagine that this year’s fall in property values in Coral Gables won’t be repeat again next year. Can the city keep raising property taxes willy-nilly?
The Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area continues to struggle under the weight of the housing crisis, with home values falling 15.2 percent, year-over-year, and 6.6 percent, quarter-over-quarter, according to the latest Zillow Home Value Index.
The report found home prices in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area lost more than half their value (52.4 percent) since the peak of the housing market, falling to $146,500.
Nationwied (sec), home values fell 3.2 percent, year-over-year, and 0.6 percent, quarter-over-quarter, to $182,500.
Negative equity – which refers to the percentage of single-family homeowners with mortgages that are underwater – fell 3.2 percent, year-over year, to 21.5 percent nationwide. In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, 44 percent of homes were underwater in the second quarter. [emphasis added]
via S. Fla. home values remain depressed – South Florida Business Journal.
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Coral Gables Watch 
well, at least it’s Coral Gables, the rest of the county has plummeted whereas Coral Gables has held up much better than other areas. One bit of good news in a sea of bad.