Home equity of mortgaged property in Sarasota increased by by $1.13 billion in the second quarter of 2021 thanks to the recent surge in house prices in 2021.
A report released by a real estate analytics company stated that the average increase in value of mortgaged residential real estate was $60,600 per home, above the national average of $51,500, according to CoreLogic’s quarterly Home Equity Report.
In the Sarasota area the report was evaluated against 187,531 mortgages with only 3,319 having negative equity.
Single-family home prices have increased year-over-year each month since June 2020 and continued to rise in throughout 2021. In Manatee County, the median price for single-family homes was $430,000 which is a 19.4 percent increase from the same time last year. The single-family home price in Sarasota was $390,093 which is an increase of 18.2 percent. In the condo market, Sarasota condos reported a 26.3 percent increase to a median price of $315,000, and Manatee reported a 23.3 percent increase to $275,000.
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