Space Coast Home Prices Hold Near $390,000 as 47.3% of Listings Cut Asking Prices
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Updated · HousingWire · Aug 24
Space Coast Home Prices Hold Near $390,000 as 47.3% of Listings Cut Asking Prices
1 articles · Updated · HousingWire · Aug 24
Summary
$389,990 was the median list price in Florida’s Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro on Aug. 14, flat week over week and down 2.3% from a year earlier, signaling a housing market settling into balance rather than sliding sharply.
1,049 pending sales marked an eight-week drop from 1,221 in mid-June, while 47.3% of active listings took at least one price cut, showing softer demand even though inventory stayed relatively tight.
2,434 single-family homes were on the market, down 20.7% from 3,070 a year earlier, but sellers are still anchored to prices set during the low-rate era; newly listed homes came in lower at $379,495.
Brevard County’s jobs base and manufacturing growth are still supporting housing demand, yet insurance, property taxes, HOA costs and mortgage rates continue to limit affordability and broader price gains.
November’s Amendment 3 vote could lower homestead-related property taxes, while economists say stronger hiring and lower mortgage rates may be needed before transactions improve and prices start rising again in 2027.