Low mortgage rates, low unemployment rates and strong demographics continued to reflect positive economic signs in Florida in August. Statewide, sales of existing single- family homes totaled 11,279 last month and were closer to activity in August 2001 and 2002 -- before the peak of the housing boom years -- than the August 2006 figures, when 15,252 homes sold for a 26 percent decrease in the ...

With positive economic conditions such as low mortgage interest rates and job growth continuing in Florida, statewide sales of existing single-family homes totaled 11,674 in July and were closer to activity in July 2001 and 2002 - before the housing boom years - than the July 2006 figures, when 15,378 homes sold for a 24 percent decrease in the year-to-year comparison, according to the Florida ...