The Ellis Team SW Florida Real Estate Current Market Index for June 2009 shows another slight improvement, down from 3.99 to 3.92  Remember, the lower the Index number, the better for sellers, and if you’ve followed this index for any length of time you’ll discover that it’s been very accurate forecasting the foreward movement of the Fort Myers real estate market and the Cape Coral real estate market.

Inventory fell from 12,579 last month to under 12,000 for the first time in a long time.  Inventory levels have been falling for awhile and pending sales have remained relatively stable, helping to draw down inventory levels.  Cape Coral inventory levels are very low, but so is Lehigh Acres copared to the pending sales.  Lehigh Acres has traditionally followed Cape Coral, and as the Cape’s prices have gone up in the entry level home market, Lehigh Acres demand has increased, just like in the run-up of the roaring 2000’s.

The Ellis Team are Top agents at RE/MAX Realty Group in Fort Myers Florida and study the SW Florida real estate market in great detail.