November median house prices rise across the state, but especially in Ocala

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According to a report by Florida Realtors Association, the statewide median single-family sales price for homes in November was $364,900, up 19.6 percent from the previous year.

In the report, Ocala/Marion County’s November median sale price rose to $250,000, up from $195,000 just a year before.

The year-to-date median sales price for Marion County was $229,000, up from $184,000 the year before.

Of all the metropolitan areas included in the report, there was only one other community that had a higher year-to-date increase – Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island.

Below are November’s median single-family home prices for other metropolitans across the state:

— Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island: $659,000

— Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach: $500,000

— North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton: $432,625

— Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin: $385,650

— Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford: $380,000

— Cape Coral-Fort Myers: $376,500

— Port St. Lucie: $360,000

— Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater: $354,995

— Jacksonville: $354,108

— The Villages: $349,950

— Sebastian-Vero Beach: $349,000

— Punta Gorda: $339,900

— Panama City: $329,950

— Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville: $322,000

— Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach: $305,000

— Gainesville: $304,750

— Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent: $298,500

— Lakeland-Winter Haven: $291,500

— Tallahassee: $275,000

— Ocala: $250,000

— Homosassa Springs: $238,000

— Sebring: $219,900