All signs point to a red hot market in St Peterburg, Clearwater, and elsewhere in Pinellas County Florida and the Tampa Bay region for 2016 in this Jan 2016 Market Status from Pinellas Realtor Organization.

Some highlights:

• The new year started strong for Pinellas County real estate, with January 2016 stats showing more new listings, fewer days on market, and Median Sale Prices way up from January 2015. 
• Average Sale Price for a single family home was way up, at 18.6%, in January 2016 when it was $263,728, versus $222,350 in January 2015.  
• Median Sale Price for Single Family was $193,500 this January, versus $156,500 last January, a huge increase of 23.6%. 
• Median Sale Price for the Townhome/Condo segment was also way up from last January, at 15.2%, showing $124,450 for January 2016 versus $108,000 for January 2015. 
• Months Supply of Inventory for Single Family is down 21.5% from last January, with a 3.4 month supply this January as compared to a 4.4 month supply in January 2015. 
• Active listings for January 2016 Single Family and Townhome/Condo combined were 7,010, down 9.6% from 7,753 in January 2015.