PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Dec. 6, 2012 – Each year, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC releases its Home Listing Report to determine which U.S. cities offer the most house for a buyer’s money. This year, four Florida cities made the “most affordable” list.

To compare differences, the company considers the average listing price of a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home. Nationally, it’s $292,152; however, 36 percent of U.S. markets in the report had an average home listing price less than $200,000. The lowest average price of a four-bedroom home, $62,080, is in College Park, Ga.

However, four Florida cities that made the most-affordable Top 20. They include:
• No. 5 Poinciana at $76,341
• No. 6 Hastings at $78,840
• No. 13 Fort Pierce at $89,292
• No. 16 Lehigh Acres at $92,819

No Florida cities made the top 20 most-expensive list, which had a number of cities in California’s San Francisco Bay area. Los Altos, Calif., topped the list with an average four-bedroom home listed at $1,706,688.

The report analyzed more than 72,000 home listings in more than 2,500 U.S. markets from January 2012 to June 2012.

“Each year, our home listing report captures an insightful look at local market conditions and emerging trends in real estate,” says Budge Huskey, president of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and a Central Florida Realtor. “We recognize that buying a home is a significant life decision, and we do this apples-to-apples comparison of similar homes to provide homebuyers with useful information about the many great opportunities that exist around the U.S.”

© 2012 Florida Realtors®