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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 48,375 people, 18,719 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,278,117, Coral Gables house prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, Coral Gables real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Coral Gables, accounting for 51.61% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Coral Gables include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 39.47%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.91%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.70%).
People in Coral Gables primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Coral Gables has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Coral Gables's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 40.62% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Coral Gables include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 25.92%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 21.63%). There's also some housing in Coral Gables built before 1939 ( 11.84%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Coral Gables. Fully 14.27% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Coral Gables homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Coral Gables real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
In the last 10 years, Coral Gables has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Coral Gables real estate appreciated 131.26% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.75%, putting Coral Gables in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Coral Gables definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Coral Gables that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Coral Gables real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Coral Gables appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 21.14%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 98.57% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Coral Gables. Coral Gables appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.78%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.58%.
Importantly, this makes Coral Gables one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Coral Gables's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Coral Gables differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Coral Gables - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Coral Gables real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$1,278,117
for Florida
for nation
18,719
$4,394 / per month