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DID YOU KNOW?
The home price for sellers who use an agent is
16 percent higher than for those who don't, according to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of
REALTORS® 2005 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, and nine out of
10 home buyers use a real estate agent in the search process.
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| Polk City, FL Demographics |
| Population |
12012 |
| Median Age |
37.9 years |
| Median Household Income |
35270 |
| Percent of Single Households |
43.5 |
| Percent of Married Households |
56.5 |
| Percent Families (homes with children) |
25.2 |
| Average Household Size |
2.71 people |
| College Education or Better |
7.4 |
| White Collar |
40.3 |
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Polk City, FL Cost of Living
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| Cost of Living Index |
85 |
| Yearly Utility Cost |
2402 |
| Consumer Expense |
31117 per year |
| Education Expense |
271 per year |
| Entertainment Expense |
1609 per year |
| Transportation Expense |
1156 per year |
| Retail Expense |
13770 per year |
| Non Retail Expense |
17347 per year |
| Polk City, FL Quality of Life |
| Average Winter High Temperature |
68.8 degrees |
| Average Winter Low Temperature |
49.4 degrees |
| Average Summer High Temperature |
92.4 degrees |
| Average Summer Low Temperature |
70 degrees |
| Average Annual Percipitation |
50 inches |
| Air Quality |
18 |
| Crime Index |
2.3 |
| Personal Crime Index |
3 |
| Culture Index |
103 |
As it is apparent, house values not only change due to outside influence, but also from inward ambits as well. In other words, house values have the ability to affect themselves. Now this may sound a little confusing initially but when put to practice it becomes clearer. For example let’s say your home holds a value of 2 and the home next to yours holds a value of 1. Now, since the value of your home is higher than the one next to you, the one next to you becomes a value of 1.5. Now imagine a future date when both of your homes are evaluated again. The outcome could be that your home could possibly hold a value of 2.5 due to the previous valuation that caused the house next to you to rise to 1.5. This process can work either up or down but it does help to illustrate the inward changes that can influence house values
There are of course other variables that can affect Polk City house values. These variables are dictated by the situations of a given buyer or seller. Typical behaviors usually show the following trends. First, you may have Polk City sellers who have patience and are willing to wait for the right buyer therefore they will get their asking price though it may be slightly inflated. Then there are those who have already moved into a new Polk City home and they are paying for both homes so they need to get their old house off their hands and they will often be willing to go lower than market value if they have to. Conversely, we have buyers. They too have an impact on house values. This is usually displayed by their willingness to pay either more or less than current house values.
In the world of Polk City real estate there is one driving factor Polk City home value; and home value can only be assured by one process, the appraisal. The appraisal in its simplest form is the opinion of home value. However, as with most things in life, more than one factor often plays out in the full Polk City appraisal process.
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Featured For Sale By Owner Property Listings
in POLK CITY Florida
Property Listings powered by
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| Property Type |
Address |
City, State Zipcode |
Price |
| Single Family |
8319 W. Lake Marion Rd.
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HAINES CITY, FL 33844 |
$380,000.00 |
| manufactured |
111 Augusta Ave
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BABSON PARK, FL 33827 |
$95,000.00 |
| Single Family |
2415 Cypress Gardens Blvd
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WINTER HAVEN, FL 33884 |
$850,000.00 |
| Single Family |
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LAKE WALES, FL 33898 |
$269,000.00 |
| Single Family |
3546 Raintree Way
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LAKELAND, FL 33811 |
$0.00 |
| Single Family |
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WINTER HAVEN, FL 33880 |
$210,000.00 |
| manufactured |
Lake Hammock Village
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HAINES CITY, FL 33844 |
$43,900.00 |
| Single Family |
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POLK CITY, FL 33868 |
$350,000.00 |
| manufactured |
258 Canna Ln
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DAVENPORT, FL 33837 |
$76,000.00 |
| Single Family |
207 West 9th Street
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FROSTPROOF, FL 33843 |
$260,000.00 |
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