The government will likely give a $15,000 for first time home buyers in order to revitalize the housing market. The Orlando condos market in recent months has seen some up tick in the sales due to low interest rates and prices declining for past year or two. This is the best condition for new home buyers since 2004.

In the Multiple Listing Service there are over 4,000 condos currently available in greater Orlando area. Most of these condos are in the price range of $100,000 – $120,000 which suggest that majority of these are bank owned, foreclosures or short sales.

There seems to be some optimism in the marketplace as the sales have increased over 42 percent from 2007 with over 137 Orlando condos changing ownership in the last month of 2008. The downside is that majority of these sales are happening in condos below the $100,000 prices level, far from the over $500,000 condos couple of years ago.

Much of the buyers of new homes have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the prices to decline further, but the market seems to have bottomed out from the lows of 2008. With the price pressure and costs lower, some buyers are returning back to the market. For all of 2008, sales price has decreased by over 32 percent.

With the recent turmoils in financial markets, many Orlando condos that have begun construction have stalled and many developers are in bankruptcy. But few condominium projects have come to market recently in Downtown Orlando. The Plaza and The Jackson have recently finished and new tenants are moving in although lot of the units are unoccupied.

According to some statistic, over 50 percent of condos in Orlando are in distress. Which mean they are bank owned or for short sales. With current low prices, buyers should have plenty of options to choose from with more condominiums coming to the market from new developments. You will see values never seen before.