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PRESENTATION OF DATA 35 affordability; mortgage delinquencies; and employment. A score below 80 shows weakness, according to Freddie. A perfect score is 100. In the most recent study, South Florida ranked 27th out of the top 50 metros surveyed, improving two spots from the prior month and 14 spots from a year ago. The August Multi-Indicator Market Index showed South Florida — including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties — scored a 69.2, an increase of 11.43 percent from a year earlier. A year ago, South Florida's index score was 62.1. The area hit bottom in October 2010 at 42.2. Only Las Vegas (21.53 percent), Chicago (13.98) and Riverside, Calif., (11.99) had higher rates of improvement. Orlando was fifth at 8.70 percent. Housing trends in the South Florida market are as follows: • According to real estate agents, low mortgage interest rates and improving job prospects are bringing more traditional home-buyers to the table, even as many investors have pulled back amid higher prices. More South Florida home-buyers took the plunge in September, buoying sales of single-family homes and condominiums. • Properties are sitting on the market a bit longer than they did a year ago: In September, Broward condos sold in a median period of 50 days, up from 36 days; single-family homes sold in a median period of 38 days, up from 28 days. Miami-Dade residences also took longer to find a buyer. • Past-due mortgage payments and purchase applications remain weak across South Florida, but employment and affordability fall into the acceptable range, according to Freddie Mac. • Experts note that delinquencies have been hampered by the South Florida housing market recovery, and while those levels are still high, they are coming down sharply which is driving the big market movement in Miami. • Market followers insist this is not the start of another housing free fall. Rather, it is a necessary slowdown to prevent a future bubble. Highlights by County Miami-Dade County– Sales of existing single-family homes in Miami-Dade County rose 5 percent in September from a year earlier, with 1,166 closings. Existing condo sales also increased 5 percent year over year, totaling 1,425 closings, according to the Miami Association of Realtors. The median price of a single-family home in Miami-Dade rose 11 percent to $250,000 in September from a year earlier. For condos, the median rose 7 percent to $195,000 from Clobus, McLemore & Duke, Inc.