Seattle Housing Market Update – July Another Great Month For Sellers! However Is Inventory Finally Starting To Pick Up??

July was another great month for SELLERS in Seattle. However, the craziness slowed down a little bit in July.

The median price of a Seattle home is now $634,000.

The median price of a Seattle home is up 13% vs July of 2015 when the median price was $560,000.

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Seattle Housing Market Update! May Record Breaking Month

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

May 2016 was another RECORD breaking month for Seattle real estate

The median price of a Seattle home is now $625,000. 

The median price of a Seattle home is up 14% vs May 2015.

The $625,000 median price ties the all time record high.

There were 992 pending sales in May, which is up 11% from twelve months ago when 889 pending sales were reported.

The 992 units is a new record for pending sales in a month. The previous record was 984 units which happened in March 2005.

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Seattle Housing Market Update – Frenzy Pace Slowing Down??

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

April 2016 was another GREAT MONTH FOR SEATTLE REAL ESTATE!!!

The median price of a Seattle home is now $625,000. 

The median price of a Seattle home is up 14% vs April 2015.

There were 807 pending sales in April, which is down 10% from twelve months ago when 892 pending sales were reported. Continue reading

Seattle Housing Market Update – March Record Breaking Month

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

 

March 2016 was another RECORD SETTING MONTH FOR SEATTLE REAL ESTATE!!!

The median price of a Seattle home is now $627,000.  This is a new record.

The old record was set in February 2016 at $625,000.

The median price of a Seattle home is up 23% vs March 2015.

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Seattle Housing Market Update – Seattle Sets New Record For Median Sales Price In February!

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

 

February 2016 was another RECORD SETTING MONTH FOR SEATTLE REAL ESTATE!!!

The median price of a Seattle home is now $625,000.  This is a new record.

The old record was set back in January 2016 at $585,000.

The median price of a Seattle home is up 27% vs February 2015.

 

There were 590 pending sales in February, which is up 5% from twelve months ago when 565 pending sales were reported.

 

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO SEATTLE REAL ESTATE IN February?

In February there were 468 ACTIVE listings in the Seattle real estate market.

In February 590 homes went PENDING.

Which means that 1 out of every 0.8 homes on the market went pending in February.

This 0.8 ratio implies a 0.8 month supply of inventory.

The 0.8 ratio is a strong SELLER’S MARKET INDICATOR.

THE PAST 14 MONTHS HAVE SEEN THE BEST SELLER RATIOS EVER FOR SEATTLE ABSORPTON RATE.

 

Any ratio under 3.0 is a seller’s market indicator.

Any ratio between 3.0 and 6.0 is a neutral market indicator.

Any ratio over 6.0 is a buyer’s market indicator.

 

The story remains LACK OF INVENTORY.

EPIC RECORD SETTING LOW INVENTORY!!!

In February there were 468 ACTIVE listings in Seattle.

The 468 ACTIVE LISTINGS IS THE THIRD LOWEST NUMBER EVER RECORDED. 

The record low was set two months ago (December 2015) with 361 ACTIVE listings.

The second lowest was January 2016 with 456 ACTIVE listings.

The 468 ACTIVE listings is 69% under our 10 year average for February inventory.

Another way of looking at it is that we are only at 31% of our average inventory for this time of year.

The February ten year moving average for inventory is 1,469 ACTIVE listings.

Also if we compare February 2016 to February 2015 we will note that even though inventory was low in February 2015 (589) it was even lower in February 2016 (468). Inventory is down 21% vs 2015.

In the month of February the AVERAGE list price vs sales price for Seattle was 103%.

So the average home sold for 3% over the asking price.

This is the 13th month in a row that the AVERAGE list price vs AVERAGE sales price has been over 100%

The AVERAGE days on market for a Seattle home was 26 days before they accepted an offer.

And real estate is always LOCALIZED.  What I mean is that CERTAIN areas are moving better than other areas.  Let’s take a look at list price vs sales prices for some different neighborhoods in Seattle for the month of February

  • View Ridge and Hawthorne Hills 111%
  • Ravenna 110%
  • Laurelhurst 109%
  • Bryant 107%
  • Seward Park 107%
  • Green Lake 106%
  • Ballard 106%
  • Madrona 104%
  • Queen Anne 103%
  • Wedgwood 103%
  • Wallingford 103%
  • Magnolia 102%
  • Maple Leaf 101%
  • Capitol Hill 101%
  • West Seattle 101%
  • Lake City zero sales in February 2016

 

 

THE CHART AND GRAPH BELOW ARE REAL ESTATE STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

 

 

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January 2016 Seattle Real Estate Update – Another record breaking month

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

 

January 2016 was another RECORD SETTING MONTH FOR SEATTLE REAL ESTATE!!!

 

The median price of a Seattle home is now $585,000.  This is a new record.

The old record was set back in November 2015 at $576,000.

The median price of a Seattle home is up 17% vs January  2015.

There were 442 pending sales in January, which is down 15% from twelve months ago when 523 pending sales were reported.  The reason pending sales were down is because there is no inventory out there to sell.

 

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO SEATTLE REAL ESTATE IN JANUARY?

In January there were 456 ACTIVE listings in the Seattle real estate market.

In January 442 homes went PENDING.

Which means that 1 out of every 1.03 homes on the market went pending in January.

This 1.03 ratio implies a 1.03 month supply of inventory.

The 1.03 ratio is a strong SELLER’S MARKET INDICATOR.

THE PAST 13 MONTHS HAVE SEEN THE BEST SELLER  RATIOS EVER FOR SEATTLE ABSORPTON RATE.

 

 

Any ratio under 3.0 is a seller’s market indicator.

Any ratio between 3.0 and 6.0 is a neutral market indicator.

Any ratio over 6.0 is a buyer’s market indicator.

 

 

The story remains LACK OF INVENTORY.

EPIC RECORD SETTING LOW INVENTORY!!!

In January there were 456 ACTIVE listings in Seattle.

The 456 ACTIVE LISTINGS IS THE SECOND LOWEST NUMBER EVER RECORDED. 

The record low was set last month (December 2015) with 361 ACTIVE listings.

The 456 ACTIVE listings is 67% under our 10 year average for January inventory.

Another way of looking at it is that we are only at 33% of our average inventory for this time of year.

The January ten year moving average for inventory is 1,381 ACTIVE listings.

Also if we compare January 2016 to January 2015 we will note that even though inventory was low in January 2015 (581) it was even lower in January 2016 (456). Inventory is down 22% vs 2015.

 

In the month of January the AVERAGE list price vs sales price for Seattle was 101%.

So the average home sold for 1% over the asking price.

This is the 12th month in a row that the AVERAGE list price vs AVERAGE sales price has been over 100%

 

The AVERAGE days on market for a Seattle home was 26 days before they accepted an offer.

 

And real estate is always LOCALIZED.  What I mean is that CERTAIN areas are moving better than other areas.  Let’s take a look at list price vs sales prices for some different neighborhoods in Seattle for the month of January

  • Montlake 109%
  • Maple Leaf 107%
  • Madrona 107%
  • Green Lake 106%
  • Ravenna 105%
  • Wallingford 104%
  • Ballard 103%
  • West Seattle 103%
  • Capitol Hill 102%
  • View Ridge and Hawthorne Hills 101%
  • Magnolia 101%
  • Wedgwood 101%
  • Bryant 98%
  • Lake City 98%
  • Seward Park 94%
  • Laurelhurst zero closed sales in January

 

THE CHART AND GRAPH BELOW ARE REAL ESTATE STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

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Seattle Housing Market UPDATE – RECORD LOW INVENTORY!

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

 

December 2015 was another RECORD SETTING MONTH FOR SEATTLE REAL ESTATE!!!

The median price of a Seattle home is now $572,000.  This is the 2nd highest of all time.

The record was set last month (November 2015) at $576,000.

The median price of a Seattle home is up 18% vs December 2014.

 

There were 355 pending sales in December, which is down 13% from twelve months ago when 402 pending sales were reported.  The reason pending sales were down is because there is no inventory out there to sell.

 

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO SEATTLE REAL ESTATE IN DECEMBER?

In December there were 361 ACTIVE listings in the Seattle real estate market.

In December 355 homes went PENDING.

Which means that 1 out of every 1.02 homes on the market went pending in December.

This 1.02 ratio implies a 1.02 month supply of inventory.

The 1.02 ratio is a strong SELLER’S MARKET INDICATOR.

THE PAST 12 MONTHS HAVE SEEN THE BEST SELLER  RATIOS EVER FOR SEATTLE ABSORPTON RATE.

 

Any ratio under 3.0 is a seller’s market indicator.

Any ratio between 3.0 and 6.0 is a neutral market indicator.

Any ratio over 6.0 is a buyer’s market indicator.

 

The story remains LACK OF INVENTORY.

EPIC RECORD SETTING LOW INVENTORY!!!

 

In December there were 361 ACTIVE listings in Seattle.

The 361 ACTIVE LISTINGS IS AN ALL TIME RECORD LOW FOR SEATTLE INVENTORY. 

The previous record low was 487 which was recorded in last month (November 2015)

The 361 ACTIVE listings is 74% under our 10 year average for December inventory.

Another way of looking at it is that we are only at 26% of our average inventory for this time of year.

The December ten year moving average for inventory is 1,373 ACTIVE listings.

Also if we compare December 2015 to December 2014 we will note that even though inventory was low in December 2014 (627) it was even lower in December 2015 (361). Inventory is down 43% vs 2014.

In the month of December the AVERAGE list price vs sales price for Seattle was 101%.

So the average home sold for 1% over the asking price.

This is the 11th month in a row that the AVERAGE list price vs AVERAGE sales price has been over 100%

The AVERAGE days on market for a Seattle home was 28 days before they accepted an offer.

And real estate is always LOCALIZED.  What I mean is that CERTAIN areas are moving better than other areas.  Let’s take a look at list price vs sales prices for some different neighborhoods in Seattle for the month of December

 

  • Wedgwood 106%
  • Wallingford 104%
  • Ballard 104%
  • Maple Leaf 103%
  • Magnolia 103%
  • Ravenna 102%
  • Queen Anne 102%
  • Capitol Hill 102%
  • Madrona 102%
  • View Ridge & Hawthorne Hills 101%
  • Bryant 101%
  • Seward Park 101%
  • West Seattle 101%
  • Laurelhurst 100%
  • Green Lake 100%
  • Montlake 99%
  • Lake City 99%

 

 

THE CHART AND GRAPH BELOW ARE REAL ESTATE STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

 

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Thank you,

 

Steve Laevastu

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Seattle Housing Market Stats For October – RECORD SELLER’S MARKET CONTINUES!

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

October 2015 was another GREAT MONTH FOR SELLERS IN SEATTLE!!

The median price of a Seattle home is at $542,000.  The median price of a Seattle home has remained relatively constant over the past 6 months:

May 2015 = $550,000

June 2015 = $559,000

July 2015 = $560,000

August 2015 = $560,000

September 2015 = $551,000

October 2015 = $542,000

However, the median price is up 10% vs October 2014 when the median price was $491,000.

There were 726 pending sales in October, which is up 2% from twelve months ago when 710 pending sales were reported.

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO SEATTLE REAL ESTATE IN OCTOBER?

In October there were 709 ACTIVE listings in the Seattle real estate market.

In October 726 homes went PENDING.

Which means that 1 out of every 0.97 homes on the market went pending in October.

This 0.97 ratio implies a 0.97 month supply of inventory.

The 0.97 ratio is a strong SELLER’S MARKET INDICATOR.

THE PAST 10 MONTHS HAVE SEEN THE BEST SELLER  RATIOS EVER FOR SEATTLE ABSORPTON RATE.

Any ratio under 3.0 is a seller’s market indicator.

Any ratio between 3.0 and 6.0 is a neutral market indicator.

Any ratio over 6.0 is a buyer’s market indicator.

The story remains LACK OF INVENTORY.

In October there were 709 ACTIVE listings in Seattle.

The 709 ACTIVE listings is 63% under our 10 year average for October inventory.

Another way of looking at it is that we are only at 37% of our average inventory for this time of year.

THE 709 ACTIVE listings is the 10th lowest month ever recorded. Slightly higher than the all time low which was set 10 months ago (January 2015) with 581.

Needless to say, the 709 ACTIVE October listings is the lowest number ever recorded for October in Seattle.

The October ten year moving average for inventory is 1,916 ACTIVE listings.

Also if we compare October 2015 to October 2014 we will note that even though inventory was low in October 2014 (1,061) it was even lower in October 2015 (709). Inventory is down 34% vs 2014.

In the month of October the AVERAGE list price vs sales price for Seattle was 102%.

So the average home sold for 2% over the asking price.

This is the 9th month in a row that the AVERAGE list price vs AVERAGE sales price has been over 100%

The AVERAGE days on market for a Seattle home was 18 days before they accepted an offer.

The 18 days on the market is the 2nd lowest of all time.  The lowest is 17 days on the market which occurred in May 2015.

And real estate is always LOCALIZED.  What I mean is that CERTAIN areas are moving better than other areas.  Let’s take a look at list price vs sales prices for some different neighborhoods in Seattle for the month of October

  • Madrona 118%
  • Lake City 110%
  • Green Lake 105%
  • Ballard 105%
  • Wedgwood 104%
  • Capitol Hill 104%
  • Montlake 103%
  • Ravenna 103%
  • Magnolia 103%
  • West Seattle 103%
  • View Ridge & Hawthorne Hills 102%
  • Laurelhurst 102%
  • Queen Anne 99%
  • Seward Park 97%

THE CHART AND GRAPH BELOW ARE REAL ESTATE STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

If you have any questions or if I can be of any assistance please contact me.

Thank you,

Steve Laevastu

 

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sold@windermere.com

 

www.SeattleHomeGuy.com

Seattle Housing Market Update – Historic Seller’s Market Continues!

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

September 2015 was another GREAT MONTH FOR SELLERS IN SEATTLE!!

The median price of a Seattle home is at $551,000.  The median price of a Seattle home has remained relatively constant over the past 5 months:

May 2015 = $550,000

June 2015 = $559,000

July 2015 = $560,000

August 2015 = $560,000

September 2015 = $551,000

However, the median price is up 10% vs September 2014 when the median price was $499,000.

There were 774 pending sales in September, which is up 9% from twelve months ago when 716 pending sales were reported.

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO SEATTLE REAL ESTATE IN SEPTEMBER?

In September there were 778 ACTIVE listings in the Seattle real estate market.

In September 774 homes went PENDING.

Which means that 1 out of every 1.005 homes on the market went pending in September.

This 1.005 ratio implies a 1.005 month supply of inventory.

The 1.005 ratio is a strong SELLER’S MARKET INDICATOR.

THE PAST 9 MONTHS HAVE SEEN THE BEST SELLER  RATIOS EVER FOR SEATTLE ABSORPTON RATE.

Any ratio under 3.0 is a seller’s market indicator.

Any ratio between 3.0 and 6.0 is a neutral market indicator.

Any ratio over 6.0 is a buyer’s market indicator.

The story remains LACK OF INVENTORY.

In September there were 778 ACTIVE listings in Seattle.

The 778 ACTIVE listings is 62% under our 10 year average for September inventory.

Another way of looking at it is that we are only at 38% of our average inventory for this time of year.

THE 778 ACTIVE listings is the 10th lowest month ever recorded. Slightly higher than the all time low which was set 9 months ago (January 2015) with 581.

Needless to say, the 778 ACTIVE September listings is the lowest number ever recorded for SEPTEMBER in Seattle.

The September ten year moving average for inventory is 2,055 ACTIVE listings.

Also if we compare September 2015 to September 2014 we will note that even though inventory was low in September 2014 (1193) it was even lower in September 2015 (778). Inventory is down 35% vs 2014.

In the month of September the AVERAGE list price vs sales price for Seattle was 102%.

So the average home sold for 2% over the asking price.

This is the 8th month in a row that the AVERAGE list price vs AVERAGE sales price has been over 100%

The AVERAGE days on market for a Seattle home was 19 days before they accepted an offer.

And real estate is always LOCALIZED.  What I mean is that CERTAIN areas are moving better than other areas.  Let’s take a look at list price vs sales prices for some different neighborhoods in Seattle for the month of September

  • Montlake 107%
  • Capitol Hill 107%
  • Ravenna 106%
  • Wedgwood 105%
  • Green Lake 105%
  • View Ridge & Hawthorne Hills 104%
  • Ballard 103%
  • Magnolia 103%
  • Queen Anne 102%
  • West Seattle 102%
  • Laurelhurst 101%
  • Seward Park 101%
  • Lake City 100%
  • Madrona 99%

THE CHART AND GRAPH BELOW ARE REAL ESTATE STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

If you have any questions or if I can be of any assistance please contact me.

Thank you,

Steve Laevastu

 

cell 206-226-5300

 

sold@windermere.com

 

www.SeattleHomeGuy.com

Seattle Housing Market – July Sets New Seattle Median Sales Price Record $560,000

SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET UPDATE

 

July 2015 set more records for Seattle real estate!

 

The new report summarizing July activity shows year-over-year gains in pending sales, and prices.

 

The median price of a Seattle home is now A NEW ALL TIME RECORD $560,000 which is up 9% from one year ago when the median price of a Seattle home was $525,000.

 

There were 816 pending sales in July, which is up 11% from twelve months ago when 733 pending sales were reported.

 

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO SEATTLE REAL ESTATE IN JULY?

 

In July there were 674 ACTIVE listings in the Seattle real estate market.

 

In July 816 homes went PENDING.

 

Which means that 1 out of every 0.8 homes on the market went pending in June.

 

This 0.8 ratio implies a 0.8 month supply of inventory.

 

The 0.8 ratio is a strong SELLER’S MARKET INDICATOR.

THE PAST 7 MONTHS HAVE SEEN THE BEST SELLER  RATIOS EVER FOR SEATTLE ABSORPTION RATE.

 

Any ratio under 3.0 is a seller’s market indicator.

Any ratio between 3.0 and 6.0 is a neutral market indicator.

Any ratio over 6.0 is a buyer’s market indicator.

 

The story remains LACK OF INVENTORY.

 

In July there were 681 ACTIVE listings in Seattle.

The 674 ACTIVE listings is 65% under our 10 year average for July inventory.

Another way of looking at it is that we are only at 35% of our average inventory for this time of year.

THE 674 ACTIVE listings is the 8th lowest month ever recorded. Slightly higher than the all time low which was set 7 months ago (January 2015) with 581.

Needless to say, the 674 ACTIVE July listings is the lowest number ever recorded for JULY in Seattle.

The July ten year moving average for inventory is 1,944 ACTIVE listings.

Also if we compare July 2015 to July 2014 we will note that even though inventory was low in July 2014 (1143) it was even lower in July 2015 (674). Inventory is down 41% vs 2014.

In the month of July the AVERAGE list price vs sales price for Seattle was 104%.

So the average home sold for 4% over the asking price.

This is the 6th month in a row that the AVERAGE list price vs AVERAGE sales price has been over 100%

 

And real estate is always LOCALIZED.  What I mean is that CERTAIN areas are moving better than other areas.  Let’s take a look at list price vs sales prices for some different neighborhoods in Seattle for the month of July

 

  • Ravenna 109%
  • Wedgwood 106%
  • Laurelhurst 106%
  • Madrona 106%
  • Green Lake 105%
  • Ballard 105%
  • Beacon Hill 105%
  • View Ridge & Hawthorne Hills 104%
  • Montlake 104%
  • Lake City 104%
  • Queen Anne 103%
  • Magnolia 103%
  • Seward Park 103%
  • Capitol Hill 103%
  • West Seattle 102%

 

 

THE CHART AND GRAPH BELOW ARE REAL ESTATE STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

 

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If you have any questions or if I can be of any assistance please contact me.

 

 

Thank you,

 

Steve Laevastu

 

cell 206-226-5300

 

sold@windermere.com