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December 2011 MLS Report

Summary– Overall, 2011 appears to have ended on a flat note with total sales down by approximately 1% and under contract listings down by 1%. However, there has been a notable decline in the median sale price of single family homes and condos. When comparing the yearly median sale prices there has been a 6 % decline in the price for single family homes and a 10% decline in the price for condominiums. Additionally, when looking at the 5 year trend in median sales prices there has been a 24% decline in single family home prices and a 41% decline in condominiums.

Median Sales Price

   2006  2007  2008 2009  2010  2011 
 Single Family Homes  $416,883  $383,599  $352,607  $319,500  $334,795  $316,269
 Percent Change  10%  8%  8%  9%  -5%  6%
 Condos  $335,642  $278,291  $325,252  $278,252  $218,031  $195,968
 Percent Change  -8%  17%  -17%  14%  22%  10%
  • 2011 Sales-End of year breakdown
     o Residential – Down 3% (1315 units vs 1374 units)

     o Land – Up 15% (323 units vs 282 units)

     o Commercial – Up 92% (25units vs 13 units)

YTD Sale Price Range YTD, the best selling residential properties fell into the $200K to $299K range

 

Price Range

$0 - $99K

$100K-$199K

$200K-$299K

$300K-$399K

$400K-$499K

$500K-$599K

$600K-$799K

$800K-$999K

>1M

Units Sold

   81

302

328

219

117

88

 88

49

55

Average Days on Market

   168

191

208

267

270

264

260

302

308

Inventory –The majority of the current active residential listings fall in the following price ranges:

Price Range

Number of Listings

Price Range

Number of Listings

$1 - $99,999

73

$600K - $699K

109

$100K - $199K

230

$700K - $799K

51

$200K - $299K

330

$800K-$899K

58

$300K - $399K

324

$900K-$999K

38

$400K - $499K

217

>$1M

121

$500K - $599K

   173

Dare County Foreclosure Filings- Foreclosure data is listed below. So far the data is insufficient to determine a trend. The raw data is listed below:

Apr 11

May 11

Jun 11

Jul 11

Aug 11

Sept 11

Oct 11

Nov 11

Dec 11

Total

36

39

53

34

35

29

46

24

20

(to date)

296

Distressed Property (Residential)Distressed property currently makes up 14% of the active inventory in the MLS and the sale of distressed property accounts for 31% of all residential property sales. Overall, the sale of properties listed as short sales rose 27% and the sale of bank owned properties declined 22%; however, total distressed property sales were down by 8% from 2010.

Jim Soles
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