Monthly Skinny: July 2012

Another "Monthly Skinny" with Great News for Sellers.  Low Inventory Levels & High Buyer Demand make it a great time to SELL!  There were 17,103 Active Listing, as of the end of June.  Thats' the lowest amount of Active Listings since January, 2004.  WOW!!!  Take a look at this 3 minute video from Mpls Area Association of Realtors to get "The Skinny".   

Summer Heat

Back from Vacation.  Went to Oregon for a lovely family wedding & then spent a few days in the National Parks.  We missed the heat wave. Here's the latest from the Mpls Area Association of Realtors. Weekly Market Activity Report Summer heat waves roll across the northland as election season also heats up. Meanwhile, as the mercury and partisan rhetoric both escalate, residential real estate continues to show signs consistent with market recovery. For the current round of numbers, both buyer and seller activity levels were higher than last year at this time. Buyers have been taking advantage of historic affordability levels for some time, but renewed seller confidence is a more recent development and some would even call it an encouraging omen, as long as supply levels don't exceed a prior apex. In the Twin Cities region, for the week ending June 30: • New Listings increased 0.1% to 1,414 • Pending Sales increased 20.4% to 1,194 • Inventory decreased 31.0% to 17,417 For the month of June: • Median Sales Price increased 10.4% to $179,000 • Days on Market decreased 22.0% to 113 • Percent of Original List Price Received increased 4.0% to 95.0%  Months Supply of Inventory decreased 44.7% to 4.4.