Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Mpls Area Association of Realtors Weekly Market Activity Report

The inventory levels continue to drop.  Less than 17,000 houses on the market in the Twin Cities. 
Those levels are low.  If you are thinking of selling, now may be the time.  Give me a call & I'll
give you a localized update on the market.  

Weekly Market Activity Report
Do you hear that? It's the sound of carts shifting through the back-to-school aisles,
filling quickly with notebooks and pencils and glue. It's the sound of teenagers shuffling
through dorms and down storied lanes on their first college orientation.  It's the sound
of young professionals readying themselves for their first big job, freshly shorn and
tailored. It's the sound of a family preparing for the leap from the overcrowded apart-
ment to the "starter" home that will see their first into high school. The end of summer
sure can seem an awful lot like spring. Let's see if the housing market says the same.  

In the Twin Cities region, for the week ending August 11:  
• New Listings increased 2.0% to 1,387  
• Pending Sales increased 31.2% to 1,149  
• Inventory decreased 29.6% to 16,982  
For the month of July:
• Median Sales Price increased 13.7% to $179,000
• Days on Market decreased 27.8% to 106
• Percent of Original List Price Received increased 3.6% to 95.0%
• Months Supply of Inventory decreased 42.8% to 4.3