Happy New Year.  Here's the latest Weekly Update from
MAAR, Mpls Area Association of Realtors

 

While you're eating better and exercising more, also resolve to better understand

of your housing market. Data does not have to be daunting.

Just from the existing trends, it's safe to expect to see more homes selling in less

time for closer to list price. It also looks like the single-family detached segment
may recover faster than the condo-townhouse attached segment. It would be wise
to watch foreclosure activity to see whether there will be fewer low-priced sales in
2013. Many patterns emerge if you look in the right places.

In the Twin Cities region, for the week ending December 22:

• New Listings increased 9.5% to 657
• Pending Sales increased 41.7% to 815
• Inventory decreased 29.2% to 13,315

For the month of November:

• Median Sales Price increased 16.4% to $172,287
• Days on Market decreased 26.5% to 103
• Percent of Original List Price Received increased 3.6% to 94.2%
• Months Supply of Inventory decreased 38.8% to 3.5