Summit County Real Estate: March 2014

Sunday, March 30, 2014

February 2014 Market Report

The following information is provided as a courtesy of Land Title. Please note that Land Title data comes from actual recorded transactions at the County Clerk and Recorder’s Office for that particular month. The information is not directly related to MLS data. The data is an unofficial tabulation of Summit County Records that are believed to be reasonably accurate.

February 2014 Highlights:

· Market Analysis by Area for February: .The Summit County real estate market kicked off in somewhat of a "holding pattern" this year. There were 83 transactions with $40,404,200 in gross monetary volume. The average transaction price for all 18 reported areas at $489,380, average residential price was $520,897 and the median residential price was $400,000. The average residential PPSF was $315. All of the total averages stated above were higher than last month.

· YTD Transaction Summary: There have been a total of 185 transactions with $92,559,300 monetary volume, the average transaction price for all 18 reported areas is $503,257, the average residential price is $492,591, the median residential price is $382,500 the average PPSF is $308 YTD.

· Market Snapshot for 2014 vs. 2013: Values are as follows: Average Indicators- Single Family +8%, Multi- Family 0% ( flat) and Vacant Land +14%. Median indicators: Single Family +19%, Multi- Family -5% and Vacant Land +44%. These indicators possibly translate into escalating pricing in Summit County for 2014.

· Market Analysis % Change showing years 2004-2014 YTD: February monetary volume ($40,404,200) is flat -1% from February 2013. Transactions (83) were down 10% from February 2013. YTD ( 2 months), monetary volume is -2% down and -8% down with transactions from YTD 2013 ( 2 months)

· Residential Market Sales by Price Point: Residential volume in February had 67 transactions with $34,900,100 gross volume. There were 4 properties that sold for $1M and above in February. The most active price points in February continue to be between $200K -$300K. February had 21 Single family, 46 Multi-family and 9 vacant land transactions.

· 2014 Average Price History: Average residential pricing continues to be highly consistent as of February - Single family increased to $813,462, Multi- family is $346,174 and Vacant land is $370,031

· Historical Cost Breakdown YTD 2014 : There have been 150 residential transactions YTD 2014 and $73,888,600 gross volume with 11 properties $1M - Compared to 2013 YTD, there were 153 transactions and $80,367,800 gross volume, 16 properties at $1M and over and in 2012 YTD, there were 139 transactions with $75,454,500 gross volume, 13 properties at $1M and over.

· Top Lender Graph: There were 372 loans in February, 51% (42) loans were related to sales and 49% of the sales were cash at closing. There were 104 REFI's and 226 loans related to Timeshares.

· Market Highlights: Please see page 10 of the Market Analysis-View the higher priced purchases in February and 1 bank sale from February 2014.

· Bank Sales and Foreclosures: Foreclosures continue to decrease with 11 actions filed compared to 27 in February 2013. Note the one Bank Sale looks unique on paper as it is a vacant site sale for $950,000 in Shadow Creek Ranch.

· Land Title Purchaser Highlights (Page 15): There were 4 higher end sales in February to note- you can see the details on this report. In February, the majority of our second homeowners for real estate transactions continue to be the Front Range demographic at 51% of our market, only 11% are local and 37% are out of state buyers.

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As always, please feel free to call or email me anytime with questions. I look forward to hearing from you!

All the best,

Tyler MacGuire

Broker Associate

Omni Real Estate Company

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Saturday, March 8, 2014

January 2014 Market Analysis

January 2014 Highlights:

· Market Analysis by Area for January: The first month of 2014 was decent and very comparable to January 2013 with $52,155,100 in gross sales and 102 transactions. The average transaction price for all 18 reported areas at $514,524, average residential price was $469,741 and the median residential price was $380,000. The average residential PPSF was $302. Frisco had a very high end commercial sale ( Best Western) that closed in January.

· Market Snapshot for 2014 vs. 2013: Values are as follows: Single Family -2%, Multi- Family +1% and Vacant Land -15% for the Average, and Median indicators: Single Family +17%, Multi- Family -8% and Vacant Land +35%. We are only comparing one month to the full year of 2013 at this time.

· Market Analysis % Change showing years 2004-2014 YTD: January monetary volume ($52,155,100) was down 2% from January 2013. Transactions (102) were down 6% from January 2013.

· Residential Market Sales by Price Point: Residential volume in January had 83 transactions with $38,988,500 gross volume. There were 7 properties that sold for $1M and above in January. The most active price points in January continue to be between $200K -$300K. January had 26 Single family, 57 Multi-family and 7 vacant land transactions.

· 2014 Average Price History: Average residential pricing continues to be consistent as of January - Single family is $736,719, Multi- family is $347,961 and Vacant Land is $276,643.

· Historical Cost Breakdown YTD 2014 : Again-there were 83 residential transactions YTD 2014 and $38,988,500 gross volume with 7 properties $1M - Compared to 2013, there were 89 transactions and $48,299,200 gross volume, 10 properties at $1M and over and in 2012, there were 79 transactions with $37,827,700 gross volume, 7 properties at $1M and over.

· Top Lender Graph: There were 627 loans in January, 48% (49) loans were related to sales and 52% of the sales were cash at closing. There were 105 REFI's and 473 loans related to Timeshares.

· Market Highlights: Please see page 10 of the Market Analysis-View the higher priced purchases in January and bank sales (3) from January 2014.

· Bank Sales and Foreclosures: There were a total of 23 Foreclosure actions in January 2014, which is the exact number as last January 2013. 13 of January's actions were Timeshares and 10 were Fee Simple properties.

· Land Title Purchaser Highlights ( Page 15): There were 9 higher end sales in January- you can see the details on this report, including the Best Western sale in Frisco. In January, the majority of our second homeowners for real estate transactions continue to be the Front Range demographic at 48% of our market, only 22% are local and 30% are out of state buyers YTD.

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