Tuesday, December 2, 2014

October 2014 Market Analysis

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.  
 

October 2014 Highlights:

·         Market Analysis by Area for October:  October continued the fall 2014 upswing with market activity for Summit County real estate. Upper end activity remains strong which contributes increase in gross volume. There were 252 transactions with $117,477,100 in gross monetary volume. The average transaction price for all 18 reported areas is at $467,379, average residential price- $481,281 and the median residential price -$369,000. The average residential PPSF is $318.The Keystone market continues to improve with 38 transactions and the Frisco market was also busy in October with 26 transactions.

·         YTD Transaction SummaryThere have been a total of 1665 transactions with $789,819,081 monetary volume, the average transaction price for all 18 reported areas is $475,355. The average residential price is $499,775. The median residential price is $400,000. The average PPSF is $313.

·         Market Snapshot for YTD 2014 vs. 2013:  Values remain steady and are as follows: Average Indicators for $: Single Family +4%, Multi- Family +4% and Vacant Land +2%. Median Indicators for Single Family +5%, Multi- Family +7% and Vacant Land +17.  

·         Market Analysis % Change showing years 2004-2014 YTD:  October monetary volume ($117,477,100) is up 6% from October 2013, transaction volume (252) is up 5% from October 2013.  2014 YTD (10 months) monetary volume is up 7% from YTD 2013. YTD 2014 transaction volume is up by 4% from YTD 2013.  Monetary volume is the highest YTD since 2008 and transaction volume is the highest YTD since 2007!

·         Residential Market Sales by Price Point: Residential volume in October had 217 transactions with $104,437,900 gross volume.  There were 15 properties that sold for $1M and above in October.  The most active price point in October was between the ranges of $300K to $400K. There was a tiny upswing with properties selling in the $200K and under price range. There were 53 Single family, 164 Multi-family and 17 Vacant land transactions in October.

·         2014 Average Price History: Average residential pricing continues to be consistent as of October - Single family is $783,532, Multi- family is at $360,005 and Vacant land is $331,859.

·         Historical Cost Breakdown YTD 2014: There have been 1406 residential transactions YTD 2014 and $702,683,981 gross volume with 106 properties selling for a $1M and over- Compared to 2013 YTD, there were 1313 transactions and $647,705,300 gross volume, 104 properties at $1M and over and in 2012 YTD, there were 1032 transactions with $536,460,200 gross volume, 89 properties at $1M and over. 

·         Top Lender Graph: There were 499 loans in October, with 63% of the purchasers obtaining financing at the time of sale. 37% of the real estate closings were cash transactions.  There were 117 Refinances. 224 loans were related to Timeshare sales.

·         Market Highlights: Please see page 10 of the Market Analysis-View the higher priced purchases in October with the third month in 2014 with no bank sales.

·         Foreclosures:  Foreclosure actions continue to decrease each month with only 13 this October compared to 12 last October 2013. 

·         Land Title Purchaser Highlights (Page 15):  There were 17 higher end sales in October to note- you can see the details on this report.  In October, the majority of our buyers for real estate transactions continue to be the Front Range demographic at 48% of our market, only 21% are local and 30% are out of state buyers. 


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

All the best,

Tyler MacGuire  
Broker Associate
Omni Real Estate Company
Office: 970-468-2740
Mobile: 970-409-7779    

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