Thursday, April 2, 2015

February 2015 Market Analysis

The following data 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 2015 Highlights

•             Market Analysis by Area for February: So far this Winter brought 2 great months for real estate with $50,326,500 in monetary volume and 106 transactions in February.  The average transaction price for all reported 18 areas: $480,784, average residential price: $486,266 and median residential price: $412,000.The average PPSF was $345. Keystone was fairly busy for February with 22 transactions!

•             Market Analysis by Area YTD 2015 (2 months): YTD- monetary volume was $116,862,800 with 233 transactions. Average transaction price: $504,493, Average residential price: $532,023 and Average PPSF: $346.

•             Market Snapshot for Years 2015 vs.2014:  Values continue to be strong in 2015 and are as follows: Average Indicators for $: Single Family +4%, Multi- Family +15% and Vacant Land +17%. Median Indicators for $: Single Family +9%, Multi- Family +19% and Vacant Land +19%. 

•             Market Analysis % Change showing years 2004-2015 : Monetary volume ($50,326,500) in February is up +25% compared to February 2014. Number of transactions up +28% in February 2015 compared to February 2014! YTD (2 months) Summit County real estate is up 26% in monetary volume and up 26% with number of transactions compared to YTD 2014. The February's numbers are the highest in a February since 2008.

•             Residential Market Sales by Price Point: Residential volume in February had 89 transactions with $43,277,700 gross volume.  There were only 3 properties that sold for $1M and above in February.  The most active price points were a mix in February-with 15 transactions below $200K, and the next price point that was busy was the $300K to $400K.  There were 24 Single family, 65 Multi-family and 6 Vacant land transactions in February. 

•             YTD 2015 Average Price History: Average residential pricing continues to stay strong: Single Family- $817,736, Multi- Family-$409,886 and Vacant Land-$373,635.

•             Historical Cost Breakdown for 2015: There have been 187 residential transactions in 2015 and $99,488,300 gross volume with 15 properties selling for a $1M and over- Compared to 2014- there were 150 transactions and $73,888,600 gross volume, 11 properties at $1M and over and in 2013, there were 153 transactions with $80,367,800 gross volume, 16 properties at $1M and over.

•             Top Lender Graph: There were 407 loans in February, 65% (106) loans were related to sales, there were 122 REFI's and 216 loans were timeshare related. 35% of the real estate closings were cash transactions. 

•             Market Highlights: Please see page 10 of the Market Analysis-Higher priced sales were sluggish in February with only 2 to note. There was also one Bank Sale in February. There was a sale at the Breckenridge Mountain Lodge in the Commercial sector for $2.6M, the PPSF was only $77.17.

•             Foreclosures:  Foreclosures continue to be very low again this month with only one PTD.

•             Land Title Purchaser Highlights (Page 14):  There were 4 higher end sales in February to note- you can see the details on this report.  In February, our buyers for real estate transactions were the Front Range demographic at 43% of our market, 24% are local and 32% are out of state buyers, with only 1% International. 


As always, please feel free to contact me anytime.  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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