Showing posts with label Athens GA Home Sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Athens GA Home Sales. Show all posts

Friday, September 4, 2009

Athens GA Home Sales, week of August 31, 2009

What's sold in Athens, GA this week? As we conclude the week leading up to Labor Day 2009, this week's home sales statistics are as follows;

Statistics
(16 listings)
LowHighAverageMedianTotal
List Price$29,900$299,900$145,725$124,000$2,331,600
Selling Price$25,000$250,000$135,043$113,122$2,160,688
List/Sold(%)83.36%100.00%93.16%93.43%--
Days on Market26567142110.5--


East Athens had 11 of these sales while Five Points had three (3) and North Athens the remaining two (2) for the week. Average and median priced sales were lower than in recent weeks showing a bias toward the lower end of our market. Out of sixteen sales only three (3) were in excess of $200,000. This is typical of what we see in the Athens market with a predominate average sales price this year in the $160k range.

With 16 sales this week this would be a prorated 832 sales in a 52 week year which is off a little from the pace set in the last 30 days in Athens where we have seen 76 homes sold (988 in a year). This figure over the past month is getting more respectable. To get inventory levels down however our market needs to sell at least 100 homes a month in Athens just to start making a dent.

This same 30 day window a year ago saw 106 homes sold where 24.6 percent of homes sold were in excess of $200,000 (versus 18 percent this year). This still shows a stagnation in sales over $200k in our area.

The good news is that we had a good month. After the most recent 12 months sales figures sat at less than 800 homes sold, in the last two months in Athens we have seen roughly 185 homes sold. That is good news for everyone!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Athens GA Home Sales, week of Aug 17, 2009

During the week of August 17th, we have seen fifteen sales in Athens, GA. Of these roughly 27 percent were listed for more than $300,000. Of these we find the following statistics;

Statistics Sales Above $300k List Price
(4 listings)
LowHighAverageMedianTotal
List Price$315,900$399,900$348,800$339,700$1,395,200
Selling Price$288,600$378,000$318,400$303,500$1,273,600
List/Sold(%)86.79%94.52%91.14%91.63%--
Days on Market9011810096--


Of properties listed for under $300,000 (chart below) we found that Athens, GA home sellers are still getting a high percentage of list price. Higher end homes seemed to sell at more of a discount during the week to get them moved quickly. This is a testament to some of the lowest days on market that we have experienced this year thus far.

Statistics Sales Below $300k List Price
(11 listings)
LowHighAverageMedianTotal
List Price$62,500$279,900$143,591$133,000$1,579,500
Selling Price$60,000$259,000$137,055$132,000$1,507,600
List/Sold(%)88.06%100.00%95.83%96.08%--
Days on Market3728813184--


All in all, the most popular price range in the Athens area is between $120,000-$180,000 as I have noted in other recent posts. If you are in this price range please know that you won't have to budge much when that offers comes!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Athens GA Home Sales; Peak Season

One thing I have noticed is that it seems that in the last two weeks the market has exploded. Homes are falling under contract with more regularity. Still, one constant seems to remain. The lack of "step up" buyers in the market. Below you will find a chart of homes sold in the Athens MLS in the last two weeks. There were only four homes out of 36, or 11 percent, which were over $250,000.

Statistics
(36 listings)
LowHighAverageMedianTotal
List Price$12,000$525,000$168,450$138,000$6,064,200
Selling Price$8,000$452,000$159,069$136,750$5,726,500
List/Sold(%)66.67%100.00%94.72%95.65%--
Days on Market26999166105.5--

Contrary to the national media attention to the mythological "national real estate market," we are seeing a strong 95 percent List/Sold ratio for home sellers in the Greater Athens area and a reasonable DOM (days on market) in the past couple of weeks of 166 days on properties sold.