Measuring The Heat

Written by Jim the Realtor

October 14, 2012

While it seems like the local market has been cooking this year, when you look at the basic stats it’s hard to be impressed.  Here are SD County detached-home sales for Jan 1 to Oct 14th:

Year # of Sales Avg $/sf DOM
2011
16,775
$237/sf
75
2012
19,263
$238/sf
72

Sales are up 15% this year, but the avg. cost-per-sf and days-on-market are similar – ho-hum, right?

The reason it feels so hot is because of the speed in which the attractively-priced new listings are finding a buyer.  There isn’t a way to research previous time periods, but this looks spectacular compared to the 72 DOM average:

SD County Detached-Homes Listed Between Sept. 15-30:

Total Number of Houses Listed between Sept. 15-30:  1,263

Number Already Marked Contingent, Pending, or Sold:  655

More than half (52%) of those new listings have already found a buyer!  It shows how efficient the market is when more than half of the sellers can get the price right in the first 2-4 weeks.

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