The Skinner Team

Summit County Market Analysis – March 2015

Check out the March highlights and the full report from Land Title Gaurantee

March 2015 Highlights:

  • Market Analysis by Area for March: March was a great spring month forreal estate with $83,058500 in monetary volume and 149 transactions.The average transaction price for all reported 18 areas: $565,315, average residential price: $544,761 and median residential price: $389,000.The average PPSF was $343. Silverthorne and the Wildernest areas were active in March with a total of 32 transactions.
  • Market Analysis by Area YTD 2015 ( 3 months-first quarter of 2015): YTD- monetary volume was $199,921,300 with 382 transactions. Average transaction price: $528,047, Average residential price: $536,768 and Average PPSF: $345.
  • Market Snapshot for Years 2015 vs.2014: Values continue to be strong for the first quarter of 2015 and are as follows: Average Indicators for $: Single Family +8%, Multi- Family +10% and Vacant Land +18%. Median Indicators for $: Single Family +9%, Multi- Family +12% and Vacant Land +20%.
  • Market Analysis % Change showing years 2004-2015 : Monetary volume ($83,058,500) in March is up +37% compared to March 2014. Number of transactions(149) up +25% in March 2015 compared to March 2014. YTD ( 3 months) Summit County real estate is up 30% in monetary volume and up 26% with number of transactions compared to YTD 2014. The first quarter of 2015 continues at a strong pace and reflects the best improvement since 2008.
  • Residential Market Sales by Price Point: Residential volume in March had 111 transactions with $60,468,500 gross volume. There were 13 properties that sold for $1M and above in March. The most active price point was the $200K-$300K range. There were 38 Single family, 73 Multi-family and 15 Vacant land transactions in March.
  • YTD 2015 Average Price History: Average residential pricing is strong for the first quarter of 2015: Single Family- $851,420, Multi- Family-$391,781 and Vacant Land-$374,447. This graph is a great marketing tool to show the consistency and strength of our Summit Market over the years.
  • Historical Cost Breakdown for 2015: There have been 298 residential transactions the first quarter of 2015 and $159,956,800 gross volume with 28 properties selling for a $1M and over- Compared to 2014- there were 254 transactions and $129,120,700 gross volume, 20 properties at $1M and over and in 2013, there were 239 transactions with $116,142,700 gross volume,16 properties at $1M and over.
  • Top Lender Graph: There were 426 loans in March, 65% (97) loans were related to sales, there were 161 REFI’s and 168 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 in March with only one to note. There were 2 bank sales in March.
  • Foreclosures: Foreclosures were more consistent with March 2014 (8) with 10 in March 2015.
  • Land Title Purchaser Highlights ( Page 14): There were 16 higher end sales in March – you can see the details on this report. Blue River Apartments sold in March with 186 bedrooms at $9.25M. In March, our buyers for real estate transactions were the Front Range demographic at 46% of our market, 28% are local and 27% are out of state buyers, with 0% International. We did see a surge in local buyers in March with is typical for the spring selling season.
  • Land Title New Development Summary- this (page 15) shows all the new construction each month including the Deed Restricted new construction which isn’t included on the other Residential reports.

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