Archives for September 2020

The Kansas City real estate market is very hot and in many ways the envy of housing pundits on both coasts. Despite the COVID pandemic causing huge unemployment and impaired consumer confidence in real estate buying and selling, the Kansas City housing prices are soaring. Based on the FHFA all-transactions home price index, typical home values in the Kansas City MSA in the 2nd quarter of 2020 rose by 4.8 percent compared to the same quarter in 2019.

Home sales in the Kansas City area totaled 4,130 units in August, down 2.9 percent from the same month in 2019. Year-to-date, 27,424 homes have sold, down from 27,712 over the same period in 2019. The sale price of homes in the metro also continues to rise and sellers are still getting more for their houses than they did this time last year. The average price of homes sold in August was $284,480, compared to $253,090 in August 2019. Homes that sold in August were on the market an average of 39 days and sold for 99.4 percent of their original asking prices, according to the data released by the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors.

The Kansas City real estate market was already competitive before the coronavirus, with Kansas City home prices rising faster than most U.S. cities.  A lack of inventory across the metropolitan area is the biggest driver of the rising prices. But in Kansas City, there is only about one month of supply of available homes for sale — which an indicator of Kansas City being a strong seller's real estate market. Zillow research shows Kansas City, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Raleigh among the nation’s fastest-moving large markets with sellers typically accepting offers after only four days on the market.

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The Colorado Springs housing market continues to break all the records even when the COVID pandemic has not ended. The real estate market has reached record high prices with a lack of homes for sale. The Colorado Springs real estate market is facing a severe lack of inventory, with 50% fewer homes available for sale than at this same time last year. It is a hot seller's real estate market. As of August 2020, the “Months Supply of Inventory” is 0.8, down by 55% from last year.

In August, home sales in El Paso county increased by 13.3% while new listing dropped by – 9.6% year over year. The median sales price has reached a new peak of $380,000, which is + 15.2% higher than last year. Total available properties for sale have shrunk by – 53.5% year over year which amounts to 0.8 months of supply. The latest monthly data by the Realtor.com shows that homes in Colorado Springs sell faster than average compared to other cities in El Paso County. It takes an average of 38 days on market for a home to sell in Colorado Springs.

The median list price of homes in Colorado Springs on their platform is $350,000, trending up 9.4% year-over-year. The median listing price per square foot was $157. The median sale price was $337.5K. Ideally, a buyer would prefer a sale to asking price ratio that’s closer to 90%. The sellers in Colorado Springs have managed to hold good leverage in these negotiations in the past month. On average, they could sell homes for 100% of the asking price. A seller would always prefer scenarios that can yield a ratio of 100% or higher. The detailed analysis for the Colorado Springs real estate market (single-family homes) from April to date is given below.

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We’ll be discussing the latest Naples real estate market trends & statistics to find out how they can affect the investors and homebuyers in the next six to twelve months. The Naples real estate market has been extremely resilient to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Buyers have less negotiating power because inventory in the Naples area continues to decline. It experienced a heightened homebuying interest in July, which resulted in a 57.3 percent increase in pending sales for the month. Total sales (closed) during July increased 35.4 percent year over year.

That's up 42% compared to the month before, according to NABOR®. A decreasing supply of inventory is making it difficult to keep up with strong pent up demand from buyers. Data by Realtor.com also corroborates that in July 2020, the Naples housing market was a seller’s market, which means there were roughly more buyers than there were active homes for sale. The sellers in Naples have managed to hold good leverage in price negotiations.

On average, they could sell homes for 96.25% of the listing price–just 3.75% below asking price. A seller would always prefer scenarios that can yield a ratio of 100% or higher while a buyer would prefer a sale to asking price ratio that’s closer to 90%. The median list price of homes in Naples, FL was $382.5K, trending up 5.7% year-over-year while the median sale price was $359K. More insights into the Naples housing market from NABOR 2020 Market Reports are given below.

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