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Welcome back to our What's Up Southeast Valley for September!

Here are our latest updates - Check out what the Real Estate Market is doing, our upcoming events and what The Amy Jones Group has been up to for the last month!

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Working Around the Valley!

Over the course of the past month, we have been busy! From helping clients find and settle into their dream home, holding open houses with incredible goodies, coaching other agents in the Valley, posting on our Facebook and Instagram pages, becoming VA Loan certified, and hosting client dinners, we are loving every second of helping YOU!

📈 Market Update

💬 What the Market Says

The market is obviously hot and remarkably unbalanced in favor of sellers. Demand is about 8% above normal, which is strong but not too unusual for this time of year. What is unusual is that supply is 43% below normal. We have had supply below normal ever since May 2011, but the weak flow of new listings has exacerbated the situation making it tough for first time home buyers to get into the market and sellers to find their perfect landing spot after they sell F-A-S-T.

 Here are the basics -  the ARMLS numbers for September 1, 2019 compared with September 1, 2018 for all areas & types:

• Active Listings (excluding UCB & CCBS): 13,609 versus 16,222 last year - down 16.1% - and down 1.0% from 13,746 last month
• Active Listings (including UCB & CCBS): 17,577 versus 19,831 last year - down 11.4% - and down 1.9% compared with 17,920 last month
• Pending Listings: 6,350 versus 5,262 last year - up 20.7% - but down 2.0% from 6,479 last month
• Under Contract Listings (including Pending, CCBS & UCB): 10,318 versus 8,871 last year - up 16.3% - but down 3.1% from 10,653 last month
• Monthly Sales: 8,810 versus 8,253 last year - up 6.7% - but down 5.8% from 9,348 last month
• Monthly Average Sales Price per Sq. Ft.: $168.99 versus $161.27 last year - up 4.8% - but down 0.42% from $169.66 last month
• Monthly Median Sales Price: $280,000 versus $262,000 last year - up 6.9% - and unchanged from $280,000 last month
  

👉 What It Means For You

Active listings continue to be less than they were a year ago but declined much less in August than they did in July. Normally active listings grow each year between August 1 and September 1, so even though the decline was gentle it won't change things much for people looking for a new home.

Listings under contract gained more momentum when compared with 2018 but fell sequentially (as is normal every year), meaning that more houses are being sold despite there being less to choose from!

Closed listings beat last year by 6.7%, meaning that with the number of working days in August being on less than last year, we are doing about 11% more business through the MLS than this time last year, measured in units. 

The average price is up over the last 12 months so dollar volume is up by almost 16%, meaning that homes are costing more, and prices are expected to continue to rise.

Demand usually subsides between July and January every year so unless a brand new trend develops, we should see new listings maintain enough momentum to keep active listing counts from falling much further, if at all. However when demand grows again in February we can expect a mad scramble for the few good properties left.

We will probably look back on this quarter and wonder how prices managed to stay so low! 

👩🏻‍💼 What You Can Do

If you're looking to buy a home, Contact us today and we can help you put in action a plan that works for you and your family. Whether you are looking to make a move now or five years from now, it's never too early to sit down and game plan!

If you're looking to sell your home, we can get you an up-to-date home valuation. Despite being in a strong seller's market, cancellation rates are high so you'll want to hire a team of experts who have top negotiating skills, cutting-edge marketing, and extensive market knowledge to help you get from listed to sold.

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