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Chester County PA Real Estate Market Trends for September 2016

by Scott Darling

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Freddy Mac reports that mortgage rates staying low. Here are the national averages for mortgage rates during the week ending Oct. 6:

  • 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.42 percent, with an average 0.5 point, unchanged from last week. A year ago, 30-year rates averaged 3.76 percent.
  • 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 2.72 percent, with an average 0.5 point, also unchanged from last week’s average. Last year at this time, 15-year rates averaged 2.99 percent.
  • 5-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 2.80 percent, with an average 0.4 point, dropping slightly from last week’s 2.81 percent average. A year ago, 5-year ARMs averaged 2.88 percent.

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Take a look at how many folks bought homes in our market last month…

Chester County PA Real Estate Market Trends for September 2016

2,692 Chester County PA single family homes were for sale in Sept 2016 which is an 7.14% decrease from Sept 2015. 570 homes sold in Sept with a median sales price of $319,000, a 0.31% decrease from Sept 2015.

The supply of inventory was 5.1 compared to 5.65 in Sept 2015 and the Sales vs List Price was 94.8%.

Date Homes For
Sale
Months Supply
Inventory
Homes
Sold
Median Sales
Price
Sales Price vs
List Price
Sept 2016 2,692 5.1 570 $319,000 94.8%
Sept 2015 2,899 5.5 587 $320,000 94.9%

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Chester County PA Real Estate Market Trends for June 2016

by Scott Darling

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FHA has recently relaxed many of its condo financing rules making it easier for condo buyers to secure loan when buying a condo. If you are in the market for a condo be sure to talk with your lender about how the new rules may help you.

Chester County PA Real Estate Market Trends for June 2016

3,045 Chester County PA single family homes were for sale in June 2016 which is a 6.43% increase from June 2015. 801 homes sold in June with a median sales price of $340,000, a 2.01% decrease from June 2015.

The supply of inventory was 6.1 compared to 5.3 in May 2015 and the Sales vs List Price was 96.4%.

Date Homes For
Sale
Months Supply
Inventory
Homes
Sold
Median Sales
Price
Sales Price vs
List Price
May 2016 3,045 6.1 801 $340,000 96.4%
 May 2015 2,861 5.3 784 $347,000 96.3%

 

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Chester County PA Real Estate Market Trends for April 2016

by Scott Darling

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2,719 Chester County PA single family homes for sale in April 2016 which is a 1.98% decrease from April 2015. 485 homes sold in April with a median sales price of $310,000, a 6.41% decrease from April 2015.

The supply of inventory is 5.1 compared to 5.7 in April 2015 and the Sales vs List Price is 9347%.

Date Homes For
Sale
Months Supply
Inventory
Homes
Sold
Median Sales
Price
Sales Price vs
List Price
April 2016 2,719 5.1 485 $310,000 94.7%
 April 2015 2,774 5.7 470 $312,000 94.7%

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Chester County PA Real Estate Market Trends Report - February 2016

by Scott Darling

Homeowners looking to sell and move to a new place are in a great position; according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, sellers are seeing the sales price of their home creep up closer to list price—the median sales price as a percent of the listing price is 98 percent. Just a few years ago, in 2011, owners were selling their home for 95 percent of the list price. The amount of time a property sits on the market also matters in the sales price compared to the listing price. For homes that lasted less than a week on the market, half were sold for full listing price, while another 19 percent were sold for more than that price. The  sale-to-list price ratio falls as time goes on (for example, homes that are on the market for 5-8 weeks are only sold for 100 percent of the listing price 17 percent of the time and more than listing price only 3 percent of the time).

Take a look at how many successful home sellers there were in our market in February:

Chester County PA Real Estate Market Trends for February 2016

2,416 Chester County PA single family homes for sale in February 2016 which is a 4,67% increase from February 2015. 276 homes sold in February with a median sales price of $305,000, a 6.72% decrease from February 2015.

The supply of inventory is 4.5 compared to 4.9 in February 2015 and the Sales vs List Price is 93.2%.

Date Homes For
Sale
Months Supply
Inventory
Homes
Sold
Median Sales
Price
Sales Price vs
List Price
Feb 2016 2,416 4.5 276 $305,000 93.2%
Feb 2015 2,308 4.9 276 $327,000 94.6%

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Chester County Market Trends Report - January 2016

by Scott Darling

Sales were 15.1% higher than in January 2015 while the median sold price was down 0.5% compared to January 2015.

Residential activity in Chester County (Single-family and Condo)


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What's happening in the Local Market?
 

Sales in January were considerably higher than expected, exceeding 2015 by 17%. Additionally, the median sales price was 4% higher than a year ago. The sales price increase is not too surprising since most forecasts were for a 3-4% increase in prices this year over 2015. Of course, one month does not a year make. For February we are projecting about a 10% increase in sales. Pending sales, usually a good indication of sales to come over the next month or two, were 6% ahead of last year in January; that’s in line with the experts expectations of a 3-5% sales increase for 2016. Inventory is beginning to build and it looks like a strong spring market ahead.chester county real estate

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