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February 2015 Denver Real Estate Market
Statistics &
Trends Report "The Denver real estate market is feeling a bit ‘deflated' due to the scarcity of available homes for sale and its inability to keep up with the abundance of demand from buyers. Boomerang and first time home buyers are anxious to enter the housing market to take advantage of 30-year conventional mortgage interest rates that are hovering in the 3.5% range. Consumer confidence increased in January to 102.9 up from 93.1 in December, which is the highest level since August 2007. If we could magically double the current inventory, there's no doubt the majority would be snapped up quickly. Active listings in the residential market (single family and condos) decreased slightly 4.23% to 4,171 total units in January, while the number of sold listings decreased 42.74% compared to the previous month. There's no need to panic because January is traditionally a slower market. As we look at the Single Family Home market, the average sold price dipped 2.01% to $371,899 while the median price remained relatively unchanged at $320,500. Year-over-year (YOY), we've seen 11.26% and 16.55% increases in the average and median sales price. The Condo market showed 41.29% fewer sales than the previous month, while the average and median sales prices remained relatively unchanged at $236,736 and $187,450 respectively. YOY condo sales prices showed impressive double-digit gains, an increase in the average price at $236,736 (up 15.33%) and median price at $187,450 (up 19.78%). Sellers are thrilled by the price appreciation, but are also feeling a bit of shock and awe as they seek a replacement property.
As pointed out in
last month's report,
low inventory levels may be the new norm for the next 12 to 18 months.
Given that, the greatest opportunity in 2015 for DMAR members will be
proactively and aggressively ramping up their marketing campaigns to
increase the number of homes available for sale and continuing to educate
consumers on the value of home ownership.”
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