The Halifax Real Estate Blog Weekly Market Rant and Statistics Update, by Jeremiah Wallace of VIewPoint Realty: August 5th - 12th, 2021

(Previous weeks numbers in brackets)

*Previous Year's Stats​

Total Market
New/Back to Market Listings: 203 (205, 252, 311, 215) *399
Sold:  177  (178, 187, 208, 175) *268
Sale To Listing Ratio: 87% (87%, 74%, 67%, 81%) *67%
Price Changes: 52 (41, 74, 57, 54) *123
Listings that went conditional/pending: 221 (182, 228, 242, 170)  *294
Expired/Cancelled/Withdrawn: 42 (64, 65, 49, 74) *123
Total Active Halifax/Dartmouth Inventory:  1,202 (1,224, 1,225, 1,211, 1,153) +1,875
Absorption Rate in weeks:  6 (7, 6, 6, 6) *8

Single Family Home Stats
Active Single Family Home: 487 (500, 495, 485, 448) *952
Average Single Family Home List Price:  $419,108 ($421k,$457k,$434k,$417k) *$376k
Average Single Family Home Selling Price:  $444,846 ($452,$500k,$474k,$463k) *$381k
Single Family Home Sale to List Ratio This Week: 106%  (108%,109%,109%,111%) *101%
Median Single Family Home List Price (6 mo): $378,900 ($380k,$389k,$386k,$385k)*$333k
​Median Single Family Home Sold Price (6 mo):$435,400 ($436k,$437k,$435k,$435k)*$337k
Average Days on Market Single Family Home: 12 (11, 10, 12, 21) *43

Condo Stats
Active Condos:  94 (95, 105, 107, 107, 99) *161
Average Condo Listing Price:  $300,273 ($372k, $337k, $384k, $329k) *$300k
Average Condo Selling Price: $318,205 ($392k, $353k, $406k, $360k) *$304k
Condo Sale to List Ratio This Week: 106% (105%, 105%, 105%, 110%)  *101%
Median Condo List Price (6 mo): $319,900 ($320k, $320k, $320k, $320k) *$275k
Median Condo Sold Price (6 mo): $349,700 ($350k, $349k, $350k, $350k) *$273k
Average Days on Market Condos: 28 (17, 21, 25, 16) *22

Active Vacant Lots: 467 (470, 475, 467, 448) *588

Market Rant
Activity remains steady in some areas, products and price points, but there are signs the machine is starting to slow. Although marginal, we are starting to see reductions in some key areas, like six month median listing and selling prices (finally) in both tracked products, and sales to list ratio for single family homes. The six month single family home list price has been sliding now for over a month, so just like the time it took to indicate the strengthening market, it will also take longer to confirm the weakening of it. The big news is that we do have that pool of data now heading in the opposite direction, which may mean we have seen the top of the market value, for now. Other stats are coasting right along, with marginal new listing numbers, decent sold numbers, and good showing of buyer activity this week. Perhaps it's the Summer, or maybe slowly but surely we are working though the demand, but the lessening activity is definitely being felt by anyone on the market currently. It's a very strange time, and although the amount of buyers out there are fewer, the potency of their offer's are still strong. As indicated a few weeks back, properties are starting to make it through the offer holdover week with increasing pace, and price reductions are becoming more common. Watch for this trend to continue. So a sleepy week on the market, the anticipation is that we will see somewhat of a return to regular market trend this year, which means September should see a pick up in activity for a time, then drop off until the lowest activity time of the year, which is the end of the December. Definitely a good time to stay tuned to the blog to stay on top of the market, so be sure to stop by and keep track! Thanks for stopping by, and stay safe out there! 

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