The Halifax Real Estate Blog Weekly Market Rant and Statistics Update by Jeremiah Wallace of ViewPoint Realty (Every Thursday)

Halifax (HRM) Residential Market Statistic Update For Week of May June 11th - June 18th 2015
(Previous weeks numbers in brackets)
*Previous Year's Stats

New or Back to Market Listings: 432 (479, 707, 606, 654) *578
Sold: 169 (183, 186, 132, 167) *168
Sale To Listing Ratio: 39% (38%, 26%, 22%, 25%) *29%
Price Changes: 357 (388)
Listings that went conditional/pending:  175 (193, 217, 186, 176, 150)  *162
Expired/Cancelled/Withdrawn:  166 (128, 96, 132, 164) *106
Total Active Halifax/Dartmouth Inventory:  5,770 (5,691, 5,650, 5,486, 5,337) *5,676
Active Single Family Home: 3,939 (3,971, 3,826, 3,718, 3,610) 3,861
Average Single Family Home List Price:  $302,570  ($326k, $306k, $337k, $295k) $300k
Average Single Family Home Selling Price:   $295,299 ($296k, $293k, $328k)  $292k
Single Family Home Sale to List Ratio This Week: 98% (91%, 96%, 98%, 97%) 
Median Single Family Home List Price (YTD): $264,900 ($259k)
Median Single Family Home Sold Price (YTD): $255,000 ($249k)
Average Days on Market Single Family Home: 83 (104, 115, 120, 110) *104
Active Condos:  528 (518, 565, 563, 556) *562
Average Condo Listing Price:  $254,530 ($255k, $256k, $256k, $260k) *$252k
Average Condo Selling Price:  $249,515 ($251k, $249k, $248k, $256k) *$244k
Condo Sale to List Ratio This Week: 98% (98%, 98%, 97%, 98%)
Median Condo List Price: $234,900 ($235k)
Median Condo Sold Price: $227,000 ($225k)
Average Days on Market Condos:  78 (96, 144, 140, 140) *69
Absorption Rate in weeks:  35 (34, 35, 46, 46) 
Active Vacant Lots: 923 (928, 941, 888, 864) *928

MARKET RANT

Things are looking oddly quiet out there for new listing additions in the past couple weeks. Might be with the nice weather, sellers are enjoying other activities, or things are still being worked on from the changeover. Overall values for both product remain strong, and both saw decent cuts to the average days spent on the market this week. Although the overall inventory increased again this week, and still topping last year (which was record setting btw), single family homes and vacant lots saw a marginal decrease. Also, despite a fairly solid sales to list ratio, the absorption rate gained an additional week which is largely sue to the surge of listings that saturated the market over the last month. Although this is only the second week of tracking the price changes, I was quite surprised to see the sheer volume of listings that underwent the change. I would say that most of them where a correction to reduce, in an attempt to get more competitive in the marketplace. Lots of buzz around the market right now, and a lot of hopeful prospectors looking for that "hot market" switch to be flipped, but I think its a long road to travel and not something that will happen overnight, when and if it is to occur. Stay tuned to stay informed! 

UPDATE: Because of the change of service provider, the May wrap up has been delayed. I am happy to report that it is back on track, and will be released soon. Thank you for your patience! 

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THE WEEKLY ADOGTABLE

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LET ME HELP YOU OUT

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