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  October 8th 2015 - October 15th 2015
(Previous weeks numbers in brackets)
*Previous Year's Stats

Total Market
New or Back to Market Listings: 265 (328, 553, 326, 305) *306
Sold: 87 (117, 129, 128, 130) *94
Sale To Listing Ratio: 33% (36%, 23%, 39%, 43%) *31%
Price Changes: 215 (243, 295, 289, 337) 
Listings that went conditional/pending: 113 (144, 145, 140, 141)  *99
Expired/Cancelled/Withdrawn:  161 (344, 321, 172, 179) *143
Total Active Halifax/Dartmouth Inventory:  5,693 (5,720, 5,729, 5,841, 5,835) *5,516
Absorption Rate in weeks:  49 (45, 46, 48, 46) 49

Single Family Home Stats
Active Single Family Home: 3,822 (3,860, 3,869, 3,935, 3,933) *3,651
Average Single Family Home List Price:  $255,365  ($250k, $289k, $267k, $301k) *$302k
Average Single Family Home Selling Price:   $242,447 ($242k, $280k, $256k, $290k)  *$290k
Single Family Home Sale to List Ratio This Week: 95% (97%, 96%, 96%, 96%) *96%
Median Single Family Home List Price: $244,900 ($250k, $282k, $259k, $262k)
Median Single Family Home Sold Price: $227,500 ($248k, $257k, $252k, $250k)
Average Days on Market Single Family Home: 113 (71, 157, 82, 118) *87

Condo Stats
Active Condos:  475 (461, 474, 497, 494) *508
Average Condo Listing Price:  $252,736 ($262k, $291k, $360k, $244k) *$248k
Average Condo Selling Price: $230,374 ($251k, $280k, $349k, $238k) *$240k
Condo Sale to List Ratio This Week: 91% (96%, 96%, 97%, 97%) *97%
Median Condo List Price: $240,000 ($240k, $233k, $236k, $234k)
Median Condo Sold Price: $226,000 ($229k, $225k, $226k, $225k)
Average Days on Market Condos:  101 (92, 150, 145, 144) *110

Active Vacant Lots: 1,108 (1,102, 1,083, 1,097, 1,093) *1,017

MARKET RANT

I do believe we had bit of an interruption this week. Hello everyone, and thanks for stopping by! Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year, where the turkey comes plentiful, and the gravy flows abundantly. Unfortunately, this keeps buyers and sellers at bay to commence their usual activity. Annually, this week is always a slow performer, being bested by the other holiday that grinds most things to a halt...Christmas. New listings are significantly down this week, and again, the interesting stand out of the stats this week is the lower than average list/sale prices. It seems, for the second week in a row, that the most common thing moving right now is properties at the starter home price point. While most people are starting to pack there listings in for the season, the dwindling competition and renewed activity may make it a strategic time to consider listing. I do think however, that a competitive price point is, and continues to be, the strategy that allows the neglect of such market influences. 

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THE WEEKLY ADOGTABLE

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