The Halifax Real Estate Blog Weekly Market Rant and Statistics Update, by Jeremiah Wallace of ViewPoint Realty: January 27th - February 3rd, 2022

(Previous weeks numbers in brackets)

*Previous Year's Stats​

Total Market
New/Back to Market Listings: 135 (130, 155, 161, 117) *214
Sold:  118  (105, 97, 68, 112) *171
Sale To Listing Ratio: 87% (81%, 63%, 96%, 96%) *80%
Price Changes: 15 (19, 24, 27, 26) *67
Listings that went conditional/pending: 121 (135, 136, 112, 123)  *201
Expired/Cancelled/Withdrawn: 41 (29, 40, 15, 35) *54
Total Active Halifax/Dartmouth Inventory:  520 (534, 576, 594, 706) +972
Absorption Rate in weeks:  5 (X, X, X, 5) *7

Single Family Home Stats
Active Single Family Home: 157 (140, 159, 171, 192) *373
Average Single Family Home List Price:  $494,005 ($596k,$543k,$518k,$494k) *$443k
Average Single Family Home Selling Price:  $582,370 ($645k,$603k,$544k,$529k) *$454k
Single Family Home Sale to List Ratio This Week: 118%  (108%, 111%, 105%, 107%) *103%
Median Single Family Home List Price (6 mo): $399,900 ($400k,$399k,$400k,$394k) *$350k
​Median Single Family Home Sold Price (6 mo):$450,000 ($442k,$440k,$440k,$436k)*$365k
Average Days on Market Single Family Home: 21 (23, 26, 13, 22) *39

Condo Stats
Active Condos:  25 (28, 37, 36, 44) *101
Average Condo Listing Price:  $479,535 ($464k, $485k, $557k, $387k) *$298k
Average Condo Selling Price: $530,720 ($506k, $511k, $556k, $409k)) *$299k
Condo Sale to List Ratio This Week: 111% (109%, 105%, 99.7%, 106%)  *101%
Median Condo List Price (6 mo): $349,000 ($350k, $340k, $340k, $325k) *$270k
Median Condo Sold Price (6 mo): $360,900 ($361k, $360k, $352k, $343k) *$272k
Average Days on Market Condos: 11 (35, 59, 30, 73) *50

Active Vacant Lots: 241 (262, 274, 279, 353) *394

Market Rant
Despite the overall inventory dropping this week, we have life in the Single Family Home count with a small but mighty addition to their count! Condo count dropped a touch this week, and the winner for most significant reduction was vacant land. I mentioned last week that the overall feeling right now was one of buyer optimism, as many shopping in different product categories and locations started to notice more options becoming available. Still, as quickly as they are coming to market, they are still ultra competitive, since the void of new listings over the end of 2021 created another collection of buyers that are supercharging the bidding, keeping this time of year highly competitive. The hope is that listings will continue to march to the market and eventually reduce the buyer count and provide a more level playing field for those still searching. Inventory peaks in the next couple of months, so opportunity is sure to present itself, as long as this current trend maintains. The Median value counts seem to have stabilized for the most part. They have been reporting around the same values for a few months now, with the exception of the overbid averages which seem to be crawling up ever so slightly month to month. Since overbid amounts are somewhat baked into the current market, the question is if the same over list offer percentage is being suggested for properties that are listed to current market. My guess is that it remains the same at this point, since watching the current sales seems to reflect just that. Could be the time of year though, and if the third quarter of 2021 was any indication, the days of these extreme competitions may be tapering off. Time will tell, so make sure you stay tuned to the blog to stay informed! Thanks for stoping by! 

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The Weekly "Adogtable"

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