The Halifax Real Estate Blog Weekly Market Report and Statistics Update (Every Thursday)

Halifax (HRM) Residential Market Statistic Update For Week of July 4th July 11th 2013
(Previous weeks numbers in brackets)
*Last year this week

New Listings:  499 (554, 497, 441, 520) *508
Sold:  130 (127, 156, 173, 166) *185
Sale To List Ratio: 26% (23%, 31%, 39%, 32%) *36%
Expired/Cancelled/Withdrawn:  103 (260, 111, 99, 83) *82
Total Active Halifax/Dartmouth Inventory:  5,556 (5,526, 5,526, 5,573, 5,547)
Active Single Family Home: 3,671 (3,635, 3,693, 3,677, 3,689) *2959
Average Single Family Home List Price:  $286,137 ($297,740, $295,303, $281,042, $304,904) *308k
Average Single Family Home Selling Price:  $275,133 ($288,192, $285,878, $272,792, $298,081)*299k
Average Days On  Market Single Family Home: 102 (80, 82, 82, 98) *72
Active Condos:  442  (445, 451, 447, 449) *276
Average Condo Listing Price:  $289,425 ($280,050, $273,871, $250,852, $236,461) *230k
Average Condo Selling Price:  $281,285 ($271,566, $267,032, $244,526, $199,423) *224k
Average Days On Market Condos:  60 (85, 88, 88, 188) *64
Halifax/Dartmouth Absorption Rate (weeks):  38 (38, 36, 35, 35) *26

Looks our inventory is just going to keep increasing. Sales are not abundant enough to keep up with our apparent endless amount of inventory additions, and without a change will continue to slump. With selection at a premium, buyers are enjoying the bountiful choices that they have at their fingertips. Sales are being made on who is giving the best deal and if sellers are not willing to accommodate, buyers simply move along. Its causing a market procrastination. Without buyers feeling the push to snap up a new home, they simply wait out the market for the perfect house, then try to get it for the perfect price. 

An inevitable change to the stats in this type of market has also occurred this week, properties are sitting longer. Days on market increased significantly in single family home's resulting in an average waiting time to sell just shy of 4 months. It seems that if listings do not sell in the first 4 weeks, they won't sell for four months. Lots of showings but no offers? Recheck your price. No showings or very few? time 

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