Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Phoenix Arizona Real Estate market update


Comparing April 2011 to April 2012 (all areas and types)

  • Active Listings (excluding AWC): 13,117 versus 27,052 last year - down 52%
  • Active Listings (including AWC): 20,781 versus 34,594 last year - down 40%
  • Pending Listings: 11,996 versus 13,326last year - down 10%
  • Monthly Sales: 8,480 versus 9,452 last year - down 10%
  • Monthly Average Sales Price per Sq. Ft.: $95.79 versus $83.61 last year - up 14.6%
  • Monthly Median Sales Price: $137,000 versus $110,000 last year - up 24.5%
  • S&P/Case-Schiller® Home Price Index is reporting that the Greater Phoenix area had the largest increase for big cities (comparing March 2011 to March 2012) at an annual appreciation rate of 6.1%
  • On May 25th the median sales price for all areas and types hit $145,000 which is the highest value since December of 2008 and is 33% above May 25th of 2011!
  • Zillow is forecasting that home values in Phoenix will rise by 6.5% between March of 2012 and March of 2013…the highest in the nation!
  • On May 22nd there were 6,446 residential properties in Maricopa County whose current owner is a bank or lender of some type. This represents 0.53% of the homes that exist in the County!
  • On May 15th for the first time since 2008 we had fewer than 1,000 lender owned properties listed for sale and without a contract on ARMLS…the peak was 14,237 in January of 2009!!
Data from " The Cromford report"

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