June 2011 Market Update - Homes - Residential

25 homes sold in the month of June 2011 at Deep Creek Lake & Garrett County. Compared to last June, we were 7 sales short. A big part of this was the federal tax incentives to purchase & close on a home by June 30, 2010. All in all, the numbers this month are still very strong by comparison. The average sales price of homes last month was $495,235 - the highest it's been in quite some time & over $250,000 HIGHER than last month! Is that the end-all stat of the year? No - but it's still good news.

Let's take a look at the rest of the stats:

There are 56 homes under contract right now (53 last month).

The average list vs. ORIGINAL sales price was 81.77%, down from last month (82.43%).

The ADJUSTED list vs sale price was 88.28%, same as last month (88.28%).

The current # of active/for sale listings in MRIS (minus timeshares) is 780, up from last months 764. We have a 31 month supply of homes available (minus timeshares) based solely on the June sales numbers. This number is up from last month's 28 month supply.

Random observations:

•3 'newer' homes sold in June (5 years old or less)

•It appears that 13 or so of these sales were vacation homes

•13 homes sold under $300,000 (last month was 21)

•14 homes sold under $400,000

•5 homes sold over $ 1 million (5 homes @ $1mil is a HUGE part of that $495k+ average sales price)

•2 homes sold for higher than full price or at full price (last month was 2)

•One house sold for 18.31% of asking price - 123 Center St W (this really skews the numbers but I left it in - the sellers sold to a family member for a tremendous discount - not an arms length transaction, but it's a sale)

•The oldest home that sold was 97 yrs old

•The average age of the homes that sold was 23 years (33 last month)

•1 condo/townhouse properties sold (3 last month) Watch this stat, as FHA just released new lending guidelines requiring, among other things, at least 50% owner occupied units in condo/townhouse projects - coupled with stricter lending limits on condo-hotels like Will o the Wisp, Wisp Hotel, & Silver Tree Suites. I am not aware of any condo communities at Deep Creek Lake that have 50% owner occupancy - maybe Laurelbrook?

Here are the statistical breakdowns:

Average Sale Price: $495,235 (last month $236,087)

Average Days on Market: 185/246 (last month 200/260) (days on market with current broker/total days on market)

Here's a little something extra - more in depth stats by price range, from our friends at RBIntel. These stats are updated daily, not monthly and include timeshares. So, our numbers will differ slightly.



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