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Recap of Fourth Quarter 2007 Home Price Performance
By Lon Welsh and Mike Welk, Your Castle Real Estate.
The average home price in Metro Denver increased +2% in the full year 2005 to the full year 2006, from $309,000 to $317,000. Comparing 2006 to 2007, the average home price across the metro dropped 2%, from $311,000. The average price of a foreclosure or short sale dropped in that time period -3% to $188,000. The average price of a non-distress sale increased 5% to $370,000. Sales volume over the last twelve months is off -4% for DSF/ASF. Foreclosure and short sale volume is up +31%; non-distress seller volume is off 20%. If you handle a lot of listing and the m.jpg)
arket seems slow, this is likely the reason why.
Some areas did better than others. The attached chart shows different neighborhoods in Jefferson County (email me to get a detailed map that is bigger at lonwelsh@yourcastle.org). Each region has the neighborhood’s name and the percentage of sales in the last twelve months that were either short sales or bank-owned properties. The second line has the price change the twelve months from 2006 vs. 2007. Next, you’ll see the average home price in the last twelve months and the number of homes that were sold.
There had to be at least twenty sales in the last year for an area to be included. The numbers are more reliable in areas where there were more sales. For example, Friendly Hills had 157 sales –the numbers are likely to be very reliable. In Meadow Creek, with only 32 sales, the numbers are more likely directional. You’ll see some areas had dramatic price changes but didn’t have a lot of foreclosures. If there isn’t much volume, it’s probably due to the mix of the homes in that little area.
Less expensive areas generally didn’t do as well. For example, Villa Park (average home price $108K) saw a 18% drop in prices. More expensive areas generally did better. For example, Green Mountain (average home price $316,000) was up 7%. 80% of the sales in Villa Park area were related to foreclosures, where in Green Mountain, 15% were foreclosures. There’s a relationship; where home prices are less expensive, there is more of a foreclosure problem, and that tends to drag down the prices.
Source: Your Castle Real Estate analysis, MLS data
By Lon Welsh and Mike Welk, Your Castle Real Estate.
The average home price in Metro Denver increased +2% in the full year 2005 to the full year 2006, from $309,000 to $317,000. Comparing 2006 to 2007, the average home price across the metro dropped 2%, from $311,000. The average price of a foreclosure or short sale dropped in that time period -3% to $188,000. The average price of a non-distress sale increased 5% to $370,000. Sales volume over the last twelve months is off -4% for DSF/ASF. Foreclosure and short sale volume is up +31%; non-distress seller volume is off 20%. If you handle a lot of listing and the m
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arket seems slow, this is likely the reason why.Some areas did better than others. The attached chart shows different neighborhoods in Jefferson County (email me to get a detailed map that is bigger at lonwelsh@yourcastle.org). Each region has the neighborhood’s name and the percentage of sales in the last twelve months that were either short sales or bank-owned properties. The second line has the price change the twelve months from 2006 vs. 2007. Next, you’ll see the average home price in the last twelve months and the number of homes that were sold.
There had to be at least twenty sales in the last year for an area to be included. The numbers are more reliable in areas where there were more sales. For example, Friendly Hills had 157 sales –the numbers are likely to be very reliable. In Meadow Creek, with only 32 sales, the numbers are more likely directional. You’ll see some areas had dramatic price changes but didn’t have a lot of foreclosures. If there isn’t much volume, it’s probably due to the mix of the homes in that little area.
Less expensive areas generally didn’t do as well. For example, Villa Park (average home price $108K) saw a 18% drop in prices. More expensive areas generally did better. For example, Green Mountain (average home price $316,000) was up 7%. 80% of the sales in Villa Park area were related to foreclosures, where in Green Mountain, 15% were foreclosures. There’s a relationship; where home prices are less expensive, there is more of a foreclosure problem, and that tends to drag down the prices.
Source: Your Castle Real Estate analysis, MLS data
