As we head into the fall months we tend to see more price reductions and homes coming off the market. That’s why it’s ever important to have your agent look into off-market properties, as they may still be willing to sell their home). We also tend to see last-minute buyers pulling the trigger on purchasing a home as they see inventory dropping.
We’ve broken down our Summer 2018 market analysis into three main areas: Corner Brook, Pasadena, and Deer Lake. Currently we are in a buyer’s market in all three areas.
Corner Brook
New Listings: -7.2%
Sales: -5.4%
Days to Sell: 21.3%
Average Sale Price: -3.4%
* compared to Summer 2017
Listings are down 7.2% in Corner Brook over summer of last year and sales are down 5.4% The average price of a residential home is currently at $206,119, down 3.4% over last year. We are noticing buyers having an upper hand in a lot of transactions currently. Days on market seem to stand out the most, with a 21.3% increase from last year. Homes in Corner Brook currently take about 70 days to sell.
January and February tend to be the slower months, which means we still have a couple more months of active buyers and sellers trying to put a deal together. Last year’s fall months saw a surplus of listings, with the number of active listings comparing to the summer months of 2016.
Pasadena
New Listings: -11.4%
Sales: -1.4%
Days to Sell: 21.8%
Average Sale Price: -9.3%
* compared to Summer 2017
The number of new listings has decreased 11.4% over the same time last year but have increased over the last three years while the number of sales has decreased by 1.4%. Similar to Corner Brook, Pasadena is in a buyer’s market as well. Of most significance, the number of days to sell has risen substantially by 21.8%. It now takes more than twice as long to sell a home than just two years ago, which is currently 145 days.
The average sale price of homes in Pasadena, interestingly, have stayed roughly the same, even gone up a bit in the last three years, although it is down 9.3% over last year to $244,072. This can be contrinbuted to newer homes being sold in newer areas of town and buyers looking outside Corner Brook for homes with bigger yards in the $200,000 to $300,000 price range. Pasadena currently has the highest average home price between the three areas but also the highest number of days to sell.
Deer Lake
New Listings: -4.2%
Sales: -17.5%
Days to Sell: 17.9%
Average Sale Price: 7.3%
* compared to Summer 2017
The number of new listings has decreased 11.4% over the same time last year but have increased over the last three years while the number of sales has decreased by 1.4%. Similar to Corner Brook, Pasadena is in a buyer’s market as well. Of most significance, the number of days to sell has risen substantially by 21.8%. It now takes more than twice as long to sell a home than just two years ago, which is currently 145 days.
The number of new listings has remained high while sales have dropped by 17.5% while the number of days on market has increased 17.9% to 79 days. This indicates a strong buyer’s market as we head into the fall and winter months.