Dave’s Market Update August 2019
Market update – Weather and interest rates have an impact
Our wet spring delayed the peak of selling season by about a month. July sales were 18% higher than June, which is usually when we see the highest sales volume. July 2019 was also 25% higher than July 2018. last year, inventory flat to lower than June this year.
The drop in interest rates has also been a factor. Earlier this year I predicted an overall drop in inventory due to a higher level of buyer activity if we saw a significant enough lowering of mortgage rates. Rates are now lower than the were in 2018 resulting in more sales and a 7% reduction in available inventory.
I expect August sales volume to reflect the effects of both the traditional summer slowdown and the start of the school year but still be a good month. Typically, August is the third highest month in terms of sales volume. This year it might even be the second highest.
While the market is still leaning in the direction of sellers, there are more opportunities for discounts and favorable buyers terms than we seen in a long time.
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Notes of interest:
New Condominiums and Townhomes are hitting the market. It’s a very exciting development. Two years ago the Construction Defect laws were changed to give homeowners more transparency and say in how construction issues in their developments were handled and to improve the builder developer insurance environment so they would be encouraged to begin building condominiums and townhomes once again. It is having a positive impact. There are several new projects in process in Castle Rock, Parker, Littleton, Aurora and Arvada.
Send us a note if you’d like more information on any of these new projects.
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