Market Update-Greater Cincinnati MLS (Thanksgiving edition)

New Listings 127  
Back on Market 18  
Price Increases 12  
Price Reductions 96  
Pendings 74  
Solds 97  
Expireds 29  
Inactives 32  

74 pendings today and I caught many of those as being distressed homes.

Today’s new listing activity was steady again. The stats of the 127 new homes look like this

Avg LP: $168,615

Median LP: $149,900

Our market reported AVG sale price for OCT to be $150,300.00.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, enjoy your time spent with Friends a Family!

 

Market Update-Greater Cincinnati MLS (Weekend Review)

New Listings 133  
Back on Market 29  
Price Increases 45  
Price Reductions 119  
Pendings 92  
Solds 140  
Expireds 32  
Inactives 45  

Make note of 140 solds! Recall all the action we had late to mid October 09 and recognize the volume of solds-most of which were Friday.

On the note of action this weekend we did see 92 pendings, nearly a 4 week high. This action has been spurred by an increase of lender owned properties over the course of the past 3 weeks. We have seen a number of homes entering our marketplace that are bank owned since our last discussion in late October.

The numbers for the 116 NEW LISTINGS look like this:

Avg: $181,788.00

Median: $149,990.00

These numbers are showing a higher avg then in months past. This could be a direct result of sellers recognizing it’s time to move up with the tax credit incentive. I want to keep a close on these averages and medians in order to evaluate the inventory TYPE.

The weekends Hot Spots- 9 Fairfield/Fairfield Township, 5 in West Chester and Hillsboro ea., Miami Township with 4

Market Update-Financial (Interest Rates)

From the desk of Bob Klorer:

 

Just like last week’s report…very quiet and very little movement in mortgage market.
 
Thirty year rates continue to average 4.875% for the week…
 
Good news early in the week from FED chairman Bernanke as he indicated that rates would remain low for an extended period of time.
 
Brief FHA condo update…FHA spot approval elimination once again was extended and now will not be eliminated until February 1, 2010
 
Have a great weekend!
 
There has been a lot of focus on the movement of the FHA rates this week. I blogged about it while in Colorado on Tuesday. When rates trickle to 3 month lows it opens up opportunity for many owners and buyers to discover tremendous position with whatever their Real Estate needs are. We have the best interest of our clients in mind always, with interest rates like this, it adds that much more focus to delivering this information quickly. 
 

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Market Update- Financials (Interest Rates)

FHA rate reach 4.85% today, it is unclear how long a 13 week low will remain at that number.
We reported early in the week that this rate percentage could enter our market place.
As always consult your loan officer to verify these rates are available for you.
HFN

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Market Update-Greater Cincinnati MLS

New Listings 123  
Back on Market 21  
Price Increases 5  
Price Reductions 108  
Pendings 62  
Solds 72  
Expireds 37  
Inactives 28  

Hot Spots today- West Chester with 5, Milford/Miami Township with 3. Several with 2.

Heads up, the financial update coming out this week could be very good, rates sunk to near 4.8% FHA and 4.5% on Conventional with no points- that marks a 12 week low.

Market Update-Greater Cincinnati MLS (weekend review)

New Listings 171  
Back on Market 30  
Price Increases 9  
Price Reductions 133  
Pendings 85  
Solds 96  
Expireds 81  
Inactives 72  

It may be the norm now that the holidays are so drawing near, under triple digit pendings. We did see 171 new listings, this is a direct result of sellers recognizing the time to move is now. Aggressive buyers and sellers will swamp the market place over the next 45 days.

Todays Hot Spots- Union Township(Clermont County) 5, Anderson and Fairfield with 3 ea.

 

Market Update-Financial (Interest Rates)

From the desk of Bob Klorer…

Relatively quiet week in bond market as rates remained literally unchanged for the entire week.   The equity market’s continue to rally as the DOW ended today at 10270.00….many feel the stock market has more room to the upside which is a positive with rates remaining at record lows for fixed rate mortgages!

 
30 year fixed rates continue to range from 4.875 to 5.00%…
 
Still plenty of time to close before Christmas holiday for all buyers looking to purchase over the next two weeks…
 
We are offering our $300 closing cost credit through year end!
 
Have a great weekend.

 

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Market Update-Greater Cincinnati MLS Live from Evergreen Colorado

New Listings 146  
Back on Market 23  
Price Increases 7  
Price Reductions 116  
Pendings 69  
Solds 63  
Expireds 53  
Inactives 41  

Blogging live from Evergreen Colorado today. We are seeing the daily numbers of pendings hover around the 70′s over the course of the past 3 1/2 weeks. These numbers support more normal activity. New Listing nearing 150 today should not be a surprise. Sellers with motivation to move their families and banks releasing distressed owned properties are mounting. They should mount, the next 3 months are more critical for sellers who will be buying once they sell, and the banks realize the opportunity to move their unwanted inventory through the inscentives set forth by Washington. This trend of New Listings in years past may not had been this high, nor was  the inscentives.

Hot Spots- Hamilton Towship (Warren County) and Forest Park with 5 ea, Montgomery County 4,  Hillsboro, Liberty Township ea with 3.

 

Market Update-Greater Cincinnati MLS

New Listings 129  
Back on Market 23  
Price Increases 8  
Price Reductions 110  
Pendings 70  
Solds 41  
Expireds 37  
Inactives 29  

Today’s Hot Spots-  West Chester, Fairfield/Fairfield Township, Cheviot and Bridgetown with 4 ea.  Anderson with 3. Looking over todays action, large numbers spread out over 5 areas out of 70 pendings today. 37 expireds today vs 33 yesterday.

I am leaving for Colorado tomorrow morning returning late next Thursday. I will monitor the market from Evergreen though.

Market Update-Greater Cincinnati MLS

New Listings 132  
Back on Market 18  
Price Increases 1  
Price Reductions 123  
Pendings 67  
Solds 63  
Expireds 33  
Inactives 44  

Hot Spots today are- Norwood, Liberty Township, Oxford all with 3 ea. I realize the numbers of pending are down from where they were 30 days ago, however I expect a much busier winter time market. A ripple effect is coming, sellers in the mid level homes and homeowners is the upper bracket will feel that same effect in the months to come.

To my clients stay focused, the field will open up as we move forward into cold weather. Buyers and seller are drafting more seriousness.