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Louisa VA Real Estate Market Report - April 2009

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Real Estate Agent with Gayle Harvey Real Estate, Inc.

This Louisa VA real estate market report will focus on the sale of single family detached homes during April 2009.

8 Louisa County homes sold in April 2009.  The average sale price was $180,325.  The homes had been on the market for an average of 161 days and sold for an average of 94.90% of the list price.

Lets compare this with the sales of homes in Louisa VA during the month of March.  During March 2009, 11 Louisa homes sold for an average price of $229,086.  The average DOM was 29 and the homes sold for an average of 97.59% of the list price.

graph of Louisa VA  home sales

graph of Louisa VA home sales by median price

There are currently 215 Louisa VA homes for sale listed in the mls.  The average list price is $317,274 and the median is $245,000.  The homes have been on the market for an average of 184 days so far.

To complete our study of the Louisa County real estate market lets examine the year to date sales as compared with the same period last year.  In 2008 during the time frame from 1/1/2008-5/1/2008, 62 Louisa County homes sold; during the same period this year only 26 homes sold in the Louisa VA real estate market.  This represents a drop in sales of -58.1% so far this year.

graph of Louisa VA year to date home sales

Looking at these figures and graphs we can see both good new and bad news.  The good new is that we saw an increase in activity in the Louisa County real estate market during April as evidenced by the total increase in pending and contingent contracts in April.  However, if you look at the graph of sales by median price, you will see that the price point where buyers are comfortable buying in has gone down.  This is good for sellers who either have a lower priced home to sell or are in the position to be negotiable.  As you can also see there is still a lot of inventory on the market and it will have to sell down quite a bit before we are back to a stable market.  Hopefully the increase in activity is just the start and will continue over the spring and summer.

These figures are from the mls and while they are presumed accurate are not guaranteed.

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Contact Pam Dent, e-PRO, SRES, NHD, REALTOR®, Real Estate III, Charlottesville, Virginia at 434 960-0161 to buy a property in the following areas in Central Virginia: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Keswick, Glenmore, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Free Union, Cismont, Scottsville, Fluvanna County, Troy, Palmyra, Lake Monticello, Louisa County, Louisa, Mineral, Spring Creek, Orange County, Gordonsville, Orange, Barboursville, Greene County, Ruckersville.

 

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Copyright © 2009 by Pam Dent, all rights reserved, "Louisa VA Real Estate Market Report - April 2009".

 

First published on Charlottesville Real Estate Talk.

 

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Bill Gassett
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA
Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate

Pam nice job keeping those in your area up to speed with what is going on in the market!

May 10, 2009 03:02 AM
Pam Dent
Gayle Harvey Real Estate, Inc. - Charlottesville, VA
REALTOR® - Charlottesville Virginia Homes / Horse

Bill - Thanks.  We have so many areas in Central Virginia that it can be a lot for consumers to keep up with.

May 15, 2009 02:46 PM
Richard Byron Smith, NMLS #184479
Mortgage Loan Officer, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation NMLS #2289 - Chattanooga, TN
Mortgage Loan Officer

Pam,

I travelled through you part of the country over Christmas, going to see my family in Fredericksburg. Actually thought about you on the way. Went up 29 going and a quicker route coming back.

I am from VA and miss it. 

Richard

May 16, 2009 01:45 AM
Pam Dent
Gayle Harvey Real Estate, Inc. - Charlottesville, VA
REALTOR® - Charlottesville Virginia Homes / Horse

Richard- I wish you had given me a call.  It would be nice to meet one of my AR friends IRL.

May 16, 2009 05:29 AM