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Durango 5 Year Residential Sales Statistics

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Real Estate Agent with Team Lorenz

 

Durango 5 Year Residential Sales Statistics

 

I recently compiled the Durango 5 year residential sales statistics on a month by month basis. This shows how many residential units (condos and homes) closed from 2007 through January of 2012. The chart below is the result of the analysis of the Durango real estate market. Please understand that these statistics cover all of La Plata County so that would include Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio. Both in town and out of town homes were used in this analysis. It also would include condominiums located at the ski area.

 

As you can see 2007 was a very good year and we have not had another year come back up to those levels yet. Number of units sold declined all the way through 2009 in the last two years has seen a slow but steady increase. November of 2011 was only the second time in that five-year timeframe that the number of units sold per month actually was greater than the corresponding month in 2007. In December of 2011 the units sold was only two units off of December 2006. It's pretty clear that 2010 was the year the market started to turn around.

Durango residential sales-month to month-2007 through 2011

 

 

Analyzing and then interpreting Durango real estate sales statistics is something that is so very important in order to give advice to our buyer and seller clients. Everybody… literally everybody… asks me: "How is the market?". This type of statistical analysis, along with my quarterly analysis broken down by $200,000 price brackets, is certainly a huge help in getting a good pulse on the Durango real estate market. If you would like to see that quarterly analysis click the following link: 2011-2010 Durango Real Estate Residential Analysis

Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Thanks for the math exercise and perspective!

Feb 06, 2012 12:49 PM
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

How are your prices holding out? We have seen some big declines here, but like your market things are looking up. I'm your neighbor to the north in Cedaredge just at the base of the Grand Mesa. Our county posted a record number of foreclosures last year, and most of that inventory still has to hit the market.

Feb 06, 2012 12:50 PM
Rick Lorenz
Team Lorenz - Durango, CO
REALTOR Emeritus, CRS, ABR, CyberStar, CNE, E-Pro

Andrew: sometimes we get so close to the numbers that we never take the opportunity to stand back and look a little more long-term at the trends that may be in place. Clearly that's the purpose of this study.

Debbie: we have not had the foreclosures in Durango that are seen elsewhere across the state. I did a study it about a year ago, and we had only about 13% of all closed transactions that were foreclosures or short sales. In town Durango prices have stayed strong while Bayfield prices have come downbetween 10 and 20% from their highs in 2005. Under $400,000 is a stronger market and anything that 800,000 and up is pretty weak. That said, I had five showings in the last seven days on the 1.1 million Dollar listing. Go figure.

Feb 07, 2012 12:58 AM