Massachusetts single-family homes had their best sales for the month of August since 2005 as the median price of such a home rose 10.6 percent to $340,000 on a year-to-year comparison basis, the Warren Group reported Tuesday. Previously, analysts have cited rising mortgage rates and rising rents as among the factors influencing the state’s housing market. That market is also coping with a shortage of homes for sale, analysts have said.
In August, 5,925 single-family homes sold in Massachusetts, up nearly 14 percent from 5,204 homes sold in August 2012, said the Warren Group, a Boston firm that tracks local real estate activity and publishes Banker & Tradesman. According to Warren Group data, August marked the 11th straight month of median price increases for Massachusetts single-family homes.
In August, Bay State condominium sales statewide increased 2.5 percent, for a total of 2,512 condos sold, the Warren Group said, and the median condo price rose 14.7 percent in August to $319,950, up from $279,000 a year ago.
“August closings indicated buyers might have been reacting to the ongoing concern of rising interest rates,” association president Kimberly Allard-Moccia said in a statement. “Buyer demand is steady, but folks are going to find it increasingly difficult to find a home if inventory doesn’t improve.”
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