Information below is residential data for the four lakeshore real estate subareas in Allegan County, Michigan:
H20 - Laketown Twp, City of Holland south of 32nd St, Fillmore Twp west of M-40
H23 - Saugatuck Twp, City of Saugatuck, City of Douglas, Manlius Twp west of 58th St
H27 - Ganges Twp, Clyde Twp west of 56th St, City of Fennville south of M-89
S93 - Casco Twp
The information presented here is as recorded in our local MLS, SWMRIC. In April 2018 the inventory of homes increased. 196 homes were available April 1 in these four subareas, while 216 were available on May 1. Our recent high in monthly inventory was reached July 1, 2016, with 352 units available then, while the low was reached January 1, 2018, with 175 units available then. A year ago on May 1, 2017 the available inventory was 226, so we presently have about 96% the number of homes available than we did a year ago. The median list price of homes offered for sale was flat in H20 and S93, increased 8% in H23, and decreased 5% in H27.
30 homes sold last month. A year ago, 44 homes sold in April 2017.In most months median list prices are above median sold prices. This means that those that sold are less expensive than those that are on offer. You can see this on the graph, where the blue lines (sold) are mostly below the red lines (list). Last month median sold prices were lower than median list prices in three out of four subareas. In H20 those that sold were worth about 53% of list, in H23 it was 61%, in H27 it was 153% and in S93 it was 53%.
Inventory turnover numbers for last month were: for H20 7 of 28 (25%), for H23 15 of 94 (16%), for H27 4 of 25 (also 16%), and for S93 4 of 49 (8.2%). H20 usually has a faster turnover than the other subareas. An 25% turnover like we have in H20, means that we have about a 4 month supply of homes at the current sales rate there. Lower percentages mean we have more months of supply available, higher percentages mean we have fewer months of supply available.
How do April’s sold prices compare to previous months? In H20, last month’s median sold price ($216,000) was 4% lower than the median sold price for the last twelve months ($224,950). H23’s median sold price ($255,000) was lower by 9% than the median sold price over the last twelve months ($315,000). H27’s median sold price ($340,000) was higher by 151% than the median sold price over the last twelve months ($225,000). S93’s median sold price for last month was $291,500, higher by 57% than the median sold price over the last twelve months ($262,750). Aggregating all four subareas, last month’s median sold price was $285,000, 8% above the median of the last twelve months, which was $262,750.
Let’s compare today’s statistics to those of a year ago. A year ago there were 236 homes listed, at a median list price of $430,000. Today there are 216 homes listed at a median list price of $419,900. In April 2017 44 homes sold at a median price of $239,200 while in April 2018 30 homes sold at a median price of $285,000.
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