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The High End Home Markets Is Alive and Well

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Real Estate Agent

The High End Home Markets Is Alive and Well in the Metro of DC

The luxury Market of Real Estate is going strong in the Metropolitan areas of DC.

This is great news considering the lackluster performance of the national real estate market.

Looking at the chart below; I would like to highlight a couple of items:

1. Most transactions are being sold between the 1-30 day period, mostly with the use of conventional loans.

2. With this being said, in Montgomery county alone, there are 881 and homes on the market over a million dollars. This suggests that sellers are starting to recognize that now is an attractive time to sell a home. Prices have held firmly and buyers would like to get their foot in the door before interests rates get out of hand.

 

CEO OF LUXURY SALES GROUP INC

ANTHONY DASHTIZADEH

240.353.3163 : MOBILE

REALTORPRO@AOL.COM ; ANTHONY@LUXURYSALESGROUP.COM

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Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc.  Real Estate Trend Indicator - <$100K to >$5M Format

Montgomery County, MD
From: 07/01/2008 to 07/31/2008                Statistics generated on: 08/07/2008

 

Residential
Unit Sales
Number of Bedrooms

Active Listings

 

Time on Market

Price Class

2
Or Less  


3

4
  or More  

Condo
Coop

Ground
Rent

Residential
  

Condo
Coop

Ground
Rent

of Units Sold
(No. of Units)

Under $100,000

0

0

0

1

0

3

35

0

1 -30 Days

268

$100,000 - 149,999

2

1

0

7

0

9

148

0

31-60 Days

155

$150,000 - 199,999

3

9

2

35

0

130

329

0

61 - 90 Days

153

$200,000 - 249,999

8

21

7

35

0

362

350

0

91-120 Days

93

$250,000 - 299,999

2

39

11

33

0

605

213

0

Over 120 Days

198

$300,000 - 349,999

8

41

29

25

0

575

124

0

Total

867

$350,000 - 399,999

5

36

32

26

0

604

87

0

   

$400,000 - 449,999

4

19

32

9

0

415

40

0

Type of Financing
of Units Sold
(No. of Units)

$450,000 - 499,999

2

22

29

4

0

382

33

0

$500,000 - 599,999

1

18

64

7

0

539

45

2

Conventional

546

$600,000 - 699,999

1

14

46

4

0

349

16

0

FHA

184

$700,000 - 799,999

1

6

36

2

0

241

10

0

VA

19

$800,000 - 899,999

0

4

28

0

0

158

6

0

Assumption

41

$900,000 - 999,999

0

2

12

2

0

133

3

0

Cash

64

$1,000,000 - 2,499,999

0

1

72

4

0

499

30

1

Owner Finance

1

$2,500,000 - 4,999,999

0

0

3

0

0

70

2

0

All Other

12

$5,000,000 & Over

0

0

0

0

0

12

1

0

Unreported

0

Totals

37

233

403

194

0

5086

1472

3

Total

867

Grand Totals

867 6561
    2008    2007    % Change
Total Sold Dollar Volume: $ 460,552,815 $ 611,024,814 - 24.63 %
Average Sold Price: $ 531,203 $ 601,995 - 11.76 %
Median Sold Price: $ 408,000 $ 490,000 - 16.73 %
Total Units Sold: 867 1,015 - 14.58 %
Average Days on Market: 92 68 35.29 %
Average List Price for Solds: $ 579,936 $ 631,522 - 8.17 %
Avg Sale Price as a
percentage of Avg List Price:
91.60 % 95.32 %
Total Number of NEW listings
taken for the month: 1569

Total Number of Properties   
marked Contract for the month: 509
Total Number of Properties   
marked Contingent for the month: 373

Total Number of NEW pendings        
(CONTRACTS + CONTINGENTS): 882

Source: Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. - MLS Resale Data
Copyright 2008 - Information deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed.