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Weekly Housing Report Minnesota 5-07-2012

By
Real Estate Agent with Luke Team Real Estate

Weekly Market Activity Report

For Week Ending April 28, 2012

Publish Date: May 7, 2012

All comparisons are to 2011

Buyers don't live in a spreadsheet. When they find a home to love and cherish, they don't intellectualize it too much. There are generally fewer homes on the market, they're selling more quickly and prices in most areas are no longer in a

downtrend. Dwindling inventories means there's less competition and more

pricing power for sellers, who are finally starting to be rewarded by strong buyer

activity. Interest rates at 50-year lows doesn't hurt either. Love is in the air and all

around the housing market.

In the Twin Cities region, for the week ending April 28:

• New Listings decreased 14.9% to 1,475

• Pending Sales increased 21.4% to 1,187

• Inventory decreased 28.0% to 17,603

For the month of March:

• Median Sales Price increased 7.1% to $149,900

• Days on Market decreased 9.7% to 144

• Percent of Original List Price Received increased 3.8% to 92.1%

• Months Supply of Inventory decreased 37.2% to 4.8.