For the first half of 2017, the Chester County housing market continues to strengthen and looks to remain strong through the balance of 2017.
As of July 1 throughout Chester County, there were 2,541 properies currently on the market, 1,271 homes under contract, and 3,421 homes had settled at an average sales price of app $368,000.
This compares to July 1, 2016 when there were 2,858 active properties, 1,323 under contract, and 3,147 properties had sold with an average sales price of $356,000. This indicates a 12% drop in inventory, an 8% rise in sales, and a 3% rise in price in 2017.
For more perspective, if you go back 5 years to 2012 on July 1, there were 3,669 properties on the market, 867 under contract, and 2,452 had settled with an average sales price of approximatley $327,000. Between 2012 and 2017, this shows a 31% drop in inventory, a 46% rise in properties under contract and a whopping 39% increase in completed sales with a 12% rise in average prices.
These are all strong numbers but it must be remembered that this covers the entire county so individual areas have seen a much broader range of price changes and activity, both good and bad. Just a quick update of the raw numbers as we head into the second half of the year.
I hope everyone is having a great year!
David Henke
Long & Foster Real Estate Inc – Devon, PA/Wilmington, DE
Office: 610-225-7400/Direct: 610-618-0808
http://www.DelawarePAHomes.com
(All statistics per the TrendMLS System and believed accurate but not guaranteed)
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