Saturday, April 27, 2013

Litchfield / Pawleys Island Market Update - March 2013

For the Litchfield Market / Pawleys Island Update for March 2013:

http://ccarimages.fnistools.com/Uploads/RECos/1207/ContentFiles/pawleysislandlitchfieldmar.pdf

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Grand Strand Real Estate Activity March 2013


Here's the March 2013 Report from SiteTech Systems:

"Solid First Quarter for Grand Strand Real Estate Activity
…..sales activity up double digits and sales prices have stabilized and rebounded

The momentum for the last half of 2012 carried into the first quarter of 2013 in both Single Family Residential (SFR) and Condo activity. In March, SFR sales volume was up 11.6% as compared to March, 2012. This solid growth translated to Year to Date (YTD) sales to be up 11.6% to prior year levels. SFR inventory maintained it seasonal increase and is now 4.6% higher than March 2012 levels. Non distressed listings continued to decline and now represent 12.6% of all SFR listings. Continuing its trend from February, SFR median sales price was $176,000. YTD, the SFR median sales price is $174,990 which is up 3.5% from its 2012 level. The improvement in median sales price is driven by a reduction in the percentage of distressed sales. For condos, the listing inventory increased seasonally but is down 11.7% from its 2012 level. Distressed condo listings continue to decline and are down 33% from its prior year’s level. Condo sales remained strong, up 3.7% for March 2012. YTD, condo sales are up 9.3% from their 2012 level. Driven by cash and distressed sales prices, the median sales price for condos slid to $101,750. However, the YTD median sales price of condo sales are up 4.5% from 2012. After a strong 2012, residential lot sales activity has slowed and are down 8.1% from their 2012 levels. The median sales price of residential lots have remained stable at approximately $35,000."

For the full report:

http://ccarimages.fnistools.com/Uploads/RECos/1207/ContentFiles/monthlysalestrendpublicmar.pdf

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Myrtle Beach Real Estate Market, February 2013


Here's the February Grand Strand Market Report from 
SiteTech Sytems:

"January’s momentum continued in February…..strong sales 
and rebounded sales price led a strong February.

Single Family Residential (SFR) sales activity remained strong as 
February’s volume was up 13.6% from February 2012. Year to 
date, SFR sales volume is up 16.6% to prior year levels. SFR 
inventory is seasonally up, however February’s level is 3% higher 
that prior year levels. On a positive note, non-distressed listings 
continue to decline and now represent a declining share of the 
total listing inventory. SFR median sales price rebounded from 
January to $175,000. This improvement was driven by higher 
non-distressed sales prices. Year to date, SFR median sales 
price is down 3.7% from 2012. Condo sales activity was strong in 
February; up 18.7% from prior year level. Year to date, condo 
sales are up 21.9%. Condo inventory increased seasonally, but is 
still below prior year levels (down 10.4%). Condo median sales 
prices rebounded from January, up 14.5% from January. The 
improvement was in both distressed and non-distressed 
sales. Year to date, the condo median sales price is up 9.5% 
from 2012. The rate of residential lot sales improvement slowed, 
but the 2013 volume is up 9% from 2012. Overall, distress sales 
remain at 28% of all sales, up slightly from Q4 2012."

For the full report, click:

Grand Strand February Market Report 2013