COLORADO SPRINGS“The statistics do not tell the entire story. We may show only a 1.1% drop in the median sales price for all properties, and a slight uptick in active properties, but the real
Dated: December 16 2020
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“It is almost hard to be creative when writing these reports because the story remains the same. Much like the lack of snow fall to hit this winter we are seeing a total lack of inventory as well. Coming into November, we dropped another 6.4% on single-family home inventory. Like months past, as the inventory shrank we saw pending sales increase and demand pushed prices up with the median sales price rising 18.4% year over year. This directly ties into the -59.7% drop in active listings from this time last year.
“The insanity continues despite the fact that we are seeing shutdowns again across our state and the nation. Unemployment filings continue to go up, forbearances are still being used and delinquencies across the major government loans are up. We have a detached economy, which has been the case all year in regards to real estate. Regardless of the economic data, the real estate market continues to be a shining light.
“Nationally, we will enjoy low interest rates, probably forever. As states shut down again, the economic damage becomes harder to reverse and 2021 could go either way. However, if real estate behaves like it has been, it should hold up well. Time will tell how quickly we can work past these closures,” said Colorado Springs-area REALTOR® Patrick Muldoon.
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COLORADO SPRINGS“The statistics do not tell the entire story. We may show only a 1.1% drop in the median sales price for all properties, and a slight uptick in active properties, but the real
The housing market continued to plug along in July across the Pikes Peak Region, remaining essentially unchanged from last July in median price, sales, and active listings. Still, the market feels
COLORADO SPRINGS“We had a little bit of stabilization in May across the front range as sold listing increase 8% year over year, added slight value (0.8%) to the median sales price, and watched
“The Front Range market of El Paso County and Teller continues to drag. April saw a 1.8% increase in total units sold from last year, but we remained 6.3% higher on active listings and our