Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Quarterly Market Report
Quarterly Market Report
Market
Report
3rd QUARTER
July–September, 2009
Prepared exclusively
for use by
Beverly-Hanks
& Associates
A personal message
from Owner & President
Neal Hanks, Jr.
I
am pleased to report the positive momentum
which began in the second quarter of this year has
continued locally and nationwide into the third quarter
of 2009. The statistics in the fourth quarter should show continued improvement over the prior year as
the fourth quarter of 2008 was one of the most difficult in recent history.
The statistical gain in unit sales is encouraging and confirms to us that we have reached the bottom
of the two year slide in gross sales numbers and are in fact now moving in a positive direction. This is
great news!
A thorough analysis of the statistics, however, reveals that the improvements experienced to date are
moderate and challenges still lie ahead. Numbers reported on the overall market tell two very different
stories. Sales in the lower price ranges, under 250 thousand dollars, are up nationwide and inventory
in this price range has been depleted in many markets and is currently at almost normal levels here (6
months of inventory is considered a balanced market). Sales in the moderate to upper price ranges,
however, have continued to languish. In fact sales nationwide for price points above 250 thousand are
down, significantly. This is also the case for properties over 1 million dollars.
The data contained in this report clearly demonstrates the stark difference in sales and inventory
levels by price range. Pricing in the real estate business, like most others, is significantly impacted
by supply and demand. In the lower price points, with brisk sales and declining inventory, pricing has
stabilized and is in fact on an upward trajectory in many markets. Home sales in the upper tier remain
soft with abundant inventory that is moving at a much slower sales pace. As always, pricing is subject
to variables such as location, condition, neighborhood desirability, and stability etc. but the underlying
economic fundamentals cannot be ignored. In order to move property in today’s competitive
environment, it must be well priced, well positioned and aggressively marketed.
Many folks now recognized that now is in fact a great time to buy and are reentering the marketplace.
It remains a buyer’s market at present, but sellers who recognize this fact and position their properties
accordingly are having success in selling them. At Beverly-Hanks & Associates, our team of highly
trained professionals stands ready to assist you in making wise decisions whether buying or selling
real estate in this evolving marketplace.
Warm Regards
NOTE: Information as reported by the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service. The North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service
does not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Multiple Listing Service may not reflect all real
estate activity in the market. These figures are based upon actual closed transactions as reported through the above mentioned service.
* These totals and averages include all sales reported through the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service.
Buncombe County
YTD
YTD 7/08/2009
Monthly Absorption
Units Active
Average Rate**
Sold Units
PRICE RANGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Units Sold
$0–$74,999 4 4 3 5 9 9 5 7 8 54 6.0 36 6
$75,000–$149,999 13 20 31 29 30 48 51 54 45 324 36.0 438 12.2
$150,000–$199,999 21 32 49 30 37 52 67 49 56 393 43.7 511 11.7
$200,000–$249,999 20 27 34 25 28 23 33 24 34 248 27.6 465 16.8
$250,000–$299,999 7 14 14 17 11 23 23 23 20 160 17.8 434 24.4
$300,000–$349,999 6 5 11 7 13 20 17 16 7 102 11.3 251 22.2
$350,000–$399,999 6 7 13 7 8 12 12 6 13 84 9.3 258 27.7
$400,000–$449,999 6 7 6 5 6 10 12 7 14 73 8.1 159 19.6
$450,000–$499,999 3 3 6 4 4 5 4 2 3 34 3.8 155 40.8
$500,000–$549,999 1 3 1 3 5 5 2 7 4 31 3.4 77 22.6
$550,000–$599,999 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 13 1.4 91 65
2009 Totals
NOTE: Information as reported by the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service. The North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service does not
guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Multiple Listing Service may not reflect all real estate activity in the
market. These figures are based upon actual closed transactions as reported through the above mentioned service.
** Absorption Rate: The “projected” months it will take to absorb all of the listings in a particular price range.
2009 Totals
$700,000–$799,000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.2 34 170
$800,000–$899,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.2 26 130
$900,000–$999,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 unknown
$1 Million–$1.9 Million 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 40 200
$2 Million–$2.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 unknown
$3 Million–$4.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 unknown
$5 Million Plus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 unknown
TOTALS 46 63 62 91 87 113 104 99 101 769 85.4 1,783 20.9
Haywood County
YTD
YTD 10/02/2009
Monthly Absorption
Units Active
Average Rate**
Sold Units
PRICE RANGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Units Sold
NOTE: Information as reported by the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service. The North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service does not
guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Multiple Listing Service may not reflect all real estate activity in the
market. These figures are based upon actual closed transactions as reported through the above mentioned service.
** Absorption Rate: The “projected” months it will take to absorb all of the listings in a particular price range.
$600,000–$699,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 unknown
$700,000–$799,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 unknown
$800,000–$899,999 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 6 60
$900,000–$999,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 unknown
$1 Million–$1.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 16 160
$2 Million–$2.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 unknown
$3 Million–$4.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 unknown
$5 Million Plus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 unknown
TOTALS 9 10 16 14 14 14 18 25 12 132 14.7 509 34.6
Polk County
YTD
YTD 10/02/2009
Monthly Absorption
Units Active
Average Rate**
Sold Units
PRICE RANGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Units Sold
$600,000–$699,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 unknown
$700,000–$799,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 unknown
$800,000–$899,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 unknown
$900,000–$999,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 unknown
$1 Million–$1.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 unknown
$2 Million–$2.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 unknown
$3 Million–$4.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 unknown
$5 Million Plus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 unknown
TOTALS 2 7 11 7 5 13 15 8 10 78 8.7 290 33.3
NOTE: Information as reported by the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service. The North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service does not
guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Multiple Listing Service may not reflect all real estate activity in the
market. These figures are based upon actual closed transactions as reported through the above mentioned service.
** Absorption Rate: The “projected” months it will take to absorb all of the listings in a particular price range.
$0–$74,999 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 8 0.9 9 10
$75,000–$149,999 3 0 4 5 2 3 1 9 3 30 3.3 87 26.4
$150,000–$199,999 2 1 3 2 5 2 4 4 3 26 2.9 106 36.5
$200,000–$249,999 2 4 1 4 4 3 6 2 3 29 3.2 77 24.1
$250,000–$299,999 2 1 2 0 1 6 4 0 4 20 2.2 72 32.7
$300,000–$349,999 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 13 1.4 66 47.1
$350,000–$399,999 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 10 1.1 63 57.3
$400,000–$449,999 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 0.6 27 45
$450,000–$499,999 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0.4 30 75
$500,000–$549,999 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 20 66.7
$550,000–$599,999 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 0.6 33 55
2009 Totals
$600,000–$699,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 41 205
$700,000–$799,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.3 18 60
$800,000–$899,999 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.3 16 53.3
$900,000–$999,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 unknown
$1 Million–$1.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 51 510
$2 Million–$2.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 unknown
$3 Million–$4.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 unknown
$5 Million Plus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 unknown
TOTALS 11 13 12 15 14 25 20 25 27 162 18 754 41.9
Madison County
YTD
YTD 10/02/2009
Monthly Absorption
Units Active
Average Rate**
Sold Units
PRICE RANGE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Units Sold
$600,000–$699,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 unknown
$700,000–$799,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 unknown
$800,000–$899,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 unknown
$900,000–$999,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 unknown
$1 Million–$1.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 unknown
$2 Million–$2.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 unknown
$3 Million–$4.9 Million 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 unknown
$5 Million Plus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
TOTALS 3 3 9 2 8 4 11 7 7 43 4.8 332 69.2
NOTE: Information as reported by the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service. The North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service does not
guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Multiple Listing Service may not reflect all real estate activity in the
market. These figures are based upon actual closed transactions as reported through the above mentioned service.
** Absorption Rate: The “projected” months it will take to absorb all of the listings in a particular price range.
$100,000–$200,000 19 25 4 15 10 29 1 2 1 2 1 6 1 6 37 89
2009 Year to Date
$200,000–$300,000 9 23 0 9 1 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 44
$300,000–$400,000 4 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 15
$400,000–$500,000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
$500,000–$750,000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
$750,000–$1,000,000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
$1 Million+ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Percentage Change –36.9% –48.3% –42.7% –37.5% –76.5% –22.0% –49.3% –43.3%
$400,000–$500,000 66 19 13 4 11 19 22 168
$500,000–$750,000 86 14 11 3 8 8 21 160
$7500,000–$1,000,000 35 12 4 1 1 5 11 71
$1 Million+ 38 12 7 1 2 9 20 98
Totals as of 07/10/09 1,631 1,310 1,062 227 257 838 734 6,467
Percentage Change 18.1% 29.5% 14.0% 58.6% 24.1% 7.8% 33.8% 23.3%
NOTE: Information as reported by the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service. The North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service does
not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Multiple Listing Service may not reflect all real estate activity
in the market. These figures are based upon actual closed transactions as reported through the above mentioned service.
94.0%
Up to $499,999
$338,475,671
NOTE: Information as reported by the North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service. The North Carolina Mountains Multiple Listing Service does
not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Multiple Listing Service may not reflect all real estate activity
in the market. These figures are based upon actual closed transactions as reported through the above mentioned service.
Copyright © 2009 Mortgage-X.com. Source: www.mortgage-x.com. Reprinted with permission. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate is derived
from the Federal Housing Finance Board’s Monthly Interest Rate Survey (MIRS) and is reported by the FHFB on a monthly basis.