Friday, August 16, 2013

Westport and surrounding towns Real Estate Market Trends through July, 2013 from Steve Reilly



The following through July, 2013

Westport Median Selling Price
The Median Selling Price trend has been increasing
since 2010. July, 2013 was $1,280,000, peak month was  
Feb, 2008 $1,475,000 and peak July was 2007 $1,305,000

Westport Property Sales – started increasing in 2010
and continued through 2013. Number sold YTD through
July, 2013 was 274, peak was 341 in 2004.

Westport Average days on Market – The trend for how long it takes
To sell a house was flat 2011 to 2012 with an
improvement in 2013.

Westport Months of Inventory –The trend has been declining
since 2009.

Towns surrounding Westport include (Easton, Fairfield,
Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston and Wilton)

Median Selling Price – The median selling price
started to improve in 2013. .

Properties Sold has been increasing since 2011.

Average Days on Market – has been improving
since 2011.

Months of Inventory – has been declining since 2011
with substantial reductions in 2012 and 2013. In July,
2013 there was 5 months of inventory back where it
was in 2005 before the market started to soften.

See the following link for more sales information
including specific sales by town.

http://www.higginsgroup.com/market-news/

Regards,


Stephen Reilly
Higgins Group
Best Practice Real Estate
278 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
203-246-7372
www.swreilly.com
licensed in Connecticut




Saturday, August 10, 2013

Westport and surrrounding towns real estate maret performance vs Case Shiller - May, 2013

Case Shiller Tracks the median selling price of homes in 20 US markets
The most recent period reported was May, 2013

Trend of the median selling price of houses sold
For Case Shiiler top 10 markets +
For Case Shiller top 20 Markets +
For Westport Actual                            +
For surrounding towns Actual                +

Median selling price vs last month
For Case Shiiler top 10 markets +2.5%
For Case Shiller top 20 Markets +2.4%
For Westport                             - 3.1%
For surrounding towns                +18.4%

Median selling price vs last year
For Case Shiiler top 10 markets +11.8%
For Case Shiller top 20 Markets +12.2%
For Westport                             +18%
For surrounding towns                -.6%

Stephen Reilly
Higgins Group
Best Practice Real Estate
278 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
203-246-7372
www.swreilly.com
licensed in Connecticut