Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Grand Strand 2012 Market Report

The Grand Strand Market Report is out--here's a quick summary:

Nationally late 2012 appears to be the turn around for the real estate market and the Grand Strand is tracking along, perhaps a few months later.  

  • Property sales are up by double digits over 2011
  • Inventory (number of properties for sale) continues to decline
  • Distressed inventory (short sales and foreclosures) continues to fall
  • Single family homes sales were up 18.1% over 2011; condos up 11.7%
  • For 2012 median home prices was $168K down 2.6% from last year; condos, $104K a 3% drop
  • Both home and condo prices were up in December benefiting from declining inventories and low interest rates.

The big picture:  inventories are declining, number of sales are up, prices are trending up, read the full report here:  Grand Strand MarketReport, December 2012

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