Market Update – September 2021

Closed sales of single family homes on less than one acre, including condominiums for September totaled 803, a 3.2% increase over September last year. The average closed sales price was $413,863, compared to September of 2020 when the average sales price was $332,867, the average price is up 24.3%. The median closed sales price for September was $380,000 up 21.2% from September last year when the median price was $313,500.

Year to date closed sales continue to run ahead of last year, closed sales through September total 6,083 compared to 5,587 over the same period last year, an increase of 3.9%. The year to date average closed sales price is $398,753, up 26.7% over last year’s year to date closed sales price of $314,735. Our year to date median closed sales price through September is $367,138 up 24.5% over last year’s median closed sales price through September of $295,000.

Inventory continues to increase. As of this report the current inventory totaled 617 properties up 29.1% from one year ago when the inventory was 479 properties. New construction closed sales total 763 down only 4 closed sales over the same period last year.

In the Coeur d’Alene MLS Market, from the Year over Year Comparison Report all active residential listings during the
month of September 2021 were up 1.07% compared to 2020, with 1,785 active listings vs 1,766 at this time last year.
The Sold Market Analysis Report shows that September ended with 597 total residential sold listings compared to 826 in 2020, down 27.7%.

For the month of August 2021:
• Absorption Rate is currently 2.12 vs 2.58 in 2020, down 17.83%. The YTD rate is 1.52 compared to 2.85 in 2020, down 46.67%.
• Median Sale Price of sold homes was $499,500 vs $385,000 in 2020, an increase of 29.74%.
• New Construction Residential closings for the month = 72 units vs 106 units in 2020, an decrease of 32.1%.
• Typical Residential Sales (Existing/Non-distressed) for the month was 420, an average sales price of $599,364 and an
average of 72 days on market.

Spokane Area Real Estate Market Update

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737 single family homes on less than one acre including condominiums were reported sold closed for September. This number is down 1.3% from September 2017 when 747 homes were reported sold. This is the fourth month in the last five in which sales compared to the same month last year have been down. The average sales price for September was $259,472 up 9.9% from September last year when the average sales price was $236,161. The median price for September was up 9.3% from September 2017, $235,000 v $215,000.

Closed sales through September total 6,286 closed sales compared to 6,003 through September 2017 an increase of 4.7%. The year to date average sales price is $254,733 compared to $228,051 over the same period last year. The year to date average sales price is up 11.7%. The median year to date sales price is up 11.6% compared to the same
period in 2017, $234,632 v. $210,000.

Inventory is down less than 1% compared to last month however compared to last year at this time inventory is down 24.3%, current inventory at 1,451 homes compared to 1,918 at the same time last year. New construction closed sales reported to the Spokane Association’s MLS are up 14.7%, 626 year to date closed sales reported compared to 545
closed sales reported last year.

 

Source: Spokane Association of REALTORS

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Fannie Mae’s Loan Limits to increase in 2018

Fannie Mae has issued Lender Letter LL-2017-10 to confirm the general and high-cost area loan limits announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The new loan limit in most of the country will be $453,100, which represents a 6.8 percent increase over the 2017 limit. All but 71 counties (or county equivalents) will see a loan limit increase.

The new limits are effective for whole loans delivered to Fannie Mae and loans in MBS pools with issue dates on or after Jan. 1, 2018.

I have listed the loan limits for Spokane County below:

2018 Loan Limit for a 1 Unit Dwelling: $453,100

2018 Loan Limit for a 2 Unit Dwelling: $580,150

2018 Loan Limit for a 3 Unit Dwelling: $701,250

2018 Loan Limit for a 4 Unit Dwelling: $871,450