Hazlet Home Prices Up 4%

If you’ve been reading my blogs you know there are four key, objective indicators for real estate. Whether you’re a buyer, a seller, or just a current home owner, you should know what these indicators are, and what they’re predicting for future home prices. You can’t rely on national or state-wide trends: remember that you need LOCAL information. Let’s take a look at the latest real estate data for Hazlet:

January 1 – November Hazlet Single-Family Homes:

Sales were up 25% (181 in 2013 compared to 145 in 2012)

Listings were up 9% (88 at the end of November 2013 compared to 81)

The median sales price was up 4% ($275,000 in 2013 vs. $265,000 in 2012)

The real estate absorption rate was much shorter (5.1 months in 2013 vs. 7.3 months in 2013)

If you’re not a “numbers person”, all this information may seem a bit overwhelming. I’d be glad to sit down and go over it with you- no obligation, of course.

Here’s how we interpret the data: When sales go up, it indicates that demand has increased, and prices normally go up. However, when more homes are on the market (inventory higher), sellers have more “supply” and prices tend to go down. When the median sales price (the price at which 50% of the homes sold for more and 50% sold for less) goes up, home prices also tend to go up.

Finally, the real estate absorption rate (the calculated time, in months, it would take to sell ALL of the current listings, assuming that homes continue to sell at the rate they have for the past 12 months. This calculation includes both supply (listings) and demand (sales). A year ago the absorption rate was 7.3 months, and now it’s down to 5.1 months. An absorption rate of between 5 and 7 months is considered a “normal market”, and less than 5 months is considered a “seller’s market”. According to the absorption rate, last year Hazlet was in a “buyer’s market” and now it’s in a “normal market”; this is a positive change.

The bottom line: 3 of the 4 objective indicators are predicting higher future home prices in Hazlet.

I love to provide Hazlet home owners with monthly updates about the local real estate market, even if they’re not thinking of selling their homes. If this interests you, I’d be gad to add you to my mailing list.

If there does come a time when you’re thinking of selling your home in Hazlet, please let me be one of the REALTORS® you interview. Let me tell you how I’d plan to market your home so that it sells for the highest price in the shortest period of time.

Call, text or email me!

Len

Leonard “Len” Dunikoski, GRI

REALTOR® Associate

Diane Turton Realtors – Rumson Office

8 West River Road

Rumson, NJ 07760

(732) 239-0739  (cell)    (732) 530-6686 (office)

ldunikoski@dianeturton.com

@ListWithLen