Average Sales Price:  The sale price graph show a steady and rapid improvement since August of last year.  The Average Sales Price went up 3.3% in January after a  1.5% jump in December.  Overall the Average list price is up 10.9 % since August of 2011.  Amazing statistic and completely contrary to what you hear on the national media.  My theory is Phoenix was one of the first markets to go into the slump and one of the hardest hit so it should be one of the first to bottom out (I believe we hit the bottom last August).  It is logical to assume that as one of the first markets in, we should be one of the first markets out of the slump.

New Listings to the Market: January saw 9693 new listing come into the market.  An increase of 28% from December.  This is a common jump in new listings when compared with prior years and represents pent up listings that were withheld from the market for the holidays. 

 

Percentages of the Market:  Real Estate Owned (REOs or Bank Owned)  dropped 16% but still accounted for 28% of the market down a bit, Short sales  dropped 23% but still accounted for 29% of the market which is down a bit and Non-Distressed or Regular sales dropped 18% but still  accounting for 41% of total sales which seems ridiculously high when compared to what I see on a day to day basis but remains unchanged from December. This Regular sale statistic incorporates  fix and flip properties artificially inflating the number of non-distressed sales.

 

Sales per Month: 5728 in January down from 7,416 in December - or down 23% from December.  This again reflects a normal annual trend.  Just as the number of sellers decrease in Holiday season so does the number of closings.

Pending Sales: 9510 on February 1st up from 9,146 or an increase of  3.7%.  January was one of the most competitive markets I have ever witnessed to get homes in contract for my buyers.  Every contract I submitted in January ended up in a multiple offer situation.  Fortunately, I have a few secret tips for getting my offers accepted.

 

 

Sales Price as a Percentage of List: 99% on February 1st.  This stat means that most homes are selling at or even above list price.  My personal buyers have yet to write an offer on a home that did not end up in a multiple offer situation.