The Coachella Valley Real Estate Market is Strong.
When we look at prices now compared to one year ago, we see that detached home prices are up 4.6% and attached home prices are up 7.3% from last year. Eight of Nine Valley cities saw a price increase.
The total number of sales have slowed a bit from last year, down about 5.3%. Detached homes were down about 4% while Attached homes, which saw a bigger price increase, has had a bigger dip in the number of sales, down about 7.6%.
When we look at the number of sales by Price Range, we see that the majority of the sales are between $200,000 – $500,000. The largest dip in number of sales is in the $800,000 – $1m price range, then picking up again over $1m. However, when we compare the number of sales year over year by price bracket, we see that the largest dip in the number of sales in 2019 was below $400,000. From $500,000 and up the number of sales were at about par over last year.
Currently there are about 3,600 homes listed for sale in the Valley, about the same as this time last year. This is a seasonal market; you can see the pattern on the chart below. We reach our lowest inventory levels in September every year and gradually increase to an annual peak in February and March.
Breaking down the inventory levels; it’s no surprise that the lowest inventory levels are in the $200,000 – $400,000 price range. The month’s supply starts climbing over $500,000. Based on the current number of homes listed for sale divided by the number of sales each month, if no new inventory entered the market, we see there is a 6 month supply in the $500,000 – $600,000 range. About a 7 month supply for homes priced between $700,000 – $900,000 and a 13 month supply for homes priced over $1m.
Based on price trends, the number of sales, inventory levels and low interest rates, we can say the Coachella Valley Real Estate Market is Strong. The trends we see suggest that we will continue to see a strong real estate market throughout 2019 and into 2020.
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