Newfoundland Real Estate January

February 4, 2010 · Filed Under St. John's Real Estate 

Well the first month of the year has past.  Personally I find January the slowest month of the year for real estate,  but this year was a little different.  Inventory levels of homes for sale in St. John’s and surrounding areas seem to be very low.  On the flip side there are lots of buyers.   I’ve been involved in a few multiple offer situations so far this year and have heard from other Realtor’s that they too have been involved in multiple offers.  As well, I’ve seen a fair number of homes sold within 24 to 48 hours from being listed on MLS.  Based on CMHC’s stats from ‘Newfoundland MLS Trends for 4th quarter of 2009‘ we ended 2009 in a sellers market.  I feel this trend will continue into the better part of the summer.  When the Bank of Canada increases it’s interest rates we’ll probably see a little pull back in sales.

Total # of new MLS Listings [Jan] =615 (based on residential stats)

Total # of Sales [Jan] = 240

Number of Active Listings in the NLAR MLS System (ALL of Newfoundland) = 2458 (residential only)

Here is a break down by area for the month of January

St. John’s Real Estate: Listings = 155   Sales = 89 Sales/Listings Ratio = 57%

Average Sale Price is St. John’s: $271,674 for the month of October and the 12 month average $237,988

Mount Pearl Real Estate: Listings = 21 Sales = 3  Sales/Listings Ratio = 14%

Average Sale Price (12 month average): $218,729

Paradise Real Estate: Listings =28 Sales = 21 Sales/Listings Ratio =75%

Average Sale Price (12 month average): $269,242

East Extern Real Estate: Listings = 40 Sales = 15  Sales/Listings Ratio = 38%

Average Sale Price (12 month average): $259,029

Conception Bay South Real Estate: Listings = 34   Sales = 18  Sales/Listings Ratio = 53

Average Sale Price (12 month average): $223,082



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