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When you are considering listing your home for sale, it’s important to understand the current real estate market and the factors that will inform your overall strategy and pricing.
To get a high-level understanding of the Twin Cities market it is useful to see how it breaks down across price ranges and see the trends in each category. Looking at the number of Homes for Sale shows that listings under $250,000 have seen a much steeper decline in inventory than other price brackets.
Another important feature of the Twin Cities real estate market is seasonality — new listings peak in the spring and summer months. Many people assume the busiest part of the market is the best time to sell, but there can be advantages to listing when the market is quieter too — contact us to discuss all of your options.
Months Supply of Homes for Sale is the measure of how many months it would take for the current inventory of homes on the market to sell, given the current pace of home sales. More than 6 months supply indicates a buyers market, and less than 5 months indicates a market that favors sellers (5-6 is considered balanced). The market for homes under $500,000 has very low inventory, but that is not the case in the upper brackets, where the supply is much higher.
The percent of the original list price achieved by sellers is a good indicator of market conditions. Right now sellers under $500,000 are getting 100% of their list price, on average. The market above $500,000 is slightly softer, but sellers are still doing very well.
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