Real Estate Salt Lake Homes For Sale - Market Report
Real Estate in Salt Lake City is as varied as the towns that surround it, The homes for sale in Salt Lake offer something for everyone. Whether you are a first time home buyer, looking to move up, a senior looking to downsize or improve security, A Real Estate Investor, flipping or rehabing houses, or a family transferring, needing to re- locate, there is an area of Salt Lake that will be suited to your new lifestyle.
This report (5/01/08) and its companion reports of the individual towns that make up the Salt Lake Valley, will cover current available homes for sale, houses/condominiums sold in the last 30 days, and contracts written on homes last month as well as homes and condominiums that were for sale but for whatever reason have been taken off the market in the last 30 days. We will also offer comment on some of these stats if we feel it will ad to the value of the information. All of the statistics are supplied by the Wasatch Front MLS, Any commentary belongs to Group 1 or its Realtors.
We will pay particular attention to the recent phenomenon characterised as distressed properties, and listed as Foreclosures, Bank Owned (REO), HUD Homes, or Short Sales.
New homes (new construction) or homes for sale by owner FSBOs probably wont show up in this report, as few of these houses are listed across the MLS.
Salt Lake Homes For Sale:
There are 7812 single family homes for sale on the Salt Lake MLS. Thirteen hundred five, almost 17% are condominiums. In the last thirty days 2048 houses and 389 condos were added to this inventory.
Bank Foreclosures/Short Sales:
A small percentage of homes for sale (7%) are HUD homes, bank owned, short sales, or houses that require third party approval before a sale can be made. Of the 548 distressed houses, the majority are located in the South Valley area, are under 4 years old, and are expected to sell for less than is currently owed on them.
Homes Sold Last 30 Days:
In the last 30 days 880 homes or condos were sold in SLC. Sixty four of these were bank owned or short sales.
Under Contract Last 30 Days:
During April 1103 single family homes/condos were put under contract. Assuming that 90% of these houses close, there will be almost 1000 less homes for sale in Salt Lake. Almost 7% of the contracts written were for bank owned or short sales. (77).
Average Days On Market:
I am reporting these numbers without conviction as most of you know how I feel about the way the days on market stats were gathered. The MLS has made changes and from now on I expect this part of our reports to be meaningful. In the meantime it is reported that Homes in Salt Lake have been on the market an average of 59 days before they are sold. Fifteen % of the houses were for sale at least 121 days, and 1605 were removed within the last 30 days for various reasons, including being available for sale for more than 120 days.
Conclusions:
Overall, the resale home Real Estate market in Salt Lake is in pretty good shape. The degree to which you think this is true depends on whether you are buying a home or needing to sell. Home buyers, if they show patience, have decent credit and a modest down payment can find tremendous home buys. Sellers however need to price their home realistically and not try to be a better marketer than the next door neighbor was, (18 months ago). If money was borrowed using the house as collateral, maybe the profit has already been spent, and selling for whats owed is a good deal. Outstanding investment opportunities can be had, but more of a long term nature than for short term flippers.
Each area is different and I would invite you to visit our blog over the next few days to see whats happening in Sandy, Herriman, South Jordan, or West Jordan. See what they have to offer.
To see the over 7000 homes for for sale listed across the Salt Lake Valley, (this includes condos and P.U.Ds.) check out our website at Salt Lake Homes. You'll get pictures of houses for sale, the location of all of the homes, and the price of homes for sale in your area of interest.
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