Lucas Real Estate News

 

June 13, 2013

Lucas Group News June 2013

Lucas News and Real Estate Report
Median Price Graph
    12/12   1/13    2/13    3/13   4/13   5/13
Phoenix
 $153K   $155K  $160K   $168K  $172K   $175K 
Tempe  $169K  $170K   $169K  $173K   $178K  $195K
Chandler  $199K  $195K  $200K  $214K  $207K  $225K


Phoenix Real Estate Market Update
For a charts and graphs overview check the How's The Market section of our website.


May was another blow-out month for re-sale transactions, with very strong sales counts
and dollar volume. Supply remains very constrained, but despite the big sales count we
are starting to see a few signs of weakening demand. If the market can’t attain balance
by strengthening supply it can do so by suppressing demand instead. This is not a
change in market direction, just a natural cooling off as obstacles for buyers start to get
harder to overcome.


Here are the basic ARMLS numbers for June 1, 2013 relative to June 1, 2012:
- Active Listings: 15,466 versus 12,491 last year – up 23.8%
but down 0.1% from 15,482 last month
- Pending Listings: 9,662 versus 11,656 last year – down 17.1%
and down 11.3% from 10,888 last month
- Monthly Sales: 9,316 versus 8,439 last year – up 10.4%
and up 4.3% from 8,963 last month
- Monthly Average Sales Price per Sq. Ft.: $119.40 versus $101.85 last year – up 17%
and up 2.5% from last month
- Monthly Median Sales Price: $175,000 versus $145,000 last year – up 20.7%
and up 1.7% from last month



Metro Phoenix home prices up 60% from market low
Metro Phoenix’s median home sales price has climbed almost 60 percent
from the real estate crash’s low price in August 2011.
Read more


Farewell 3% mortgage rates
In the past month, rates have been on the rise and they are expected to continue
to climb.

Read more


Valley real estate reality check



Rising home prices rescue underwater homeowners
The number of underwater homeowners has dropped below 10 million
nationwide for the first time in more than at least three years.

Read More


Thinking of buying or selling a home?
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May 20, 2013

Lucas Group News May 2013

Lucas News and Real Estate Report
Median Price Graph
    11/12   12/12    1/13    2/13   3/13   4/13
Phoenix
 $155K   $153K  $155K   $160K  $168K   $172K 
Tempe  $166K  $169K   $170K  $169K   $173K  $178K
Chandler  $190K  $199K  $195K  $200K  $214K  $207K


Phoenix Real Estate Market Stats, Charts, and Reports
Click here for a charts and graphs overview.
Click here for a summary of all the pertinent numbers.
Check these reports and more anytime on the How's The Market section of our website.


- Good news this month is grounds for optimism. Home sales rose 7.4% in April for
the third month in a row.  Not bad for a market that is very short on inventory.   Home
values showed positive gains, continuing the steadily upward pace.
 
- The influence of distressed sales on total sales continues to wane, having fallen
from a high of 70.7% of total sales in February 2011 to the current 24.1%.
 
- On the economic front, the US unemployment rate dropped to 7.5% with the addition
of 165,000 new jobs in April, scoring the lowest unemployment figure since December 08.

- The reaction to the US employment figures sent the stock market over the
psychological barrier of 15,000 on the Dow.
 
- Inventory levels remain a problem for the Valley, though new construction is gaining
traction. So far this year there have been 2,462 verified new starts in the first quarter. 



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Eastmark - the East Valley's newest community
Learn more about the East Valley's newest and largest master planned community.
The grand opening is June 1st.

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Arizona has biggest mortgage delinquency dip
Arizonans are climbing out of mortgage hot water at a faster rate than anyone else
in the nation.

Read more


Real estate putting Phoenix back on Wall Street radar
Arizona is becoming more relevant in the stock market again, thanks largely to
real estate.

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Analyst offers his view of the market
Tom Ruff has been tracking metro Phoenix’s housing market through daily analysis
of property records and discussions — sometimes heated — with the real-estate
industry’s top agents and executives since the 1980s.

Read More


Thinking of buying or selling a home?
Go hire yourself a LUCAS!
Your Tempe/ Chandler Real Estate Resource for 20 years.
(480) 598-8800
TheLucasGroup.com