When looking at all property types in Hamilton-Burlington in 2017, compared to 2016 there were 5.9% less home sales, however the total dollar volume reached a new high of $8,972 billion (a 14.4% increase). Listings were up 15.4%, average days on market were 10% less. Which basically means this, we had more homes being listed, sales dropped a bit, but the homes that got sold were going quicker, and for a higher prices.
“The real estate market in 2017 was notable for the abrupt change through the spring,” noted RAHB CEO George O’Neill. “The market went from a strong, prolonged seller’s market, where the average time to sell a property was 14 days, to a more balanced market where buyers had more time to view and compare properties before putting in an offer to purchase.”
Each of the first four months of year had record sales for those months,” added O’Neill. “At the time, there were few listings on the market, with less than a month of inventory. In April, however, we saw the first glimpse of a turnaround, when we had more listings than average come onto the market. That did not translate into immediate relief for the market, as we still had record sales for the month. It was after that point we began to see higher-than-average new listings and lower-than-average sales.”
You can download RAHB year end stats report here.
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