Seattle Real Estate Market Update [July 2020] In-Depth Analysis - I Seattle Real Estate Podcast

Here is your 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑼𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 for July 2020. Podcast style in-depth analysis of the NWMLS stats for the month of July 2020. Hosted by Sean Reynolds of the Seattle Real Estate Podcast.

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King County, Snohomish County, Pierce County, Thurston County Real Estate Markets
- Seattle Housing Issues
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- Seattle Realtor - Broker Trends
- Seattle Housing Market Forecast 2020

Northwest MLS brokers report robust activity
amid low-interest rates, tight inventory, changing lifestyles

July 6, 2020) – Historically low-interest rates and lifestyle changes are fueling housing activity around Washington state, according to Dean Rebhuhn, president of Village Homes and Properties in Woodinville. Commenting on just-released June statistics from Northwest Multiple Listing Service, he and other brokers say multiple offers are common “especially in the median price range.”

Brokers in the 23 counties that are part of Northwest MLS point to a shortage of homes as a key factor in the bidding wars. At the end of June, there were only 1.16 months of supply system-wide, which is the second-lowest level in the past decade. (The lowest mark, at 1.12 months, was in December 2017.)

Not surprisingly, the supply/demand imbalance is causing prices to ratchet up. Median prices for last month’s 8,312 closed sales of single-family homes and condos increased by nearly 5.7% compared to a year ago, rising from $440,000 to $465,000. A comparison to May shows an increase of more than 3.3%.

In the four-county central Puget Sound area, year-over-year prices rose even more. Of these counties, King County had the smallest increase at nearly 5.9% (rising from $637,675 to $675,000). Pierce County prices jumped nearly 8.2%, from $372,500 to $403,000. Prices were up nearly 6.7% in Snohomish County and more than 7.7% in Kitsap County.

“Multiple offers are back with a vengeance as buyers are handicapped by having only about half the
inventory of a year ago,” noted Dick Beeson, managing broker at RE/MAX Northwest in Tacoma-Gig
Harbor. “The refrain, ‘Sorry to tell you, but the seller has accepted another offer,’ is heard with
regularity,” he stated, adding, “If a buyer finds a home they like, it’s likely 20 other people will be vying
for it, and the battle is on.”

J. Lennox Scott, chairman, and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate, noticed a major increase in sales activity intensity, which measures the percentage of homes that sell within the first 30 days of going on the market. “It’s almost as if the cupboards were bare in the more affordable to mid-price ranges where the majority of sales take place,” he remarked.

“What a difference a month makes,” exclaimed Matthew Gardner, chief economist at Windermere Real Estate. “What is abundantly clear is that the COVID-19 induced slowing in housing activity that we saw in May was not enough to freeze the Seattle housing market for very long,” he added.
Gardner described the month-over-month gains in pending sales, closed sales, and prices as “very
significant” and indicators of a housing market that is “very robust.”

The new report from Northwest MLS shows last month’s volume of pending sales surged 15% from May (increasing from 10,389 to 11,916); closed sales jumped more than 39% (from 5,957 to 8,312), and month-over-month prices rose more than 3.3% (from $449,850 to $465,000).

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