May 31st Updated real estate statistics and market information

Interviewed again by ABC 15 News' Christina Boomer regarding market conditions and recovery copy and past the link or visit www.ABC15.com http://www.abc15.com/content/financialsurvival/azstories/story/Experts-say-Valley-housing-market-won-t-recover/-mPKf73ay0G-x_27nNeqGQ.cspx

Based on feedback from several avid realty times readers, I am making an effort to provide more up to date information and keep it up to date on a more regular basis, as a professional Realtor in the market, I feel I owe it to those of you that are consistenly looking for accurate market conditions to provide that information to you as often as possible. Please feel free to email me direct kgagon@earthlink.net with requests of what you would like to see posted/updated here weekly/monthly here so that I can manage and update accordingly!

Queen Creek updated statistics: Updated May 31, 2010529 Active homes for sale, 343 Pending close of escrow, 252 Under contract with contingencies to close, 214 closed in May. Average closed price was $153,487. The average list to sales price ratio was 98%, Average marketing time of the closed sales was 75 days on the market. For overall market statistics keep reading.

In the most recent statistics update search and market analysis of the Arizona MLS as of May 31, 2010. Inventory is on a slow rise while pending sales and sales with contingencies continue to slowly decline. The preliminary estimate of closed sales for May is 8,392 and may adjust slightly higher or lower the first few days of May at which time I will be sure to update the number here to provide accurate nubers and information. April closings were slightly higher at 9,241, though I do expect to see a higher number of closings in June as a result of all the tax credit buyers that must close to meet the deadline of June 30th.

For a complete comparison of April to May numbers, read my April/May statistics blog on Trulia.com. As of 5/31/2010, Currently the active inventory of homes in the MLS for sale is at 33,528. The pending sales are at 13,041. Homes under contract with contingencies which make up a good portion of the homes that are contingent on short sale approval are at 7,880. And the closed sales for May again 8,392. The average closed sales price for May (which is not the median price) was $178,593 with an average days on the market of 95 and the list to sale price close ratio was 98%

Of the above numbers Bank/Lender/or corporate owned homes make up 5,343 of the active inventory, 4056 of the pending inventory, 244 of the homes under contract with contingencies, and 3,255 of the closed homes for May. The average closed sales price of these homes was lower at just $134,449 with an average days on the market of 74 and a list to sale price closed ratio of just under 100%. This is an indicator that homes that fall into the lender and bank owned category for the most part are selling at or above thier asking prices.

Of the total numbers Short Sale and preforeclosure properties make up 9041 of the active inventory, 4351 of the pending inventory, 7497 of the homes under contract with contingencies, and accounted for 1,722 of the closed sales for May at an average closed sales price of $163,319 with a list to sale ratio of approximately 98% and an average days on the market of 140.
For information on your specific home or a particular area please feel free to contact me directly we offer a no obligation, free market analysis of your home. If you missed my most recent ABC 15 news interview with Christina Boomer on the market recovery of Phoenix see it at the link below. http://www.abc15.com/dpp/money/real_estate_news/experts-say-valley-housing-market-won%E2%80%99t-recover-until-2034

For other information visit my website www.allarizonarealestate.com, and for the most up to date video marketing that we are doing visit my youtube page at: http://www.youtube.com/user/kgagon

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Based on the statistics from January 1, 2010 the average list to sell ratio is within 2% of the list price, with an average marketing to contract time of just 83 days. This does not include any contributions to buyer closing costs that are very common in todays market. When listing your home, price it to sell up front and it will sell. For detailed information on pricing your home contact me today.

Buyers are you looking for a bank owned home but not getting to them fast enough? Finding that they have multiple offers before you have even had a chance to look at them? We have access to hundreds of bank owned listings in the premarketing stages that have not yet hit MLS, to get in on the information of these listings before anyone else email me directly to kgagon@earthlink.net and ask to be included in the premarketing updates, take charge of finding your next, new home, or investment opportunity today be proactive in your search, and search with the best!

2009 statistics show that it was the 3rd best year for closed sales since 2004 and 2005. In 2009 there were 92,389 closed sales, falling just behind the number for 2004 of 98,298. Yes the average sales price was considerable lower but that allowed many of the first time buyers back into the real estate market. Active inventory is hovering just above the 33,000 mark.
In keeping ahead of the real estate changes, I was recently interviewed by Christina Boomer at ABC 15 News for using cutting edge technology and video news marketing to sell more homes. I am one of only a few agent nationwide that has this marketing format and it is a growing segment of my business that can help to sell your home faster. For more information copy and paste this entire link into your browser: for other media appearances visit my website!
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