March Real Estate Market
Calgary Single Family Home Sales – March 2014
Looking
out the window and seeing so much snow still on the ground, it's hard to believe that March has come to a close – we’ve
certainly had unexpected weather this past month and so too have we experienced some
unexpected real estate activity.
Supply
in the single family sector has been slowly dwindling since the beginning of
the year and prices have eked up a little as a result, although as is always
the case, some communities have their own little market activity going on all
the time. Competing offers have become, not common
place, but not an unusual occurrence either.
During
the month of March, 1,699 MLS listed single family homes sold in Calgary. The sale prices ranged from $190,500 for an
attached 728 square foot home, in NE Abbeydale, to a $4,970,000, 4,563 square foot
home in Elbow Park SW. Quite the
range.
There
was a fair bit of activity in the $1,000,000 and over category with 75 homes firmly
sold within the month – contrasting Februarys’ 61 sales and Januarys’ meager
38.
Of the 75
million dollar and over sales, 16 occurred in various NW communities, including
5 in West Hillhurst, a popular inner city community. There were 2 sales in the NE communities of Winston
Heights and Crescent Heights. The SE had
5 sales with the most expensive one in the established community of Willow Park
Estates – the property backed a golf course.
By far the most active quadrant in this price point though was the SW
with 52 sales taking place in the month.
They were spread out amongst a variety of communities but the one that
saw the most activity, with 10 sales, was Aspen Hills.
I find
it interesting to note that of the 75 sales, 6 properties were successful in
getting 100% of the list price while 2 others sold over the list
price. Competing offers? Likely.
The average days on market for the million plus sector was 62 compared to the general market of 27 days. The average days on market for this segment in January was 67 and 46 in February.
Snapshot:
March 1, 2014 – March 31, 2014
MLS Residential Sales (excluding condominiums)
Total MLS Sales = 1,699
Lowest Sale Price = $190,500
Highest
Sale Price = $4,970,000
MLS Residential Sales - $1,000,000+ (excluding condominiums)
75 or 4.4% of the total market
Sales by Quadrant
SW = 52 or 69.3%
NW = 16 or 21.3%
SE = 5 or 6.7%
NE = 2 or 2.7%
What were the most popular home “styles”?
Style Number of Properties Percentage
2 Storey 55 73.33%
2 Storey Split 4 5.33%
2 ½ Storey 1 1.34%
3 Storey 7 9.33%
1 ½ Storey 3 4%
5 level split 1 1.34%
Bungalow 4 5.33%
How many had walkout basements? 20 or 26.7%
How many had developed basements? 68 or 90.7%
Food for thought – roughly 17% of the sales had price reductions since their initial “to market” pricing within the listing period – although there were a few competing offers, pricing is always relevant regardless of the market we happen to be in.
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