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July 2010 Kitsap Real Estate Market Statistics

The shoe has dropped following expiration of the home buyer tax credit. The number of closed sales in Kitsap County in July fell about 23% from June. Pending sales rose 15%, now having risen two months in a row after falling by nearly 50% in May. In June, there were 266 closed sales and 239 pending sales. In July there were 204 closed sales and 276 pending sales. Shown below is a graph of month-by-month pending sales vs closed sales. This graph shows how pending sales lead closed sales in direction if not magnitude - by about 2 months - and also shows the rise in pending sales at each of the home buyer tax credit expirations (October and April) and the fall each took the subsequent month. Also based on this trend, we can expect a modest increase in closed sales next month.

Kitsap closed sales vs pending sales by month

Shown below are graphs of inventory and inventory turnover for Kitsap County in 2007-10. The County has a listing inventory turnover rate of about 9.5 months, a slow down from the 7.1 month turnover in June. This is a buyer's market. The housing inventory increased for the 8th straight month, while the number of closed sales fell sharply in July. The inventory turnover also varies by price range, with higher priced homes selling more slowly than lower priced homes. We've made the point recently that the higher price ranges will be more difficult to reduce in inventory because today's lending environment has greatly reduced the pool of qualified buyers. This was a particularly daunting month in the higher price ranges, with only 1 closed sale in the County among 152 properties priced higher than $800k. See the graph below for a better perspective.  Every seller is in a price war and beauty contest at the same time. If your price is not best among comparable properties, the chance of sale is very small. Below is a historical depiction of the changes in the ratio of listings to closed sales.


Kitsap Home Inventory Turnover Rate


Kitsap Home Inventory Turnover Rate for various price ranges


Historical ratio of listings for sale vs closed sales

Listing Inventory

Kitsap County's residential inventory in July (1944 listings) is about 4% higher than June and about 6% higher than a year ago. Inventory has been steadily rising this year, and is now at the highest we've seen since 2008. Some of the shadow inventory has become active again as bank owned and distressed sales and as sellers coming back to test the market. Distressed properties make up about 15% of our market.

Kitsap listing inventory

Kitsap Listing Inventory

Pending and Closed Sales

The number of pending sales in July was down 20% compared to a year ago and up 15% compared to June. The statistics for July pending sales varied for different parts of the County. Below is a graph showing the 3 month moving average of pending sales for different parts of the County. The 3 month moving average in all areas is still falling because of the overriding effect of May's big drop in pending sales. You can see that pending sales have fallen sharply in the lower priced (Bremerton) and higher priced areas (Bainbridge), while mid priced communities such as Poulsbo have seen lower magnitude fluctuations.

 

Kitsap real estate regional pending sales

Closed sales were down 28% compared with July 2009. The more stable 3 month moving average number of Kitsap County closed sales is down 2% compared to a year ago, a sharp reversal from recent months of rising closed sales.

Kitsap real estate closed sales

Median Sales Price
The County's monthly median closed sale price rose this month because the distribution of sales prices changed. Relatively fewer low priced homes were sold now that the tax credit is not there to lure 1st time buyers. At the same time almost no high priced sales occurred. July's median price ($264,250)  rose about 11% compared to June, and is 5% higher than a year ago. The more stable 3 month moving average (see graph below) of the median closed sale price ($248,916) rose about 5% from last month and is about 1.4% higher than a year ago. The current low median price coupled with record low interest rates offers good affordability, and it appears that some move up buyers are taking advantage in the $400-700k price range. Conventional mortgage rates are now about 4.57% for 30 year loans. Speculation that rates will rise later this year has been dampened by the debt crisis in Europe. Jumbo loans keep improving, and are now offered about 5.5%  The conventional and FHA loan limits remain at $475,000 in Kitsap County, which has helped sales of higher priced homes. The VA loan lender imposed limit is back to $417,000. Our median price graphs show a 3 month moving average of prices, which better shows trends and reduces the month-to-month fluctuations. Below it is a graph showing closed sales by price range for the past several months.

Kitsap real estate median price graph
Kitsap closed sales by price range graph

The July median list price fell to $304,450 from $319,000 last month (5% decrease). Median list prices have fallen significantly since a year ago as sellers became more aggressive in getting their properties sold.

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