Category Archives: Market Reports

September DC Real Estate Stats

Sales took a drop in September in the District by 9.89% compared to August; but ticked up slightly over last September; by 1.8%. Prices of homes are also down in September vs August; but compared to last year – the average sold price was only down .84%; while the median sold price compared to last…

The DC Real Estate Market… you’re not in Kansas anymore…

… not to pick on Kansas … The Washington DC Real Estate Market is hard for many people to understand; whom are relocating from other parts of the Nation.  Our market is one of the very few markets; where prices are (slowly) inching upwards.   The inventory of good properties is down and sellers are…

Washington DC Market Stats – June 2011

Well the Washington Market Stats are in for June and there is continued good news.  In the Washington DC Metro area, average Real Estate sold prices are up over 5.5% from last year and up almost 7% in the District of Columbia. Now the number of homes sold are down (over last year); but sales…

Where are the DC Rentals?

This time of year is traditionally known to be BUSY for the rental market.  Between students and interns and just moving in general; finding an affordable rental apartment or home close in to DC; is a challenge.  This year it seems worse. Not only is the “affordable” part of my statement difficult so is just…

Washington DC Market Report

Here are the April 2011 Stats for Washington DC: While sales were down over 20%; prices are still going up over last year.  Prices in April +5.48%  Partially due to the number of listings being down 7.53%.      

NO, the housing market isn’t terrible in DC

Every morning I read some of the On-line news highlights over my 1st 2 or 3 cups of coffee.  Often there is some news about how bad the housing market is or some dire prediction. What so many consumers fail to see – and the media gets a big “F” to educate people – is…

Real Estate Market Update for Washington DC

While we wait for the April numbers; I wanted to post the last report – from March.  This shows a market where the number of listings are lower and prices are increasing. Now my prediction will be that April will not look so good.  The market seems a bit cooler in the peak of Spring…

The Case Shiller Report: DC Area Home Prices On the Rise: +3.6%

  The Case Shiller Report was released by Standard & Poor.  It shows that while the housing market looks bad as a whole; the DC market is one area of the country which is showing progress…  Now we just need the rest of the country to follow…   New York, March 29, 2011 – Data…

How is the Real Estate Market in Washington DC?

Current Number of Homes Active and Under Contract in the Washington DC area:   Here is the breakdown as of April 26th, 2011   While the Inventory is up from a month ago; in DC; the Spring inventory is the lowest it has been in over 5 years. Arlington County in Virginia, continues to be…