May sales up in El Paso, but prices down

June 28, 2009

El Paso’s real estate agents moved 440 homes during May 2009.  This is an increase of 3 percent over May 2008, which had 429 sales.  The increase is not as impressive when one considers there were 640 sales in May 2007, so there was really a 31 percent drop over the past two years, as seen in the following table.

Year Month House Sales 1 Yr Change 2 Yr Change Average Home Price % Price Change Median Home Price % 1 Yr Change Active Listings % 1 Yr Change Months of Inventory
2007 Jan 492 142,500 124,800 2,554 5.191
2007 Feb 503 151,300 124,000 2,787 5.54
2007 Mar 612 155,100 129,200 1,272 2.078
2007 Apr 642 150,600 128,100 3,241 5.048
2007 May 640 152,400 130,200 3,159 4.935
2007 Jun 607 166,400 138,900 3,589 5.912
2007 Jul 573 160,200 134,200 3,791 6.616
2007 Aug 554 165,300 138,900 3,874 6.992
2007 Sep 409 156,500 136,000 4,024 9.838
2007 Oct 439 156,400 130,900 4,337 9.879
2007 Nov 387 166,200 133,600 4,292 11.09
2007 Dec 362 153,600 133,500 4,625 12.776
2008 Jan 299 -0.39 158,700 0.11 133,200 0.07 4,254 0.67 14.227
2008 Feb 328 -0.35 162,800 0.08 133,800 0.08 4,374 0.57 13.335
2008 Mar 419 -0.32 157,900 0.02 128,700 0 4,714 2.71 11.25
2008 Apr 292 -0.55 152,400 0.01 126,700 -0.01 4,840 0.49 16.575
2008 May 429 -0.33 164,200 0.08 137,800 0.06 5,155 0.63 12.016
2008 Jun 487 -0.2 168,800 0.01 142,800 0.03 5,127 0.43 10.527
2008 Jul 502 -0.12 161,700 0.01 138,500 0.03 5,012 0.32 9.984
2008 Aug 433 -0.22 160,500 -0.03 133,300 -0.04 5,085 0.31 11.743
2008 Sep 449 0.1 159,400 0.02 134,300 -0.01 5,096 0.27 11.349
2008 Oct 413 -0.06 158,500 0.01 130,500 0 5,040 0.16 12.203
2008 Nov 362 -0.06 156,100 -0.06 132,800 -0.01 4,773 0.11 13.185
2008 Dec 363 0 159,900 0.04 136,300 0.02 4,454 -0.04 12.269
2009 Jan 304 0.02 -0.38 157,700 -0.01 126,900 -0.05 4,499 0.06 14.799
2009 Feb 326 -0.01 -0.35 152,600 -0.06 130,900 -0.02 4,530 0.04 13.895
2009 Mar 435 0.04 -0.29 154,500 -0.02 133,500 0.04 4,578 -0.03 10.524
2009 Apr 381 0.3 -0.41 155,500 0.02 128,100 0.01 3,982 -0.18 10.451
2009 May 440 0.03 -0.31 148,700 -0.09 126,800 -0.08 3,940 -0.24 8.954

Average and median are down from one year ago.  May 2009 had an average home price of $148,700, which was a 9 percent drop from May 2008’s $164,200.  The median price faired negligibly better, as May 2009’s $126,800 was only down 8 percent from its 2008 counterpart of $137,800.

El Paso had 3,940 active listings in May 2009.  This is almost a quarter lower than May 2008, which had 5,155 active listings.

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El Paso Market Still Down for April

June 7, 2009

There were 381 sales in April for the El Paso real estate market. While we have been in a poor market the sales for April were dismal. Besides April 2008 the last time we had this few sales in April was 1998. The number of sales was down from March. This is not a good sign. Usually as you move into summer the number of sales should be increasing. When sales move in the opposite direction its never a good sign.

On the positive side average prices were up 2 percent compared to last year. We have been seeing an increase in the number of listings for the last year. This month marked a change. The number of listings was down 18 percent compared to last year.

But with the expection of a drop in the number of listings overall the El Paso real estate market is still a buyers market.

Year Month House Sales 1 Yr Change 2 Yr Change Average Home Price % Price Change Median Home Price % 1 Yr Change Active Listings % 1 Yr Change Months of Inventory
2007 Jan 492 142,500 124,800 2,554 5.191
2007 Feb 503 151,300 124,000 2,787 5.54
2007 Mar 612 155,100 129,200 1,272 2.078
2007 Apr 642 150,600 128,100 3,241 5.048
2007 May 640 152,400 130,200 3,159 4.935
2007 Jun 607 166,400 138,900 3,589 5.912
2007 Jul 573 160,200 134,200 3,791 6.616
2007 Aug 554 165,300 138,900 3,874 6.992
2007 Sep 409 156,500 136,000 4,024 9.838
2007 Oct 439 156,400 130,900 4,337 9.879
2007 Nov 387 166,200 133,600 4,292 11.09
2007 Dec 362 153,600 133,500 4,625 12.776
2008 Jan 299 -0.39 158,700 0.11 133,200 0.07 4,254 0.67 14.227
2008 Feb 328 -0.35 162,800 0.08 133,800 0.08 4,374 0.57 13.335
2008 Mar 419 -0.32 157,900 0.02 128,700 0 4,714 2.71 11.25
2008 Apr 292 -0.55 152,400 0.01 126,700 -0.01 4,840 0.49 16.575
2008 May 429 -0.33 164,200 0.08 137,800 0.06 5,155 0.63 12.016
2008 Jun 487 -0.2 168,800 0.01 142,800 0.03 5,127 0.43 10.527
2008 Jul 502 -0.12 161,700 0.01 138,500 0.03 5,012 0.32 9.984
2008 Aug 433 -0.22 160,500 -0.03 133,300 -0.04 5,085 0.31 11.743
2008 Sep 449 0.1 159,400 0.02 134,300 -0.01 5,096 0.27 11.349
2008 Oct 413 -0.06 158,500 0.01 130,500 0 5,040 0.16 12.203
2008 Nov 362 -0.06 156,100 -0.06 132,800 -0.01 4,773 0.11 13.185
2008 Dec 363 0 159,900 0.04 136,300 0.02 4,454 -0.04 12.269
2009 Jan 304 0.02 -0.38 157,700 -0.01 126,900 -0.05 4,499 0.06 14.799
2009 Feb 326 -0.01 -0.35 152,600 -0.06 130,900 -0.02 4,530 0.04 13.895
2009 Mar 435 0.04 -0.29 154,500 -0.02 133,500 0.04 4,578 -0.03 10.524
2009 Apr 381 0.3 -0.41 155,500 0.02 128,100 0.01 3,982 -0.18 10.451
Year Month House Sales 1 Yr Change 2 Yr Change Average Home Price % Price Change Median Home Price % 1 Yr Change Active Listings % 1 Yr Change Months of Inventory

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