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How did April, 2009 stack up to April, 2010 in your neighborhood?
(Click on the cities below to see real estate trends for the past 5 years. You’ll find the median pricing for each city and whether the number of homes for sale and the number of sales went up or down. The odds of selling a home in each area is a result of the number of homes for sale divided by the actual number of home sales.)
The plateau: Sammamish, Issaquah, North Bend, and Fall City
The odds of selling a home were 31%.
Median sales price dropped from $524,000 to $514,950.
The number of homes for sale dropped by 20% and sales were up by 75% from last year.
The odds of selling a home were 35%.
Median sales price dropped from $500,000 to $450,000.
The number of homes for sale dropped by 2% and sales were up by 57%.
The odds of selling a home were 34%.
Median price decreased to $599,900 from $649,000.
The number of homes for sale dropped by 21% and sales were up 23%.
Woodinville/Bothell/Kenmore/Duvall/North Kirkland
The odds of selling a home were 26%.
Median price increased to $409,500 from $399,950.
The number of homes for sale declined by 12% and sales were up by 18%.
The odds of selling a home were 22%.
Median price decreased to $575,000 from $649,000.
The number of homes for sale declined by 23% and sales were up by 102%.
The odds of selling a home were 20%.
Median pricing was down from $1,100,000 to $849,000.
The number of homes for sale decreased by 27% and sales increased by 62%.
Redmond/Education Hill/ Carnation
The odds of selling a home were 23%
Median pricing decreased from $554,950 to $514,995.
The number of homes for sale decreased by 11% and sales increased by 32%.
When compared to April, 2009, only one area of Seattle’s eastside showed an increase in median prices. This area encompasses Woodinville, Bothell, Kenmore, and Duvall.
The most significant decrease in pricing was in West Bellevue, just like last month. Home values in West Bellevue dropped by 23%. The other Seattle-eastside neighborhoods experienced a reduction in sales price, but not by as much.
Home sales, on the other hand, continued to be strong all over the eastside. Sales increases ranged from 18% in the Woodinville area to 102% in Kirkland, the only area with a triple digit increase in home sales this month.
Eighteen percent less homes are for sale on the eastside this year than last year.
What’s happening in your area? Are home sales strong? Do you expect it to continue?
