Home prices have increased in some zip codes in Las Vegas. This is definitely a sign of home prices starting to stabilize says Stuart Shienfeld, Las Vegas real estate agent. 15 zip codes showed double digit increases while only 7 zip codes showed double digit declines.
Existing Las Vegas home sales slid 16.9% from
last month to 4,128. That's also 19% below last year's level.
The median price for an existing home sold in July was $120,000. That price
is below both June (-2.4%) and the previous July (-1.6%). But, it is
consistent with data over the last 16 months.
But, more importantly, the median price per square foot of an existing home
sold in this market has been above 2009 levels for the last four months.
The current median price per square foot of an existing home sold in July was
$79.78.
The 1,907 foreclosures in July were somewhat higher than June figures (+28%). Yet,
that number was 19% below last July. In fact, five of the seven months in
this year have seen lower foreclosure levels than corresponding months in
2009.
The 13% rise of available listings in July to 12,772 is the first time this
year that any month has been higher than its corresponding month in 2009.
Yet, even at this figure, this inventory represents just 3.1 months of supply
at current sales rates.
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most widely used loan, averaged 4.32 percent for the week.
Comparing the information for Median List Price vs. Median Sales Price for Traditional, Bank Owned and Short Sales we see that the traditional listings are selling at a very high percentage (78%) of the average list price and the average list price is much higher ($224,900) than either REO or Short Sale properties.
The REO and Short Sale average List Price are almost the same, but the average Sale Price for REO properties is lower. It is interesting that the Short Sales properties' Median List Price is the same as the Median Sale Price.
Short sale closings continue to rise due to more cooperation by the banks holding the paper. With increasing unemployment rates, short sales will continue to dominate the Las Vegas housing market says, Stuart Shienfeld.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
A Few Bright Spots In The Las Vegas Housing Market
The time has finally come when we realtors can question and possibly correct a low appraisal says, realtor Stuart Sheinfeld. The July 21st passage of Obama’s Consumer Protection legislation included a host of RE-Related topics, but none was more important to our immediate needs than the language regarding appraisals. It allows realtors, mortgage bankers/brokers, consumers, and “any other person with an interest” to ask an appraiser to consider additional information such as comps, details, substantiation, and/or explanations to support an appraisal. In other words – you’re allowed to offer evidence and have it considered by an appraiser.
The number of new home sales nearly doubled month over month, jumping from 515 to 983. That 983 total, incidentally, was more than double the same month one year ago (105%). It was also the highest total of any month since September 2008. The part of the market that is pushing the new home figure upward are Hi-Rise sales led by City Centre’s Vdara and Veer condos.
Las Vegas now boasts the lowest number of subdivisions in this decade at 223. Reflecting new home sales totals, new home permits hit 423, a small increase over last month but a 23% year over year increase. At the same time, MLS inventory increased slightly, from 10,126 in May to 11,234 in June. It seems like the first wave of foreclosures has passed now we wait for the second wave says realtor Stuart Sheinfeld.
The number of new home sales nearly doubled month over month, jumping from 515 to 983. That 983 total, incidentally, was more than double the same month one year ago (105%). It was also the highest total of any month since September 2008. The part of the market that is pushing the new home figure upward are Hi-Rise sales led by City Centre’s Vdara and Veer condos.
Las Vegas now boasts the lowest number of subdivisions in this decade at 223. Reflecting new home sales totals, new home permits hit 423, a small increase over last month but a 23% year over year increase. At the same time, MLS inventory increased slightly, from 10,126 in May to 11,234 in June. It seems like the first wave of foreclosures has passed now we wait for the second wave says realtor Stuart Sheinfeld.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Las Vegas Housing Market is Showing Signs of Recovery
Cash continues to be king when it comes to buying a home in Las Vegas & Henderson says local realtor Stuart Sheinfeld. Cash buyers accounted for over 50 percent of all home purchases. In April, sales were strong, inventory fell slightly and prices remained relatively stable. Existing home sales fell slightly from last month (348 units to 4,323). However, that number is still 3.6% ahead of last April. And for the first four months of the year, existing home sales are 2.488 units or 18% ahead of last year. Strong sales are the first element in a recovery. MLS inventory continued its slow steady decline, slipping to a total of 9,400 units, the lowest total since July, 2004. At current sales rates, that represents just 2.7 months of supply for the market. Existing home prices rose to $126,000 - the highest point this year - and the highest level in 13 months. The average price per square foot jumped more than $2 to $81.61 - a 4% increase over last April. New-home sales are on the rise because buyers are getting frustrated with short sales & multiple offers on REO’s say realtor Stuart Sheinfeld. Another positive economic sign is the Tivoli Village in Summerlin, a mixed-use, retail, office, condo and dining center plans to be completed(first phase) by March 2011. With new federal programs in place to expedite short sales, HAMP & HAFA, we should see the Las Vegas housing inventory continue to decline, Sheinfeld says.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Las Vegas The Short Sale Capital
Las Vegas and the state may be changing from the nation’s foreclosure capital to the nations short sale capital say realtor Stuart Sheinfeld
Short sales averaged about 8% of total existing-home closings last year, but averaged 25% of the market by the end of the year and in early January
Short sales are becoming the trend as banks try to find ways to avoid letting homes go into foreclosure.
The most undervalued market is Las Vegas where homes sell for 41.4% below fair market.
The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas in Henderson will close its doors May 2.
Casino Monte Lago at Lake Las Vegas will close at midnight March 14.
SALES:
--->Resales are up BIG!
The number of existing homes sold in 2009 was 48,075, a 57% increase over 2008 and the third highest total in history. The 4,502 sales in December's made it the 3rd highest month of the year.
INVENTORY:
--->All inventory elements continue to decline.
The number of foreclosures in inventory slid to 11,248 in December. That's the lowest total since March 2008. The reason that inventory is declining is simple:
In six of the last eight months, the number of foreclosures sold was larger than the number of foreclosures created.
The 10,262 homes in resale inventory in December represents just 2.6 months of supply. December's resale inventory is the second lowest total since March, 2005.
PRICES:
--->Resale prices declined in December
Resale prices remained in their narrow range, dropping from $125,000 last month to $120,000 in December. Existing home prices have bounced between those two numbers since April.
High-rise condo stats
• Allure — 190 of 427 units unsold; 40 in default; 10 bank owned.
• Juhl — 309 of 344 unsold.
• Newport Lofts — 23 of 168 unsold; 51 in default, 12 bank owned.
• One Queensridge Place — 85 of 219 unsold; 8 in default.
• Panorama Tower 3 — 334 of 372 unsold.
• Sky Las Vegas — 79 of 405 unsold; 50 in default; 5 bank owned.
• Streamline Tower — 248 of 275 unsold.
• Turnberry Towers West — 255 of 318 unsold.
• MGM Signature 3 — 84 of 576 unsold; 105 in default; 17 bank owned.
• Palms Place — 204 of 599 unsold.
• Trump International — 977 of 1,282 unsold.
Realtor Stuart Sheinfeld has been using his new Apple IPAD to show more listings while out with clients.
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Short sales averaged about 8% of total existing-home closings last year, but averaged 25% of the market by the end of the year and in early January
Short sales are becoming the trend as banks try to find ways to avoid letting homes go into foreclosure.
The most undervalued market is Las Vegas where homes sell for 41.4% below fair market.
The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas in Henderson will close its doors May 2.
Casino Monte Lago at Lake Las Vegas will close at midnight March 14.
SALES:
--->Resales are up BIG!
The number of existing homes sold in 2009 was 48,075, a 57% increase over 2008 and the third highest total in history. The 4,502 sales in December's made it the 3rd highest month of the year.
INVENTORY:
--->All inventory elements continue to decline.
The number of foreclosures in inventory slid to 11,248 in December. That's the lowest total since March 2008. The reason that inventory is declining is simple:
In six of the last eight months, the number of foreclosures sold was larger than the number of foreclosures created.
The 10,262 homes in resale inventory in December represents just 2.6 months of supply. December's resale inventory is the second lowest total since March, 2005.
PRICES:
--->Resale prices declined in December
Resale prices remained in their narrow range, dropping from $125,000 last month to $120,000 in December. Existing home prices have bounced between those two numbers since April.
High-rise condo stats
• Allure — 190 of 427 units unsold; 40 in default; 10 bank owned.
• Juhl — 309 of 344 unsold.
• Newport Lofts — 23 of 168 unsold; 51 in default, 12 bank owned.
• One Queensridge Place — 85 of 219 unsold; 8 in default.
• Panorama Tower 3 — 334 of 372 unsold.
• Sky Las Vegas — 79 of 405 unsold; 50 in default; 5 bank owned.
• Streamline Tower — 248 of 275 unsold.
• Turnberry Towers West — 255 of 318 unsold.
• MGM Signature 3 — 84 of 576 unsold; 105 in default; 17 bank owned.
• Palms Place — 204 of 599 unsold.
• Trump International — 977 of 1,282 unsold.
Realtor Stuart Sheinfeld has been using his new Apple IPAD to show more listings while out with clients.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
The most undervalued market is Las Vegas, where homes sell for 41.4%
America's most overvalued cities
By Les Christie, staff writerJanuary 27, 2010: 7:56 AM ET
The most undervalued market is Las Vegas, where homes sell for 41.4% below fair market.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Don't say we didn't warn you.
In January 2006, CNNMoney published a ranking of 299 U.S. housing markets, showing where home prices were most overvalued. Little was undervalued: Real estate was white-hot and prices were at or near what later proved to be their tops.
A total of 213 cities were overpriced, and Naples, Fla., was deemed the most insane, with 84% of homes valued over a fair market price, according to statistics compiled by National City Corp. and IHS Global Insight.
That finding so rankled the Naples Chamber of Commerce and area real estate agents that they hired economists to dispute the evaluation, according to Richard DeKaser, the real estate consultant who engineered the report for National City.
What a difference four years makes.
Today, Naples real estate sells at a 29% discount and the median home price is just $165,500, down from more than $390,000, according to the newly released 2010 report compiled by IHS Global Insight and PNC Financial Services (PNC, Fortune 500) (which bought National City).
Nationwide, just 87 markets are considered overvalued, and Naples is now the 15th most undervalued area. Nearly all markets -- 242 of 330 -- are considered priced below fair market.
Atlantic City, N.J., is now the most overvalued metro area in the nation. At 30.2% over fair market, it is the only city in the dangerous 30%-plus category. Almost at that cutoff is Wenachee, Wash., at 28.9%. The third most overpriced area is Ocean City, N.J.
The most undervalued market is Las Vegas, where homes sell for 41.4% below fair market, followed by Vero Beach, Fla. (-39.8%), Merced, Calif. (-37.7%), and Cape Coral, Fla. (-36.8%).
These judgments are determined by comparing median home prices, local interest rates, population densities and income, plus historical premiums or discounts that areas have exhibited over time.
San Diego, for example, with its great weather and outdoor lifestyle, usually carries a premium, while prices in cold Rust Belt cities such as Detroit generally sell for less than its income stats would suggest.
"At the risk of immodesty, I must say the whole model has performed too well to believe," said DeKaser.
"I've done some research that shows when you get a bubble, you don't just return to normalcy," he added. "You go past normalcy for a long period of undervaluation."
There are psychological reasons for that, of course. In frothy run-ups, builders make big profits and tend to over-produce, resulting in inventory overhangs that dampen price appreciation after the bubble bursts. Plus, people lose confidence.
And lenders, who were pushing out mortgages hand-over-fist four years ago are tight-fisted today, making it harder to get a mortgage and so reducing demand for homes.
The bottom line, at least for a few years, is that the average buyer should forget about home purchases as investments. The good news is that, long-term, their home values should appreciate.
Metro area Median home price Percent overvalued 2010 Percent overvalued 2006
Atlantic City, N.J. $232,100 30.2% 59%
Wenatchee, Wash. $240,900 28.9% 13%
Ocean City, N.J. $294,800 26.6% 47%
Longview, Wash. $184,700 22.3% 24%
Honolulu, Hawaii $605,300 21.9% 31%
Asheville, N.C. $172,900 21.8% 24%
Portland, Ore. $267,600 20.8% 35%
Bellingham, Wash. $280,200 20.0% 43%
Corvallis, Ore. $266,400 18.9% 14%
Salem, Ore. $201,000 18.2% 25%
Source: PNC Financial Services and IHS Global Insight
Metro area Median home price Percent undervalued 2010 Percent undervalued 2006
Las Vegas, Nev. $129,700 -41.4% 38%
Vero Beach, Fla. $123,300 -39.8% 54%
Merced, Calif. $102,300 -37.7% 77%
Cape Coral, Fla. $118,700 -36.8% 52%
Houma, La. $116,200 -34.6% -1%
Port St. Lucie, Fla. $115,600 -33.3% 72%
Warren, Mich. $117,500 -32.3% 15%
Vallejo, Calif. $196,900 -31.9% 53%
Modesto, Calif. $138,700 -31.8% 67%
Stockton, Calif. $145,100 -31.8% 72%
By Les Christie, staff writerJanuary 27, 2010: 7:56 AM ET
The most undervalued market is Las Vegas, where homes sell for 41.4% below fair market.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Don't say we didn't warn you.
In January 2006, CNNMoney published a ranking of 299 U.S. housing markets, showing where home prices were most overvalued. Little was undervalued: Real estate was white-hot and prices were at or near what later proved to be their tops.
A total of 213 cities were overpriced, and Naples, Fla., was deemed the most insane, with 84% of homes valued over a fair market price, according to statistics compiled by National City Corp. and IHS Global Insight.
That finding so rankled the Naples Chamber of Commerce and area real estate agents that they hired economists to dispute the evaluation, according to Richard DeKaser, the real estate consultant who engineered the report for National City.
What a difference four years makes.
Today, Naples real estate sells at a 29% discount and the median home price is just $165,500, down from more than $390,000, according to the newly released 2010 report compiled by IHS Global Insight and PNC Financial Services (PNC, Fortune 500) (which bought National City).
Nationwide, just 87 markets are considered overvalued, and Naples is now the 15th most undervalued area. Nearly all markets -- 242 of 330 -- are considered priced below fair market.
Atlantic City, N.J., is now the most overvalued metro area in the nation. At 30.2% over fair market, it is the only city in the dangerous 30%-plus category. Almost at that cutoff is Wenachee, Wash., at 28.9%. The third most overpriced area is Ocean City, N.J.
The most undervalued market is Las Vegas, where homes sell for 41.4% below fair market, followed by Vero Beach, Fla. (-39.8%), Merced, Calif. (-37.7%), and Cape Coral, Fla. (-36.8%).
These judgments are determined by comparing median home prices, local interest rates, population densities and income, plus historical premiums or discounts that areas have exhibited over time.
San Diego, for example, with its great weather and outdoor lifestyle, usually carries a premium, while prices in cold Rust Belt cities such as Detroit generally sell for less than its income stats would suggest.
"At the risk of immodesty, I must say the whole model has performed too well to believe," said DeKaser.
"I've done some research that shows when you get a bubble, you don't just return to normalcy," he added. "You go past normalcy for a long period of undervaluation."
There are psychological reasons for that, of course. In frothy run-ups, builders make big profits and tend to over-produce, resulting in inventory overhangs that dampen price appreciation after the bubble bursts. Plus, people lose confidence.
And lenders, who were pushing out mortgages hand-over-fist four years ago are tight-fisted today, making it harder to get a mortgage and so reducing demand for homes.
The bottom line, at least for a few years, is that the average buyer should forget about home purchases as investments. The good news is that, long-term, their home values should appreciate.
Metro area Median home price Percent overvalued 2010 Percent overvalued 2006
Atlantic City, N.J. $232,100 30.2% 59%
Wenatchee, Wash. $240,900 28.9% 13%
Ocean City, N.J. $294,800 26.6% 47%
Longview, Wash. $184,700 22.3% 24%
Honolulu, Hawaii $605,300 21.9% 31%
Asheville, N.C. $172,900 21.8% 24%
Portland, Ore. $267,600 20.8% 35%
Bellingham, Wash. $280,200 20.0% 43%
Corvallis, Ore. $266,400 18.9% 14%
Salem, Ore. $201,000 18.2% 25%
Source: PNC Financial Services and IHS Global Insight
Metro area Median home price Percent undervalued 2010 Percent undervalued 2006
Las Vegas, Nev. $129,700 -41.4% 38%
Vero Beach, Fla. $123,300 -39.8% 54%
Merced, Calif. $102,300 -37.7% 77%
Cape Coral, Fla. $118,700 -36.8% 52%
Houma, La. $116,200 -34.6% -1%
Port St. Lucie, Fla. $115,600 -33.3% 72%
Warren, Mich. $117,500 -32.3% 15%
Vallejo, Calif. $196,900 -31.9% 53%
Modesto, Calif. $138,700 -31.8% 67%
Stockton, Calif. $145,100 -31.8% 72%
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