This month’s sales, like the one before, finished out strong. Median home prices remained steady. Fewer people are selling their homes while demand from buyers remains strong. This led to a decrease in available inventory. Watch below or read for the full December 2019 Las Vegas Real Estate Market Update.
The median price of single-family homes remained steady at $307,000. This is up 4.1% from the same time last year. Condos and townhomes had a median price of $175,000 up 2.2% from last month and 6.1% from last year.
Like last month, the December 2019 Las Vegas real estate market had sales that were stronger than anticipated. Despite a slow start to the year, the market is now only behind last year’s sales by 2.7%. There were 2,407 single-family homes sold last month. This is down 17% from the previous month, as is normal for the time of year, and up 5% from the same time last year. There were 539 condo and townhome sales, down 19.8% from last month and down 4.6% from last year.
New listings have been taking a hit. People are staying in their homes longer and inventory is down. There were 2,652 new single-family home listings taken last month, down 25.2% from the month before and down 17.7% from last year. 701 new condo and townhomes came on the market, down 17.3% from last month and down 5.3% from last year.
The increase in units sold and decrease in new listings in the Las Vegas area is causing a dip in inventory. There were 6,531 single-family homes available for sale last month, down 9.4% from the previous month and down 6.7% from the same time last year. Months of Inventory subsequently dipped to 2.7, heading back towards a buyer’s market.
Condos and townhomes had a different kind of month. Slower sales resulted in an inventory of 1,711, down 5.4% from the previous month, but up 6.6% from the same time last year. Months of Inventory for attached units rose to 3.2 months–diverging from the single-family market.
Predictions abound as we head into 2020. Historically election year can have a slowing effect on the market. Overall, analysts predict slow but steady appreciation over the next year.
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All data is November 2019 numbers, supplied by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Click on photos for more information.
