RI Home Prices Jump 13% in March Over Previous Year
Thursday, April 19, 2018
RI home sales data released Thursday by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors show a year over year price increase in the month of March of 13 percent.
The median sales price of single-family home sales was the highest monthly price reached in the first quarter since 2007. The median was $265,000 in March.
In the investor-driven multifamily home market, the median sales price of $225,000 represented a 29 percent gain over March of 2017. The multifamily market has seen year over year price gains every month for the past 39 months.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe condominium market also saw a gain in the median sales price of three percent.
Inventory Continues Decline
The number of single-family homes available for sale dropped 16 percent last month from the prior year. As a result of the diminishing supply of listings, sales have started to moderate, falling .5 percent compared to March of 2017. Pending sales, which typically indicate closing volume in the months to come, fell 12 percent.
“After climbing each month since the end of 2014, closing activity began to fluctuate last year. It’s pretty clear that we need more inventory to get this market back into balance,” said Joe Luca, President of the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.
Despite a five percent decrease in the supply of multifamily homes for sale last month, closing activity increased four percent. Decreasing pending sales however, foretell a trend of fewer completed closings in the coming months. The number of pending sales in the multifamily market dropped 15 percent from 12 months earlier.
The number of listings also declined in the condo market, falling 11 percent. Completed sales increased by six percent, while sales under contract but not yet complete, decreased by six percent.
“We’re not in danger of the bubble that we saw a decade or so ago because we don’t have the same lax lending conditions. Instead, we need to address Rhode Island’s housing shortage. We simply don’t have enough units to keep up with demand,” commented Luca.
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