News & Notes – Sept 2016

Here are the latest/September numbers for the entire Portland area (and Lake Oswego details below):

According to the RMLS Market Action Report for the Portland Metro Area, September, 2016:

    • There were 3,673 New Listings in September which was down a whopping 12.6% from August, and up 7.3% from September of 2015.
    • At 2,823, September Closed Sales were also down 5.9% from August’s 3,001, and down 6.2% from September of 2015’s 3,010.
    • September Pending Sales (Accepted Offers), at 2,857 were down 14.1% from August’s 3,325, and were also  3.8% lower than September of 2015’s 2,971.
    • The Average Sale Price in September of $392,200 was down $7,900 from August’s $400,100, and also up around $43,200 from September of 2015’s $349,000.                         _____________________________________________________                                   September Average Sale Price + Appreciation (last 12 months):
    • North Portland:  $381,400                             14.3%   (Aug: $373,400/12.8%)
    • NE Portland:  $437,200                                    10.3%  (Aug: $426,400/ 9.2%)
    • SE Portland:  $368,200                                    11.0%  (Aug: $369,400 / 11.0%
    • Gresham/Troutdale:   $296,900                  12.6%  (Aug: $311,600 / 13.1%)
    • Milwaukie/Clackamas:   $395,100               11.1%  (Aug: $385,300  / 8.6%)
    • Oregon City/Canby:   $364,100                      11.6%  (Aug: $364,100 / 12.8%)
    • Lake Oswego/West Linn:    $619,800         14.2%  (Aug: $619,600 / 11.8%)
    • West Portland:    $505,100                              10.3%  (Aug: $572,100 / 9.8%)
    • NW Washington County:    $473,300           7.8%  (Aug: $495,200  / 7.0%)
    • Beaverton/Aloha:     $335,100                          9.9%  (Aug: $350,300 / 9.4%)
    • Tigard/Wilsonville:    400,700                       10.6%  (Aug: $402,200  / 10.7%)
    • Hillsboro/Forest Grove:    $345,300            14.1%  (Aug: $328,100 / 12.4%)

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The combined areas of Lake Oswego and West Linn  (RMLS lumps them together) for the month of September 2016 reported:

    •  412 Active Listings (Aug/452)
    •  191 New Listings    (Aug/229)
    •  159 Pending Sales  (Aug/162)
    •  128 Closed Sales     (Aug/166)
    • Average Sale Price for September: $619,800   (Aug/ $619,600)
      • NOTE: Higher-Priced vs Lower-Priced Homes Sales can skew the “Average” in any given month.  Lake Oswego has quite a variety, so this tends to be a less meaningful stat, generally speaking, in this niche.
    • Average Time on the Market: 53 Days  (Aug /59)