News & Notes ~ Nov 2019 Numbers

Here is your look at the most recent data for the entire Portland area (November 2019) and how Lake Oswego fits in to this picture just below.

Inventory is about the same as last month with a wide selection of homes still on the market in this now-holiday season. The biggest news in the overall numbers for November as compared with October is that almost everything is pretty nearly exactly the same, or at least not much has changed. The main exception would be the New & Closed numbers being down, but that is to be expected as we moved from October into the holiday season.

According to the RMLS Market Action Report for the Portland Metro Area, November, 2019:

  • There were 2,118  New Listings in November 2019 which was down 8.3%  from November of 2018’s 2,310, and  30.9% from the previous month/October’s 3,064.
  • At 2,191, November 2019’s Closed Sales rose at 2.2% over November 2018’s 2,144, and fell 15.3% from the previous month/October 2019’s total of 2,588.
  • At 2,274, November 2019’s Pending Sales rose 19.4% over November 2018’s 1,904, and fell 11.7% from the previous month/October 2019’s total of 2,575.
  • The Average Sale Price in November 2019 of $462,600 up $13,700 from last year/November 2018’s $448,900, and up $1,200 from the previous month/October 2019’s $461,400.  
  • The “Median” Sale Price (the price smack dab in the middle of all sales) in November 2019 of $415,000 was up from last year/November 2018’s $391,400 by $23,600, and up $4,500 from the previous month/October 2019’s $410,500.   

Neighborhoods: November’s Average Sale Price + 12-month Appreciation:

  • North Portland:  $453,100           0.1%   (Oct $408,000)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $409,000
  • NE Portland:  $466,000                   2.2%   (Oct $466,800)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $425,000
  • SE Portland:  $422,200                   1.7%   (Oct $422,000)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $376,000
  • Gresham/Troutdale:   $380,800     4.5%   (Oct $376,000)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $352,500
  • Milwaukie/Clackamas:  $450,000  3.0%   (Oct $431,600)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $419,300
  • Oregon City/Canby:   $437,900      4.2%   (Oct $438,100)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $411,000
  • Lake Oswego/West Linn:$718,200  1.4%  (Oct $763,800)
    •                                                      YTD Median: $590,000
  • West Portland:    $608,900             -2.6%  (Oct $627,500)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $525,000
  • NW Wash County:  $512,000         -1.8%   (Oct $573,800)
    •                                                      YTD Median: $515,000
  • Beaverton/Aloha:     $410,800       3.7%   (Oct $405,500)
    •                                                     YTD Median: $391,000
  • Tigard/Wilsonville:   $463,100        1.0%   (Oct $474,700)
    •                                                      YTD Median: $440,000
  • Hillsboro/Forest Grove: $411,700  4.5%   (Oct $420,700)
    •                                                      YTD Median: $385,000

LAKE OSWEGO:

The combined areas of Lake Oswego and West Linn  for  the month of November 2019 reported:

    •  287 Active Listings  (Oct 354)
    •   85 New Listings     (Oct 129)
    •   97 Pending Sales   (Oct 126)
    •  126 Closed Sales      (Oct 106)
    • Average Sale Price for November: $718,200  (Oct $763,800)
      • 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.
    •  101 Average Days on the Market   (Oct 92)