Susan Hilton College Station Real Estate
Realtor & Vice President of Sales of Bryan College Station Real Estate
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Bryan College Station Real Estate Market Summary Jan – July 2010
August 12th, 2010 Categories: Market Trends, Neighborhoods
2010 January – July
Bryan/College Station, Texas Real Estate
Market Statistics
Let’s start with the question… What do YOU think about the Bryan College Station real estate market? I’d really like to know. Checkout the charts below.
We are beginning to see that the market may not be holding for our community. I know we all like to think we live in the BCS/TAMU Bubble but the rest of the world is pushing on our bubble. Hopefully July was just a blip for the market but I don’t think so. Thankfully Century 21 Beal is still actively selling and we are still ahead of last year’s business – I almost feel sorry for the other agents in town.
We see that sellers who really want/need to sell are listening to us, pricing the property to get it sold and they are selling. Other sellers are trying to “get what the house is worth” or “get what the comps show” or “get what they need”. As much as I would like to say we have the power to control what buyers should pay – we don’t. We don’t have any control over what buyers will pay and right now buyers are looking for “the deal” or “the perfect house”. There is so much to choose from – they can be choosy.
Much to our dismay the number of properties sold in July 2010 versus July 2009 is down 38% The inventory continues to climb and is at 1646 properties. This is 33% above this time last year. The only good thing we have seen is that the DOM (Days on Market) has decreased. My personal opinion on why this is happening is that real estate agents are taking listings out of MLS if they have been on the market a long time and then adding them back in. Then, when those listings sell the numbers are not real numbers. So, don’t get too excited over a decrease in Days on the Market it probably isn’t real.
Year to date the number of sales are only down about 1% over 2009 but remember YTD Jan – June we were up almost 9% until July’s production.
Since I have no crystal ball I can only provide you with my opinions and market statistics. Below is what we know has happened.
- The Total Sales Volume in July 2010 was down 38% from July 2009 and down 50.3% from 2008.
- The Number of Homes Sold in July 2010 was down 37.8% from 2009 and down 47.7% from 2008.
- The Available Homes in July 2010 rose 33% from 2009 and was up 35% more than 2008.
- In July there were 189 residential properties sold
- 119 single family
- 21 condos
- 7 manufactured homes with land
- 8 patio/townhouse
- 11 houses with acreage
- 0 recreational
- 17 new builder homes
- 1 new builder homes with acreage
- 5 new builder patio/townhomes
- Total sales were $30,773,396 (Was $61,873,310 in 2008)
- Buyers are in control.
- Inventory is high and sellers should try to work with every offer they receive.
- Buyers have many choices.
- Mortgages are available but nationwide more people have a credit score too low to get financing than last year.
- Interest rates are at historical lows but that is not causing more buyers to get into the market.
- CENTURY 21 Beal has the largest market share in Bryan College Station for properties that actually sell with 16.4% of the market so far this year and 16.9% in July 2010 alone!
- If you are ready to sell let’s get it done now!
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Sales |
2009 |
2010 |
Change |
| January |
87 |
89 |
up 2.3% |
| February |
91 |
107 |
up 17.6% |
| March |
151 |
176 |
up 16.6% |
| April |
183 |
233 |
up 27.3% |
| May |
266 |
282 |
up 6% |
| June |
300 |
286 |
Down 4.7% |
| July |
304 |
189 |
Down 37.8% |
| August |
249 |
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| September |
128 |
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| October |
144 |
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| November |
148 |
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| December |
133 |
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| Jan – July |
1382 |
1368 |
Down 1% |
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Available Listings |
2009 |
2010 |
Change |
| January |
1111 |
1298 |
up 16.8% |
| February |
1188 |
1439 |
up 21.1% |
| March |
1265 |
1577 |
up 24.7% |
| April |
1272 |
1588 |
up 24.8% |
| May |
1254 |
1613 |
up 28.6% |
| June |
1253 |
1588 |
up 26.7% |
| July |
1233 |
1646 |
up 33.5% |
| August |
1222 |
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| September |
1243 |
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| October |
1216 |
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| November |
1175 |
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| December |
1114 |
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Listings Taken |
2009 |
2010 |
Change |
| January |
371 |
344 |
Down 7.3% |
| February |
421 |
441 |
Up 4.8% |
| March |
622 |
541 |
Down 13% |
| April |
362 |
484 |
Up 33.7% |
| May |
334 |
372 |
Up 11.3% |
| June |
403 |
422 |
Up 4.7% |
| July |
447 |
450 |
Up .7% |
| August |
295 |
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| September |
257 |
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| October |
241 |
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| November |
193 |
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| December |
179 |
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Susan Hilton
404 H University Drive East w College Station, Tx 77840
Phone: 979-764-2100 w Fax:815-328-0575
Who knows what happens next… All I know is:
How does Teflon stick to the pan?