Greenwich CT, Residential Real Estate Blog and Analysis: June 19th

Greenwich, CT Residential Real Estate Blog and Analysis:   June 19th A weekly analysis brought to you by Greenwich Real Estate Guy. www.greenwichrealestateguy.com

Happy Father's Day weekend to all of the fathers out there.  With Sunday being Father's Day there are not as many open houses as usual.  My charts are as of May 31st.  Also, I have included links to the May reports that Houlihan Lawrence puts out for each town, and Greater Greenwich as a whole.

Pictured above is 30 Oneida Drive.  This English style Carriage House directly on the waterfront of the Long Island Sound.  It is zoned in half acre lot size zone, but this lot is 1.42.  Hence, one can add on and ultimately have over 12,000 s.f. of a home.  Personally, I love the aesthetics.  This home has the old feel of the stone carriage house but the interior feels like new construction with high moldings, luxurious bathrooms, and gourmet eat-in kitchen.  The location is second to none.  Not only, is the house on the Long Island Sound, but being located in the private association of Indian Harbor, it is incredibly close to Greenwich Avenue and the railroad. The price is $4.895M.

May Analysis

As we see the busiest part of the year start to slow down, the numbers are positive.  We had matched the highest amount of closed listings in May over the past five years with 91.  Also, we had 182 properties come on the market in May.  There is a strong belief that one of the aspects holding our market back is lack of quality new listings, especially in the $2M-$3M range, so the fact we had a good amount of new listings we will see if that affects the summer and fall markets.

When diving into the new listings and subsequently the current inventory, I think it will be a good sign for the market.  As of April 30 there were 318 active properties priced over $3M (which is the slower end of the market typically).  As of May 31st we had 309 active properties priced over $3M.  Conversely, under $3M we had 354 properties as of April 30, while as of May 31st we had 388 properties.  Hence, the new listings that hit the market were primarily in the price ranges that properties are moving faster.  This will let us see how strong the market is.  If  we see improvement in the closed properties in the Fall months compared to the last few years then we can make the jump that the lack of inventory is slowing us down.  However, if we do not see a jump, then the market may be more stagnant.

Here is the link to the 1st Quarter Market Report my firm puts out for your review.

1st Quarter Report

Below are the May reports Houlihan Lawrence puts out:

May Greater Greenwich Report

May Old Greenwich Report

May Riverside Report

May Cos Cob Report

May Greenwich Report

 

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 **The information on the featured property and all statistical information is from the Greenwich MLS.

 **All opinions garnered from the statistics are my own

Properties Sold   We had a great May with 91 properties close.  That matched 2013 as the highest May in the last several years. New Listings We had 181 new properties listed in Greenwich in May which is impressive and outdid April of this year, which we rarely see.  We will see if the demand is there to help push the market into the Spring.

Year to Date Sold As mentioned in the first section this past month was a really good month based on the numbers.  We had a lot of inventory hit the market but it is in the right price ranges.  The biggest jump was the $500K to $1M and the $2M-$3M ranges.  We also had a great May in regards to closed properties.   Year to Date Available    In an effort to define the different markets as a good time to buy or sale I believe one needs to look at the months on average it would take to sell through the inventory we have.  The first chart is the 2014 inventory vs. sold numbers.  The second chart is inventory today vs. sold properties.   Price Range 1/31/14 2/28/14 3/28/14 4/25/14 5/16/14 7/31/14 12/31/14 0-$500K 10.2 6.0 7.0 6.1 5.5 5.6 3 $500K-$1M 9.7 8.6 9.0 8.7 8.6 5.2 3.7 $1M-$1.5M 5.5 9.5 8.9 10.3 7.8 6.4 4.4 $1.5M-$2M 8 14.5 13.6 18.4 17.8 11 6.7 $2M-$3M 4.7 9.2 11.6 14.3 14.2 11.1 7 $3M-$4M 11 13.1 11.8 14.2 14.5 10.4 9 $4M-$5M 11.9 8.9 13.1 14.4 22.1 17.7 18.4 $5M-$7.5M 20.7 32.0 39.5 59 56.6 32 25.1 $7.5M-$10M n/a n/a 71.5 51 31.5 59.5 21.6 $10M+ 22.4 27.2 42.0 22.7 33.8 29.9 35.2 Price Range 2/28/15 3/30/15 4/30/15 5/31/15 0-$500K 4.5 4 9.6 9.6 $500K-$1M 6.3 4.2 7.5 8.6 $1M-$1.5M 4.8 4.5 6 5.5 $1.5M-$2M 6.9 7 8.8 8.1 $2M-$3M 10.1 8 14 15 $3M-$4M 31 20.5 25.5 25.3 $4M-$5M 54.3 26.6 30.3 27.3 $5M-$7.5M 49.1 30.2 34.6 31.7 $7.5M-$10M 20.4 36 31.3 36.4 $10M+ 41.7 76.5 80.5 86 Looking at these two charts really shows the market and the difference between last year.  The numbers typically go up in April, as that is the month that the most amount of inventory hits the market.  It is interesting to see this year's change in the months on average vs. the same time last year.

Open Houses for June 21st    Below are the 13 open houses this weekend.   Street Name Area List Price Time Listing Office 16 Hickory Drive Greenwich $925K 1-4 p.m. Sotheby's 30 Buxton Landing Riverside $1.295M 2-4 p.m. Coldwell Banker 23 Dorchester Lane Riverside $1.375M 1-3 p.m. Coldwell Banker 69 Mallard Drive Greenwich $1.995M 1-3 p.m. Sotheby's 54 Sundance Drive Cos Cob $1.995M 2-4 p.m. Raveis 338 Sound Beach  Old Greenwich $2.595M 1-3 p.m. Halstead 39 Indian Harbor #B Greenwich $2.6M 1-4 p.m. Douglas Elliman 11 Pintail Lane Greenwich $2.85M 12-2 p.m. Houlihan Lawrence 18 Grimes Road Old Greenwich $3.15M 1-4 p.m. BHHS 70 Sherwood Avenue Greenwich $3.775M 10-4 p.m. Charles Paternina 67 Sound Beach Old Greenwich $3.795M 1-4 p.m. Coldwell Banker 303 Milbank Avenue Greenwich $6.4M Sat. 1-3 p.m. Coldwell Banker 198 Shore Road Old Greenwich $6.8M 2-4 p.m. Halstead Best,                                                                                                                                                         Jared Randall                                                 Join my Mailing List Houlihan Lawrence Greenwich                     Search Properties www.greenwichrealestateguy.com                Forward to a Friend cell:  203-273-1034                                         View My Website email:  jrandall@houlihanlawrence.com     Like me on Facebook

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