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The results of 2016 data as reported to the Santa Fe Association of Realtors show a single digit increase in unit sales year over year: 2016 compared to 2015. The headline is the number: 3.3% increase. Overall the total dollar volume also went up, a decent number of 6.44%. The average sales price went up also; but only 3.03%. These numbers and the relevant spreadsheet is available for you to review by selecting it in the right margin (Monthly Residential Solds) which applies to homes, condos, townhouses & modular within the County (and City) of Santa Fe, NM.
Nobody can or should complain about a positive trend in unit sales, correct? The prior year over year (2015 vs 2014) showed up with a 7.8% increase. So we slowed down it seems. The actual increase in unit sales shows up as follows: 2014= 1824 — 2015= 1967 — 2016= 2032, which means the unit count increased by 143 for 2015 and by 65 for 2016. We did slow down a little bit.
That grand total of 2032 units sold in 2016 is still 27% below what we peaked at in 2005, during those red-hot years of liar loans, free and easy money, no doc no cry deals, etc. Still you will find plenty of homes that are worth what someone paid 10 years ago, assuming the did the normal upkeep and did not add-on or do a major remodel and update.
Land sales were hot then too. Many lots were sold in the last decade that still would not bring what was paid for them way back when real estate was great. Shall we make real estate great again? MREGA? Or maybe shorten it to MEGA? That sounds more poetic. Make realEstate Great Again. MEGA – Yeah, we just created a new ad campaign!
Some say the majority of last year witnessed buyers sitting on the fence awaiting the results of the national election. They were hesitant to make their move until they knew what direction the country (and interest rates too?) were headed in. Those same buyers might have had another excuse such as an ingrown toenail so that may have just been a convenient one to latch on to. And now that they waited, what is going on? It seems interest rates are climbing. This blog site does not track interest rates carefully as that information is almost everywhere online, but looking them up might illustrate that waiting was a mistake (if you need mortgage money). Does that mean 2017 will be better? Rising interest rates typically mean fewer buyers can buy so if 2017 is going to meet or surpass 2016, we have some work to do. Get out there and sell a home today.
If you are studying the Santa Fe residential real estate market in-depth, this site has a great deal of historical information you are free to access anytime. No future trends are predicted here. You are allowed to print pages and share them. I do not ask for compensation, but do request that you not brazenly plagiarise my statistics and pass them off as your own hard work. If you do quote me, please do so accurately and fairly. If you do not like the information and wished it showed more sales, that is not my fault and blaming me will only make you look worse. Yes, I have been blamed for being too influential on our market results. The concept is bizarre as if I spoke with a large number of sellers and/or buyers and said things that caused them to change the way they went about doing business in local real estate. Honestly I have lots of opinions (as everyone does) and am not hesitant to share them, but I try to let the hot air escape, staying primarily focused on the facts. It is a fact that there is going to be 12 months this year. I will report on each and every one of them. You can come back as often as you wish.
