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MLS Moments - Atlanta Real Estate Update for MidYear

July 10, 2008

Let’s take a look at where the North Atlanta real estate market is today.

Our new readers will see the geographic market area defined here.

We’ve been tracking market trends for the north Atlanta market for several years. Reports for zip codes in our market area are updated weekly. Trends in pricing and inventory are updated in real time.

The table below is a snapshot of multiple listing sales data reported by the First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS). Information, analysis and opinions are solely those of this author, and are not compiled in any way by FMLS.

Information collected includes the number of homes for sale in our real estate market, the number of homes for sale that are pending- under contract, the number of homes sold this year-to-date, and the number of homes sold for the same period last year.

The data shows the average sales price down 2% from the same period last year.

Market 30062 30066 30068 30075 30004 30005 30022 30097
For Sale 8253 576 443 341 628 731 314 660 474
Avg List Price 584K 450K 381K 566K 622K 758K 545K 679K 856K
Pending 908 67 62 37 56 66 41 80 40
Avg List Price 386K 339K 250K 473K 476K 504K 449K 412K 540K
Days on Market 87 91 66 56 90 93 82 94 103
Sold This Yr-to-Date 3380 327 222 140 246 239 156 295 162
Avg List Price 389K 331K 306K 453K 405K 545K 481K 386K 595K
Avg Sales Price 370K 318K 292K 433K 387K 523K 456K 366K 563K
Days on Market 87 78 77 71 76 102 77 78 114
Sold Last Yr-to-Date 5517 459 359 236 393 427 249 494 258
Avg List Price 391K 345K 306K 458K 421K 525K 414K 411K 594K
Avg Sold Price 380K 336K 299K 443K 411K 472K 401K 399K 571K
Days on Market 69 57 67 61 65 78 55 63 89
Supply in Months 16 12 13.6 16 16.6 20 13.6 15 19

The volume of sales - the number of houses sold - is down 39% from the same period last year. Plain and simple, there are not as many buyers buying. This percentage has been fairly stable for more than a year.

Do you think we are at the bottom? Let me know by adding a comment.