June 2019 Monthly Market Update

The month of May was crazy! May is the most popular month to put your home on the market. We saw a lot of homes come on the market and sell promptly with bidding wars. Most selling over asking price with multiple offers. I had one sell $20,000 over asking with the first offer coming in within a few hours of the house being on the market.

Obviously, we have a seller’s market because rates have remained low, as has the inventory level. Let’s take a look at the number of home’s under contract by county in the month of May in the last three years.

As you can see:

The number of homes going under contract in the month of May has declined in the last three years indicating that the number of homes going on the market in the last three years has continued to decline as well. This is why we are experiencing the demand we are here locally.

Now that we have hit June, the number of sellers looking to sell has decreased, yet there are a ton of buyers out there still ready to purchase, making it a great time to sell. I

If you are a seller and want to capitalize on the market and net the most, come out to our upcoming Home Selling Seminar on August 21, 2019 at the Warwick Township building. I guarantee that it will be informative and you will hear innovative techniques that other realtors wouldn’t teach you including how we keep more money in your pocket.

​ Until, next month I am Christina Swain with the Swain Team of Keller Williams