Feb 11/17 – What’s the Market Doing? January 2017 Stats

WHAT’S OUR MARKET DOING?
JANUARY 2017
Prince Rupert (& Area) Real Estate

It is still early in the year to make any predictions based on one month’s worth of stats but it looks like we’re off to a decent start for 2017. We had 14 sales (of all types) in January. It’s interesting that the average sale price for a house was $239,500, reflecting that most of the homes that sold were well under $300,000.

SALES (all types):
# of sales in January 2016 – 8
# of sales in January 2017 – 14

YEAR-TO-DATE SALES (all types)
As of January 31, 2016 – $2,484,500
As of January 31, 2017 – $3,389,750

TYPES OF PROPERTIES SOLD IN JANUARY 2017:
2 – Residential Land
2 – Half-duplex
1 – House on more than one acre
6 – Houses
2 – Manufactured homes on a pad
1 – Retail

NUMBER OF ACTIVE LISTINGS (all types):
As of January 31, 2016 – 134
As of January 31, 2017 – 137

AVERAGE SALE PRICE OF A HOUSE (YEAR-TO-DATE)
As of January 31, 2016 – $ 265,000
As of January 31, 2017 – $ 239,500

TOTAL SALES OF ALL TYPES (YEAR-TO-DATE)
As of January 31, 2016 – $ 2,484,500
As of January 31, 2017 – $ 3,389,750

The stats are based in whole or in part on information supplied by the BC Northern Real Estate Board for the period January 1, 2016 through January 31, 2017.