Clark County WA Real Estate For Sale - August 2021 Report

A Slight Slowing Seen in the Real Estate Price Rise; with Unit Sales remaining Strong for Clark County WA in August 2021.

This month we finally see slowing in the rising prices for the County - although the resultant level is still 20%+ higher than last year. We've also seen the typical slowing in the number of units-sold but again, the number is 100 units higher than the same month last year. Here are the highlights for this month:  

• Average-Sales Price moved up by about $7k+ finishing up at $550,668; with the 12-month/long-term trend line up 19.009% year-over-year;  and the 3-Month Moving Average up 20.6% from this time last year; 
   
• The Inventory for Resale Property is still below one-month's worth, at the super-low 0.7 Month's worth of Supply;
   
• Approximately 768 Resale Properties were sold/closed, which is about 100 more (14.75%) properties than in 2020; and 71 fewer than last month;
   
• REO/Bank Owned property sales were 3 units (0.39% of total); no change from 3 (0.449%) in 2020; 
   
• Short Sale /Pre-Foreclosure property sales were 0 units (0% of total); no change from 0 (0%) last year.

The Freddie Mac's report on the 30-year-fixed mortgage loan interest rate (nationwide average) at month-end, moved down slightly ending at a monthly average of 2.84% ; compared to 2.94% for August 2020. The Federal Reserve is still in the mode of keeping this benchmark rate low, and pumping funds into the markets.

Custom Charts (below)I have prepared show Property-Sales Unit-Volume (number of properties sold) with short term (in Red) and long term (12-month moving average in Blue) trends: 

Clark County Real Estate - Units Sold Trend August 2021

The short-term trend is now rising less steeply and may be near this year's high. The long-term trend-line is showing a slowing phase also. So far this year the County is ahead of last years total home sales by over 1,051 properties (+25%).

Next up are my charts showing the Average Real Estate Sales Price, the short-term measure hitting another record; with the long-term trend also at a new high: 

Clark County Real Estate Sales - Average Sales Price Trend August 2021

With such a large increase in properties purchased so far this year, it is perhaps little wonder that the available Active Inventory at any one time is very slim. Once again we have finished the month with less than one month's worth of available supply.
 
Clark County's Average Residential Property Sales Price (using the most recent 3 months) is now $550,668; which is approximately $94,062 (+20.60%) higher than this time last year.

These remaining charts for this real estate sales report come from RMLS and show:

Clark County Real Estate Sales Inventory
& Days on Market - August 2021

Both New Listings and Closed Sales eased this month; with Pending sales gaining slightly. Active Inventory at 0.7 month's of supply remains stubbornly below one-month's worth of supply. 

The second graph shows the Average Price for Closed Sales a few hundred dollars below its high; and the Average Listing Price coming in a few thousand dollars below its recent high.

Finally, the Average Days on Market increased by just 2 days; and Median Days on Market remained at 5 days. This is the 7th month in a row that the Median has been at 5 or fewer days.  

Thank you for viewing our Real Estate Market Report for Clark County WA. Please let me know if you have any questions or need help with your home or condo sale or purchase!
 

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PS - The real estate market is changing, prices are still rising, with loan costs presently at NEAR-RECORD low levels, keeping this an excellent time to List and Sell Your Property with Our Team; or, at least find out what your property is worth!  We offer a no-cost, no-obligation Clark County WA Property Valuation, and invite you to try it out!

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The information and charts in this Clark County WA real estate update (prepared by Clark County WA Real Estate Sales Realtor, John Slocum, SFR, our resident statistician) are based on home sales recorded in the Clark County WA MLS system (RMLS), excluding sales of mobile home; and shows the purchase activity since 2009; charting the 3 month Moving average number of sales, and the 12 month Moving average.  This "smoothing" of the trend-data helps illustrate the short-term and longer term trends in Clark County's real estate market.

Disclaimer: as with any real estate statistics, we do our best to provide the best representation at the time the data was acquired and compiled.  The data and reports are deemed reliable but not guaranteed.