I thought it would be interesting to compare the first quarter sales numbers to the previous three years. The table is below with 2009 at the bottom. Year TotalSales AveragePrice MedianPrice DOM 2006 157 205,481 191,000 72 2007 137 231,876 216,000 95 2008 127 210,960 199,900 112 2009 95 218,541 205,000 88 I would have liked to go back further but beyond 2006 the MLS numbers become somewhat unreliable for… read more →
Yesterday I looked at the market trends for the Knik-Goose Bay Road area. You can see that here. Today I have the numbers for Palmer and Wasilla. The first chart is Wasilla and the second chart is for Palmer. These are based on the specific map areas of Palmer and Wasilla. You will notice that the Wasilla area has more sales than Palmer. The reason becomes obvious when you look at… read more →
With the increase in gas prices this last year I thought I would take a look at the sales numbers for the homes in the Knik-Goose Bay area for the year so far. This includes the Knik-Goose Bay Road area out to and including Settlers Bay. For Realtors and others familiar with the Mat-Su Boroughs tax maps, these include OC3, OC4, and HO16. You can see the borough maps yourself… read more →
Yesterday I took a look at the average and median price for Matanuska-Valley homes over the last few years. I updated that post so take a look at it again. These are statistics from Jan1–Sep 26 for the years shown. It basically showed that while the total volume of homes sold has dropped this year, the average price has not dropped significantly. I wondered if we were missing some information. I… read more →
I thought I would take a look at the health of our market so far this year. We are almost 3/4ths through the year so this should give us some idea of where we are. Below are the numbers for the year so far from Jan 1–Sep 26. This is compared with the very same dates for the previous four years. Year Total Sales Average Price Median Price DOM 2004… read more →
I thought I would take a look at the health of our market so far this year. We are almost 3/4ths through the year so this should give us some idea of where we are. Below are the numbers for the year so far from Jan 1–Sep 26. This is compared with the very same dates for the previous four years. Year Total Sales Average Price Median Price DOM 2004… read more →