Spring has sprung, at least for Wasilla Real Estate and the whole Mat-Su Valley. Even though the air was still chilly this morning, the market is heating up. Just take a look at these two charts below. The first is for this week and the second is for the previous week. That’s quite a difference in just one week. Average Price DOM New 58 $261,691 Total Active 700 $300,634 104… read more →
These statistics are for real estate in all of the Matanuska Susitna Borough. This includes Wasilla and Palmer real estate. The chart below is for the week of March 19–26, 2007. The indications for this week are pretty healthy for sellers anyway. Compared to lasts weeks memo the numbers indicate more pending sales and closed sales, higher average prices and a lower total inventory. If this keeps up, it could turn… read more →
Here are the statistics from the MLS system for this week. As you can see, things are cooking right along. There is a slight increase in the amount of pendings and closings. The one thing to notice this week is that days on the market is going down. That would indicate a more active market. It can also be the result of people giving up after trying for many months… read more →
Things are still cooking along at just about a normal pace. There are a few more new listings this week and that is to be expected as we move into the spring market. I talked about the market with Larry Ficek at RE/MAX last week and he said the next two months will tell the story for the rest of the year…and of course, he is right. The spring months… read more →
Well, I expected to see a continued upward trend in pending sales and new listings this week, but it didn’t happen. The reason I expected it is that we have seen increased activity on our own listings with more showings and three offers over the weekend. The only thing that went up was total listings Average Price DOM New 44 $290,265 Total Active 817 $271,203 126 Pending 19… read more →
The following numbers show the statistics for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough from Trapper Creek all the way through Wasilla and Palmer and then out the Glenn Highway as far as Lake Louise. Of course the bulk of the real estate action takes place in the core areas from Palmer to Big Lake. Average Price DOM New 58 $269,260 Total Active 746 $292,448 109 Pending 26 $226,271 90 Closed… read more →