Most Active March in Five Years for DC Metro Area
Posted on April 11, 2011 by Corey Hart
Apr

11

2011

March Signed Contracts Jump 34.3% Over February; Median Sales Price Rises 3.2% Year‐Over‐Year

Rockville, MD – (April 11, 2011) – The following analysis of the Washington, D.C. Metro Area housing market has been prepared by housing market expert Jonathan Miller, based on the March 2011 RBI Pending Home Sales Index™ released today:

 


OVERVIEW:

Pending home sales jumped 34.3% month‐over‐month as the Washington, DC metro area entered the “spring market” with 5,432 signed contracts, the highest number for the month of March since 2006. The March total exceeded the federal homebuyers tax credit‐fueled total reached in the same month last year. With three consecutive months of increased pending sales activity, median sales price showed a seasonal increase of 6.7%, the first month‐over‐month increase since last October.

 

 

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Washington, DC Metro Podcast: RBI Pending Home Sales Index – February 2011
Posted on March 10, 2011 by Jonathan Miller
Mar

10

2011

 

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DC Metro Sees Largest Pending Home Sales Increase in a Decade
Posted on March 10, 2011 by Corey Hart
Mar

10

2011

RBI Pending Home Sales Index™ Reports a 33 Percent Jump Year-Over-Year; Home Prices Slip

Rockville, MD – (March 10, 2011) – According to data released today by RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), an MRIS company, the Washington, DC metro area housing market showed the largest year-over-year increase in pending home sales although housing prices remained weak.

 

“There was a 33 percent year-over-year increase in the number of contracts signed in February, the largest increase in more than a decade,” says housing market expert and RBI analyst Jonathan Miller. “The number of signed contracts remains 13.7 percent below the ten year average but activity has begun to expand.  Unusually restrictive mortgage lending conditions continue to keep housing prices in check.” 

 

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Washington, DC Metro Podcast: RBI 2010 Year End Housing Market Summary
Posted on March 03, 2011 by Jonathan Miller
Mar

03

2011

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DC Metro Home Sales Remain Flat in 2010 as Mortgage Financing Remains a Challenge
Posted on March 02, 2011 by Corey Hart
Mar

02

2011

RBI Year End Report Indicates Housing Prices Edge 2 Percent Higher as Properties Sell Faster

Rockville, MD –(March 2, 2011) – RBI, the primary source of real estate data, analytics, and business intelligence for real estate professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region, today released its 2010 year end statistical analysis for the Washington, DC metro housing market. The market area includes: Washington, DC; Montgomery County; Prince George’s County; Alexandria City; Arlington County; Fairfax County; Fairfax City; and Falls Church City.

 

“After a roller coaster ride in home sales caused by the federal homebuyers tax credit, the Washington, DC metro area housing market ended the year with about the same number of sales for 2010 as occurred in 2009,” said noted housing market expert and RBI analyst Jonathan Miller.  “Despite improved affordability from record low mortgage rates and housing prices below the peak levels of a few years ago, conservative mortgage underwriting, as evidenced by the 35 percent year-over-year increase in cash purchases, continues to keep the housing market improvement in check.”

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