August median sold price, units, DOM, $/sq.ft.

August saw a very nice 3.3 percent jump in the median sold price – $155,000 compared to July’s $150,000. The sold price per square foot also increased a healthy 4.4 percent, coming in at $91.32/sq.ft.

August also saw very strong units sold. 531 units for the month was the highest number of sales for an August since the bubble year of 2005; and represent an 18 percent increase in units sold over last August 2010. This was also the fourth consecutive month of sales exceeding 500 units for the month.

Bank-owned sales were down, and equity sales were up over July’s numbers. August’s sales breakout as follows:

  • REO sale: 31% – down from July’s 37%
  • Short sales: 30% – up from July’s 28%
  • Equity sales: 35% – up from July’s 33%

August sales by price band break out as follows:

sales price ($000’s) units sold
0 – 99 80
100 – 199 282
200 – 299 99
300 – 399 38
400 – 499 10
500 – 599 7
600 – 699 5
700 – 799 3
800 – 899 3
900 – 999 1
1M+ 3
total 531

For those readers who prefer the median sold price for houses and condos combined, August’s 617 sold houses, condos and town homes exhibited a combined median sold price of $140,000 – up 1.45 percent from July’s combined median of $138,000 for 597 sales.

Historical data follows:

Month Year # Sold Sold Price Sold Price per Sq Ft Average DOM # of Listings # of Pendings
Aug 2011 531 $155,000 $91.32 126 1,947 1,694
July 2011 504 $150,000 $87.46 128 2,028 1,667
June 2011 534 $153,400 $90.27 123 1,990 1,689
May 2011 505 $150,000 $88.46 133 1,968 1,682
Apr 2011 435 $155,250 $89.74 137 1,914 1,593
Mar 2011 511 $160,000 $91.59 132 1,906 1,497
Feb 2011 387 $161,000 $93.35 142 1,882 1,416
Jan 2011 365 $157,000 $92.35 152 1,970 1,329
Dec 2010 485 $165,000 $94.31 143 2,021 1,148
Nov 2010 398 $170,000 $96.43 139 2,060 1,376
Oct 2010 418 $174,950 $98.57 135 2,146 1,371
Sep 2010 467 $168,000 $97.52 132 2,186 1,473
Aug 2010 450 $180,000 $97.54 127 2,222 1,513
Jul 2010 415 $180,000 $101.84 128 2,158 1,580
Jun 2010 602 $170,000 $100.52 145 1,966 1,625
May 2010 450 $175,807 $102.37 138 1,789 1,804
Apr 2010 510 $179,995 $103.13 128
Mar 2010 477 $175,000 $99.14 141
Feb 2010 338 $170,000 $101.68 138
Jan 2010 346 $167,000 $97.06 134
Dec 2009 424 $178,000 $101.28 126
Nov 2009 461 $175,000 $103.61 112
Oct 2009 561 $180,000 $103.52 123
Sep 2009 520 $185,948 $103.31 128
Aug 2009 482 $179,900 $102.64 116
Jul 2009 515 $180,000 $103.45 126
Jun 2009 536 $180,317 $104.09 136
May 2009 426 $175,000 $102.29 139
Apr 2009 429 $190,000 $105.71 133
Mar 2009 369 $200,000 $105.85 133
Feb 2009 293 $205,000 $111.52 132
Jan 2009 233 $200,000 $113.04 117
Dec 2008 294 $218,950 $121.74 145
Nov 2008 269 $220,000 $122.24 152
Oct 2008 354 $230,000 $131.43 144
Sep 2008 358 $239,250 $136.72 145
Aug 2008 321 $250,000 $142.14 140
Jul 2008 397 $251,000 $145.48 139
Jun 2008 369 $262,500 $148.05 142
May 2008 314 $260,215 $152.30 134
Apr 2008 314 $275,000 $154.05 172
Mar 2008 238 $274,000 $150.93 166
Feb 2008 195 $289,000 $156.48 149
Jan 2008 165 $285,000 $170.23 146
Dec2007 228 $283,950 $167.22 143
Nov2007 204 $299,750 $172.24 126
Oct2007 241 $296,000 $173.55 116
Sep2007 230 $299,945 $179.46 114
Aug2007 311 $305,000 $182.49 118
Jul2007 300 $315,000 $189.78 113
Jun2007 329 $320,000 $196.78 104
May2007 364 $313,200 $190.81 107
Apr2007 320 $309,500 $193.93 121
Mar2007 324 $315,000 $189.61 121
Feb 2007 269 $315,000 $191.18 126
Jan 2007 245 $312,900 $199.79 133
Dec2006 291 $309,000 $193.51 114
Nov2006 281 $318,000 $197.32 111
Oct 2006 363 $312,400 $201.44 105
Sep2006 344 $314,950 $198.08 98
Aug2006 349 $325,000 $210.92 94
Jul2006 373 $335,000 $210.62 93
Jun2006 424 $339,000 $214.54 91
May2006 374 $339,950 $219.05 99
Apr2006 368 $334,600 $212.08 88
Mar2006 387 $340,000 $215.54 99
Feb 2006 283 $335,000 $217.29 101
Jan 2006 274 $365,000 $216.38 98
Dec2005 333 $355,000 $217.31 89
Nov2005 385 $349,000 $220.00 81
Oct2005 484 $359,450 $223.06 77
Sep2005 531 $354,500 $219.26 77
Aug2005 582 $360,500 $220.52 73
Jul2005 608 $353,000 $218.99 71
Jun2005 679 $350,000 $215.69 69
May2005 644 $333,250 $209.95 68
Apr2005 558 $326,750 $207.57 77
Mar2005 584 $325,000 $200.17 81
Feb 2005 342 $318,500 $197.54 88
Jan 2005 341 $310,000 $195.19 85
Dec2004 450 $312,500 $190.72 77
Nov2004 448 $309,950 $191.62 63
Oct2004 512 $299,250 $188.72 53
Sep2004 496 $292,750 $185.78 61
Aug2004 505 $285,000 $182.95 56
Jul2004 544 $304,300 $179.28 61
Jun2004 533 $285,000 $172.16 65
May2004 476 $278,750 $169.64 65
Apr2004 526 $259,950 $158.08 67
Mar2004 508 $245,000 $142.56 71
Feb 2004 365 $237,000 unavailable 81
Jan 2004 380 $228,500 unavailable 78
Dec2003 441 $240,000 unavailable 82
Nov2003 444 $220,750 unavailable 78
Oct2003 430 $219,880 unavailable 76
Sep2003 587 $223,000 unavailable 71
Aug2003 512 $220,000 unavailable 75
Jul2003 533 $210,000 unavailable 77
Jun2003 475 $207,000 unavailable 77
May2003 450 $198,950 unavailable 85
Apr2003 478 $197,750 unavailable 82
Mar 2003 428 $192,000 unavailable 77
Feb 2003 321 $186,895 unavailable 79
Jan 2003 316 $186,000 unavailable 96
Dec 2002 379 $193,500 unavailable 93
Nov 2002 423 $190,000 unavailable 82
Oct 2002 483 $189,900 unavailable 83
Sep 2002 410 $174,000 unavailable 85
Aug 2002 459 $180,000 unavailable 74
Jul 2002 469 $176,000 unavailable 83
Jun 2002 445 $185,000 unavailable 80
May 2002 470 $178,450 unavailable 77
Apr 2002 360 $169,500 unavailable 93
Mar 2002 377 $169,000 unavailable 84
Feb 2002 323 $170,900 unavailable 89
Jan 2002 269 $172,475 unavailable 99
Dec 2001 287 $182,000 unavailable 86
Nov 2001 323 $161,500 unavailable 85
Oct 2001 357 $166,500 unavailable 79
Sep 2001 355 $168,000 unavailable 81
Aug 2001 448 $160,350 unavailable 84
Jul 2001 433 $169,900 unavailable 90
Jun 2001 426 $166,225 unavailable 96
May 2001 404 $162,050 unavailable 97
Apr 2001 370 $158,750 unavailable 94
Mar 2001 385 $159,900 unavailable 97
Feb 2001 297 $159,950 unavailable 104
Jan 2001 264 $165,000 unavailable 102
Dec 2000 272 $156,500 unavailable 100
Nov 2000 355 $154,500 unavailable 93
Oct 2000 348 $153,000 unavailable 98
Sep 2000 356 $160,000 unavailable 104
Aug 2000 412 $163,375 unavailable 94
Jul 2000 368 $155,000 unavailable 110
Jun 2000 466 $165,845 unavailable 104
May 2000 363 $158,000 unavailable 105
Apr 2000 312 $155,000 unavailable 113
Mar 2000 339 $162,700 unavailable 102
Feb 2000 248 $148,000 unavailable 108
Jan 2000 223 $156,000 unavailable 113
Dec 1999 264 $155,000 unavailable 118
Nov 1999 293 $149,900 unavailable 98
Oct 1999 289 $147,895 unavailable 108
Sep 1999 311 $157,000 unavailable 106
Aug 1999 360 $148,500 unavailable 112
Jul 1999 375 $147,800 unavailable 105
Jun 1999 372 $150,000 unavailable 103
May 1999 307 $145,500 unavailable 106
Apr 1999 324 $151,700 unavailable 111
Mar 1999 308 $151,000 unavailable 121
Feb 1999 249 $148,900 unavailable 120
Jan 1999 210 $143,000 unavailable 115
Dec 1998 265 $140,000 unavailable 118
Nov 1998 280 $152,800 unavailable 126
Oct 1998 286 $142,825 unavailable 115
Sep 1998 279 $144,500 unavailable 102
Aug 1998 331 $145,000 unavailable 113
Jul 1998 335 $150,000 unavailable 108
Jun 1998 351 $148,500 unavailable 103
May 1998 302 $145,500 unavailable 99
Apr 1998 235 $149,000 unavailable 111
Mar 1998 267 $142,500 unavailable 114
Feb 1998 201 $139,900 unavailable 126
Jan 1998 167 $149,490 unavailable 129

Note: The medians table above is updated on a monthly basis. The median home price data reported covers the cities of Reno, Nevada and Sparks, Nevada [NNRMLS Area #100]. Residential data includes Site/Stick Built properties only. Data excludes Condo/Townhouse, Manufactured/Modular and Shared Ownership properties. Data courtesy of the Northern Nevada Regional MLS – September 2011. Note: This information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

15 comments

  1. August median sold price, units, DOM, $/sq.ft.

    […] August saw a very nice 3.3 percent jump in the median sold price – $155,000 compared to July’s $150,000. The sold price per square foot also increased a healthy 4.4 percent, coming in at $91.32/sq.ft. August also saw very strong … Continue reading → […]

  2. rrb_reader

    Isn’t someone going to state that it looks like we hit bottom in July and now it’s time to buy before prices start to skyrocket?

  3. Hudson

    I’m going to pay off my existing 100K bal. mortgage over the next year and target new home buying next winter. I still think there more of a chance that a current 400K home will be 300K next year than there is that it will be worth 500K.

    The banks are still proliferating the root cause. I have personal knowledge of some folks in an underwater 360 Underwater home being given a loan a new 300+K mortage, after which the underwater home was put up for short sale.

    How long before they stop making the payment….any guesses?

  4. MikeZ

    This could be the bottom. But is it?

    The Reno median home price has been affordable – with traditional lending guidelines – for the median household income for some months now. That particular pressure and imbalance is gone, in fact prices have arguably overcorrected, the limiting factor now seems to be the presence or absence of qualified buyers, which is also affected by our relatively high unemployment rate.

  5. Joey canolli

    Why is it that I can’t find ONE house for sale in the entire downtown core area?

  6. observer gadfly

    MikeZ: “This could be the bottom….”

    He’s been saying that for years now. Eventually, of course, he’ll be right. Then, he’ll say, “I told you so!”

    Sure, he goes on to give his qualifiers, just to cover bases. But, seriously, gimme a break.

  7. MikeZ

    I feel so special, having my own obsessed stalker!

    There’s help available for you, gadfly, but you have to seek it out. Good luck to you.

  8. observer gadfly

    Not obsessed … dismissive.

    Seems you like the attention a bit too much… 😐

  9. Joey canolli

    Does anyone here know what type of development if any is slated for the empty lot on museum street in downtown Reno?

  10. MikeZ

    Please find some other target for your affection, gadfly, this has already crossed over into creepy.

  11. Mike McGonagle

    Joey, the site on Museum was supposed to become Grant’s Landing. Try a site search on Downtown Makeover for the history of the project

    The property sold in January.
    Deal closed 23 December 2010. It was for the entire parcel, 5.53 acres and the sales price was $2,304,977 and appears to be all cash.

    CFCP LLC is an entity that has existed since 2003. It shares a director and an address with the Community Foundation of Western Nevada. They seem like a really odd match for the Grant’s Landing property, unless they are acting as a front for someone who is donating to buy the property, then have it assigned to the charity later. Doesn’t sound like high end row houses are in the future for the site.

  12. Gadfly

    Well, this is what I reap for not keeping up with the RRB. Another gadfly is buzzing around, I see. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say (although both who “they” are and whether this saying is true seem problematic to me), so have at it, gadfly the minor. Unlike the bear also known as Smarten’s Vanishing Equity (or SVE), who appears to have vanished along with smarten, I am not going to gainsay your use of a similar moniker to mine, especially if you continue to post the written equivalent of sticking out your tongue and saying, “neener-neener,” as the employment of such simplistic rhetoric likely precludes the possibility that any observant reader will be confused as to the source of a given comment by a poster whose moniker is or includes the word “gadfly.” Unfortunately, the target of your scathing attack is not that observant.

    MikeZ, I am disappointed in you. I would think that you would by now recognize that I, Gadfly (the poster formerly known as MikeZ’s Vanishing Credibility), am unlikely to use words such as “gimme” or to craft one sentence paragraphs. You may even have noticed that I usually eschew the use of contractions in my writing, unlike gadfly the minor’s posts above, but that may be too subtle an analysis for you, and I think we have shown, quite conclusively, that subtleness is not your forte. After all, you are the person who actually thought that I might be the same person as Mr. SVE even though anyone with even a modicum of awareness of writing styles could easily distinguish my erudite prose from the playground rhetoric of Mr. SVE.

  13. joey canolli

    Mike,

    Thank you for the reply on my questions about Museum Way. btw, you’ll have to excuse my crafty one sentence paragraphs as the grammar police seem to be here. Anyways, I was curious about that particular area because I am the new owner of a property in that exact area. While I do realize the area in itself is very much a transitional area, I couldn’t pass up on a great deal that was also zoned mixed use. I look forward to the revitalization of downtown Reno! Contrary to popular opinion I truly feel that is slowly yet surely turning into a downtown we can be proud of in the future! Again, thanks!

    regards
    Joey! hey hey

  14. joey canolli

    btw… Have a field day with my grammar gadfly! I may have had one too many double Grand marnier’s !

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