The skyrocketing median sales price finally took a breather in June. The Reno-Sparks median home price dropped to $279,500 for June — a 1.9 percent drop from May’s $285,000 median sales price. That being said the current median home price is up 11.8 percent year-over-year.
Surprisingly, June’s median sold price per square foot (ppsf) did not decrease in concert. Junes median ppsf came in at $155.20/sq.ft. — a 1.2 percent one-month increase over the $152.57/sq.ft. seen in May; and a 14.2 percent year-over-year increase.
The number of homes sold in June was the standout metric in June. 632 houses sold in June; representing a 10.1 percent increase over the 574 houses sold in May. Our market hasn’t seen that many sales in one month since August 2013. June’s sales were up 11.9 percent year-over-year.
June’s median days on market (DOM) increased a bit, moving from 52 DOM in May to 55 DOM in June.
For the 4th consecutive month available inventory has risen. [That is a good thing.] After having declined every month since August 2014 available inventory in the Sparks and Reno real estate markets finally turned the corner in March of this year. Currently, 1,005 houses are available for sale — up 8.1 percent over May’s 930 houses for sale. However, available for-sale inventory remains low. June’s number is down 18.6 percent from this time last year.
Pending sales receded a bit in June. June’s 1,088 pending sales is down 3.6 percent from May’s 1,129 pendings.
June sales by type break out as follows:
- REO sales: 3% – down from May’s 4%
- Short sales: 5% – unchanged from May’s 5%
- Equity sales: 90% – up from May’s 89%
Distressed sales now make up less than 10 percent of the monthly sales.
June sales by price band break out as follows in the table below…
| sales price ($000’s) | units sold | cumulative % of sales |
| 0 – 99 | 3 | 0.5% |
| 100 – 199 | 94 | 15.3% |
| 200 – 299 | 263 | 57.0% |
| 300 – 399 | 155 | 81.5% |
| 400 – 499 | 50 | 89.4% |
| 500 – 599 | 29 | 94.0% |
| 600 – 699 | 12 | 95.9% |
| 700 – 799 | 9 | 97.3% |
| 800 – 899 | 3 | 97.8% |
| 900 – 999 | 5 | 98.6% |
| 1M+ | 9 | 100% |
| total | 632 |
June’s median sold price for houses and condos combined was $262,000 — a 1.9 percent decrease from May’s median sold price of $267,000 for combined sales of houses and condos.
The table below contains the past 13 months of data…
| Month Year | # Sold | Median Sold Price | Sold Price per Sq Ft | Median DOM | # of Actives | # of Pendings |
| Jun 2015 | 632 | $279,500 | $155.20 | 55 | 1,005 | 1,088 |
| May 2015 | 574 | $285,000 | $152.57 | 52 | 930 | 1,129 |
| Apr 2015 | 568 | $272,000 | $150.81 | 57 | 785 | 1,101 |
| Mar 2015 | 551 | $273,391 | $149.01 | 59 | 715 | 1,027 |
| Feb 2015 | 395 | $265,000 | $143.43 | 75 | 630 | 1,044 |
| Jan 2015 | 363 | $252,000 | $140.12 | 85 | 706 | 933 |
| Dec 2014 | 518 | $261,990 | $139.98 | 78 | 806 | 789 |
| Nov 2014 | 473 | $260,000 | $138.51 | 70 | 940 | 977 |
| Oct 2014 | 490 | $260,000 | $140.04 | 73 | 1,083 | 1,075 |
| Sep 2014 | 507 | $239,000 | $136.90 | 70 | 1,325 | 999 |
| Aug 2014 | 578 | $250,000 | $138.38 | 60 | 1,390 | 1,015 |
| Jul 2014 | 530 | $249,950 | $140.26 | 61 | 1,365 | 1,117 |
| Jun 2014 | 565 | $250,000 | $135.91 | 61 | 1,234 | 1,098 |
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 – July 2015. Note: This information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.
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