Clark County and Vancouver Real Estate Report March and Quarter 1

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The local market is white hot in Clark County and Vancouver Washington, and we are talking extremely aggressive market conditions on all aspects inside the industry.  First if you are a buyer being aware and educated with the market is essential when searching for a home. Another key is positioning yourself in the market with financing having the right loan is so important and a great lender for a successful closing.

To explain the scene, as an example at $235,000, I showed a client a house and from 4:30 to 6:30 there was 15 showings in 2 hours, and Realtors in a line waiting to show the house to clients.

So what is going on? That is a great question, so lets understand how critical this is, first of all, supply and demand motivate the market, we have no supply, the inventory is low because of a population boom, approximately 10,000 people moved here just from 2014 - 2015, and most likely 2015 had similar results.  Historically when the housing crisis began in 2008 the home building industry stopped building, but migration patterns did not and by 2013 we simply ran out of houses or choices another key, and apartment rentals, as the Clark County has the lowest vacancy rate in the Nation or in the top.

Comparing this same period to 2015, stronger market conditions, in fact "history is in the making" here locally, I do not think Clark County has ever had these market conditions. 2006 was a different market, why? Because there was affordable housing, not the case anymore as the median sales price is $270,000 up 9.3% from last March. There is no brand new entry level homes.

Lets look at residential new construction, now this is important to understand, new construction up 23% from this time last year, and take a look at the low inventory this means it is impossible to meet the market conditions, that is a key ingredient to this market, and indicating the migration is strong.

Please take the time to read this awesome real estate report, and please help me expand my real estate business if you know anyone looking to buy or sell please call me at your earliest convenience 360-600-5555.

Closed Sales

699 closed transactions

Up 14% compared to this same period of 2015

Up 61% compared to February closed sales

The last time we had this sales volume was 2006

New Listings

971 better than March of last year up 1.3%

16.7% higher than February 2016

Pending Sales

Down 1.1% compared to this same period of last year

Up 19.6% compared to February 2016

Inventory

1.7 meaning it would take 1.7 months to sell the existing inventory

Actual “Real” Inventory 4/20/2016 RMLS 11-80

814 Total

1099 Active listings

102 Short Sale Pending

23 Short Sales

5 Bankruptcy

27 Bank Owned REO

178 Proposed

93 Under Construction

61 Vacant Turn Key Brand New Homes 2016 the Average Sq. Ft. 1716 and the Average List Price is $312,433

Average and Median Sales Price

$304,600 average up 9.4%

$270,000 median up 9.3% the median is the majority of all transactions

Hottest Area’s

Evergreen 170 sold homes the median sales price $238,500 Area 22 in the RMLS

Brush Prairie 141 sold homes the median sales price $330,713

Camas 117 sold homes $393,000

(3 months back)

Breaking Down the Sales in $75,000 increments 1 month history 4/20/2016

1 -$75,000 = 3                            Average Sq. Ft  1,174    $108.00 ft.

$76,000 - $151,000 = 20            Average Sq. Ft. 1,024    $108. Ft.

$152,000 - $227,000 = 109        Average Sq. Ft. 1,313    $144 ft.

$228,000 - $303,000 = 231       Average Sq. Ft. 1,696   $146 ft.  Median Sales Price $270,000

$304,000 - $379,000 = 114        Average Sq. Ft. 2257    $148 ft.

$380,000 - $455,000 = 74         Average Sq. Ft. 2,688    $159 ft.

$456,000 - $531,000 = 55         Average Sq. Ft. 3,015    $160 ft.

$532,000 - $607,000 = 21         Average Sq. Ft. 3,394    $168 ft.

$608,000 - $683,000 = 11         Average Sq. Ft. 3,805    $148 ft.

$684,000 - $759,000 = 8           Average Sq. Ft. 4,451    $155 ft.

$760,000 - $835,000 = 2           Average Sq. Ft  4,180    $223 ft.

$836,000 - $911,000 = 1           Average Sq. Ft. 5,669    $276 ft.

$912,000 - $987,000 = 2           Average Sq. Ft  5,420    $229 ft.

1 Million - 2 Million = 3           Average Sq. Ft. 5576     $263 ft.

One Month History - highest Sale from 1million to 5 million 1 Sale $1,395,000 94.98% Sales Price Verse List Price.

Terms of a Sale 30 days back

Conventional 336

FHA 122

Cash 114

VA 74

USDA 5

Vacancy Rate and Average Rent for an apartment:

  1bd/1bth            2bd/1bth               2 bd/2bth             3bd/2bth
  $926 ($1.30)     $1,013 ($1.10)     $1,184 ($1.10)     $1,313 ($1.06)

1.87% is the vacancy rate in Vancouver possibly one of the lowest if not number one in America. Since 2012 the rent has gone up 35 percent in Vancouver WA.

Residential Development 1st Quarter 2016 Clark County

326 permits issued up 20% compared to this period of 2015 when 272 permits were issued

The historical average in Clark County from 2007 – 2016 is 188 issued permits

Construction Activity 1st Quarter 2016

Total Construction Up 25% compared to this period of 2015

138 Million Dollars compared to 110 Million

The historical valuation from 2007 – 2016 is 86 Million

Commercial Construction up 47% at 28 Million compared to this same period of last year

Residential New Construction 107 Million Dollars up 23%, last year same period was 87 Million


Bret Bucher
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Real Estate Broker

Realty Pro Inc.
14201 NE 20th Ave
Vancouver WA 98686

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The information supplied herein is from sources deemed reliable but not guaranteed.  Some of the statistics come from the RMLS.  Realty Pro INC accepts no responsibility should the information prove to be inaccurate or incomplete. Other information comes from Public Records from Clark County Official Government, I deem this acceptable.