It’s a new year of home sales stats and compared to a year ago, there was a dip in prices last month. However, keep in mind that in January 2022, interest rates were still around 3%; this year they have doubled. That has slowed down the market.
Let’s take a look at the numbers, using single family home sales in the main Brookside zip code of 64113:
| January 2023 | January 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Median list price: | $429,975 | $585,000 |
| Median sold price: | $430,075 | $585,000 |
| No. of homes sold: | 16 | 13 |
| Days on market: | 49 | 14 |
You can see there was quite a drop in the median sold price; yet most sales were very close to list price. And some of the homes that closed sat on the market for a while before getting under contract, which explains the longer days on market number. The lowest closed price last month was $230K and the highest was $2.75 million. There’s still a lack of inventory for buyers to consider and I think that will continue through the year.
(All stats taken from Heartland MLS; deemed reliable but not guaranteed.)
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