The rate of new inventory hitting the market has dropped significantly in each of the last 2 months. October new listings were only half of the new listings in September and a third of what they were in August 2019. While the busy listing season may be over, thanks to two very high end listings (see below), the overall list volume in October actually increased 26% from September (which saw 50% more listings). The majority of new inventory in October was in the $1-3 million price range where we’ve been seeing the majority of the sales take place for the past 3 months. Only two properties came on under $500,000 – a Hansen Meadows 1 bedroom condo in Town and a deed restricted two bedroom condo south of town – both of which received immediate interest and went under contract quickly. Meanwhile, 10 new listings in October exceeded $3 million, including two very high-end properties: a 6,500 square foot contemporary house up on Spring Creek Ranch for $15 million and a 3 lot, 20 acre estate south of Wilson, listed for just under $25 million. Of the 34 new listings in October, nearly one-third are already under contract or closed illustrating that high demand still exists in the market for well-priced properties.
The Jackson Hole real estate market does not appear to be slowing down one bit as October sales (58) kept pace with a busy end of summer. Total sales volume topped $100 million for the third month in a row! – An unprecedented stretch not seen in our recent market (since I began tallying stats in 2013 anyway). The average sales price of $1.87 million was a slight increase from September but was still below the high of $2.022 million from August 2019. Median sales price remained steady at just above $1.1 million. The average days on market increased after a low of 111 days in September, however properties were still selling at 96% of list price on average. In particular, 15 properties (25% of all sales) sold AT or ABOVE their listing price in October. Single family homes represented an even 50% of all October sales, while land purchases showed no signs of slowing, accounting for 14% of all sales for the second month in a row. Properties selling under $500,000 increased in October thanks to several sales of the last remaining Virginian Village condos in the Town of Jackson. The majority (43%) of all sales occurred in the $1-3 million price point for the third month in a row. The high-end segment of the market remained strong with 8 more sales over $3 million, accounting for a solid 14% of sales seen in October.
Contrary to what some national forecasts are predicting, the Jackson Hole real estate market is not slowing down! Real estate sales increased again, recording 57 sales in September, the highest monthly total since August 2018. Dollar volume topped $100 million for the second month in a row, crossing that threshold for only the second time in 2019. The average sales price dropped to just under $1.8 million while the median sale price also dropped down to $1.1 million after spiking at $1.326 million in August. While it appears properties were selling for a little bit less in September, they were selling very quickly. The average days on market was the lowest monthly average (111 days) since I began tracking this statistic 6 years ago. Properties may be selling faster as sellers motivation increases as we approach winter and year-end. On average, properties sold at a 5% discount to listing price, with only 9 properties selling at or above their listing price in September. After spiking in August, single-family home sales represented just under half of all sales in September. Townhome and condo sales increased last month representing nearly 40% of all sales. Land sales remained steady with 8 lot sales occurring in September. The majority of sales last month happened in the $1-3 million price point. However, September also saw 22 sales in the $500,000 – $1,000,000 range (the local’s market”), accounting for nearly 40% all sales. The high and low end remained consistent in September representing 5% and 11% of all sales respectively.
After averaging nearly 100 new listings for the previous four months, the busy listing season slowed a bit with only 63 new properties hitting the market in September. While it is lower than levels seen in May, June, July and August, September’s new listings still outpaced typical winter / spring levels. The volume of all new listings last month was $92 million dollars, less than one-third of the monthly average of $300 million during the busy summer listing season. The average listing price dropped significantly down to $1.4 million from highs of $4.2 million seen in June 2019. The median listing price also dropped, down $470,000 to $1.125 million in September. The biggest change in the price breakdown was in the high-end ($3+ million). After seeing an average of 24 new listings a month in this price range, only 7 of these high end listings came on the market in September, including two Pine Glades Townhomes on Snow King (listed for $3.25 million and $3.95 million). The entry-level (under $500,000) increased slightly in September with 6 new listings including the last available Virginian Village condo at $327,500 and a deed restricted Town Creek townhome for $350,000. While new listings in the local’s market ($500,000 – $1 million) remained consistent in September, the majority of new listings were in the $1-3 million range however still represented 20 fewer listings than seen in August.
The busy summer listing season continued through August with 93 new listings hitting the market last month. Since May, 389 new properties have entered the market. Quite a high number considering there were 494 total sales recorded in MLS in all of 2018. While the number of new listings was similar to July, the dollar volume of August listings was down over $100 million from July and equated to only half of the listing volume seen in June (with 101 new listings). As such the average listing price dropped to $2.345 million from $3.5 million in July, and down from a staggering $4.2 million back in June 2019. The median list price also dropped; down slightly in August to just under $1.6 million from a high of $1.85 million in June. Over half of the new listings in August were between $1-3 million dollars, also the hot spot for sales this past month. Since May, 188 new listings have entered the market in this price range, by far eclipsing the 63 summer sales in the same price point. Luxury new listings are still very active with 15 new homes coming onto the market above $3 million. Since May, nearly 100 properties have come on to the market in this high-end segment – an increase of nearly 20% over luxury listings during the same time in 2018. Inventory under $500,000 continues to shrink as just 4 new listings entered the market in August, making a total of 21 for the entire summer and representing just 5% of all new listings.
Real Estate Sales were up in August in Jackson Hole, reaching 50 sales and recording the highest monthly total of the year. Overall Sales Volume was also up this past month, topping $100 million for the first time in 2019. Thanks to 7 high-end sales over $3 million in August (including a 13 acre private estate in Wilson- selling for just under $18 million), the average sale price surpassed $2 million for the first time in the past 6 months. The median sale price was also up, reaching $1,326,000 and illustrating that August prices were up across the board, not just in the high-end. Case in point, over half of August sales were in the $1-3 million range, a price point usually accounting for 20-35% of monthly sales. Only 3 sales occurred under $500,000, the lowest monthly level seen in 2019, representing only 6% of total sales. Single family homes dominated the sale sheet in August, representing 60% of all sales while the number of townhome sales dipped, accounting for less than a quarter of August sales. The average days on market increased slightly in August while the sale to list price ratio dropped back down to 96%, illustrating that properties selling in August sat on the market a little longer and sold for a little less that previous months, perhaps signalling a slowing of the fast paced appreciation seen in the early summer months.
The busy summer selling season continues in Jackson Hole with 91 new listings hitting the market in July, bringing the new summer inventory total to nearly 300 over the last 3 months. While paling in comparison to a record-setting June, where 104 new listings hit the market totaling a staggering $439 million, July new listing volume was still strong at $320 million, more volume then we saw in May despite fewer listings. Another way to see this trend is to look at the average and median list prices throughout the past few months. May kicked off the summer selling season with a bang, June was record-setting, and July has leveled off a bit but remained very strong, ahead of May numbers (volume wise). New listings in the luxury segment continue to flood the market with 28 new July listings priced over $3 million, adding to the 52 luxury properties added to the market in May and June. Compare that to the under $500,000 market, where only 17 new listings came on the market during the past 3 months. The $1-3 million segment has seen the most new listings this summer, with 52 new properties hitting the market in July alone, and reaching a total of 140 throughout the past 3 months. This represents roughly half of all new inventory this summer. Twenty of July’s new listings are already under contract as of August 12th, representing 22% of new monthly listings.
Real Estate Sales jumped in July with nearly 50 transactions occurring, the highest monthly total since October 2018. While more properties sold in July, they were also selling for higher prices, as total dollar volume jumped up to $84 million – the highest monthly dollar volume seen in all of 2019. As a result, the average sales price increased to over $1.7 million in July, after two months hovering right around $1.4 million. After spending the last three months below the $900,000 mark, the median sales price crept up to just over $1 million in July, indicating that prices were up across the board not just in the high-end. The average days on market drop significantly to 129 (after 2 months right below 180 days). Not only were homes selling more quickly in July, they were also selling closer to listing price. The sale to list price ratio reached 97% (the first time this year) as a whopping 18 properties sold at or above their list price! Townhome and condo sales were hot in the hottest month of the year, representing nearly 50% of all sales and including 3 Ponderosa Village condos and several townhomes in West Jackson. As a result the $500,000 to $1 million price point saw a bump, accounting for 37% of all sales. However, the luxury market was still well represented with 8 sales over $3 million including 2 newly built Caddis homes in the Snake River Sporting Club.
Over 100 new listings hit the market in June for the second month in the row as the busy summer selling season continues in Jackson Hole. While June and May were similar in their number of new listings, their volume certainly was not. June saw nearly $440 million in listing volume, approximately double the volume seen in May for a similar number of listings. One particular new listing certainly tipped the scales – a 7 parcel assemblage totaling nearly 300 acres along the Snake River, listed for a cool $80 million. However, even without that listing, June 2019 had by far the highest monthly listing volume seen since I began tracking volume in June 2015. As expected, the average listing price jumped up in June to just over $4 million, however the median listing price was up as well, reaching $1,845,000. To put that in perspective, compare it to the busy summer selling season of 2018, when median list prices were in the $1.6 million range. In addition to the $80 million listing, there were four other new listings in excess of $15 million including two homes in Fairway Estates north of town, a home in Teal Trace in Wilson and a large ski chalet in Teton Village at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The influx of luxury listings didn’t stop there, with 9 additional listings priced over $5 million entering the market last month. While June saw a similar number of listings coming online in the local’s market ($500,000 to $1,000,000), only 2 new property options came on under $500,000 (compared to 11 in May).