The concluding month of 2020 did not disappoint! While we saw a slight decline in transactions from November, December’s 65 sales was still nearly double that of December 2019 (34 transactions). The total dollar volume was 2.5x what it was in December of 2019, with nearly $170M sold last month alone.  Both the average and median sales priced dropped in December, but were still outperforming December of 2019.  For the 5th month in a row, the number of monthly sale transactions was greater than the number of listings that came on the market, further contributing to low inventory levels amidst unprecedented demand.

The luxury market settled down a bit, with 19 transactions over $3M in December, however still accounting for about 1/3 of total transactions in December.  Conversely, the under $500,000 price point saw just 1 transaction this month, a price point that did not see more than 5 transactions in any month this year. The sale to list price ratio hit an all time high of 98%, with 19 of the 65 transactions selling at or above list price! The number of condo/townhomes sales (23) finally rallied to almost even with single family home sales (26) this month.  What was surprising to note is the 16 vacant lot sites that sold in December accounts for 3x the number of land sales in December of 2019. With the amount of land that sold this year, we can speculate that general contractors have a bright outlook for 2021!

2020 continues to be quite a year! While we finally saw a slow down of real estate sales from the record setting past 3 months, November’s 76 transactions still exceeded all months prior to August 2020 this year. The total dollar volume in November also slowed, down roughly $39M from October, but still totaling $248M, more than any month prior to August 2020. While transactions and volume declined slightly from the unprecedented 3 recent months, the average and median sales prices actually increased. The average sale price was $3.2M in November (up from $2.9M in October), while the median sales price increased from $1.5M in October to $2.3M in November, illustrating significant activity in Jackson’s high end market.

In November, 31 sales occurred over $3 million (representing 41% of all sales). In fact, more than 75% of the sales were for properties over $1M. Since May of 2020, the under $500,000 price point has accounted for a 5% or less of the monthly transactions, with November recording just 4 sales under $500,000. Single family home sales have been a dominant property type, accounting for about 50% or more of each month’s sales since April and representing 41 transactions, or 54% of this months transactions. Land sales have also been consistently up since August, with 19 lot sales recorded in November. This increase in building site sales is most likely a result of dwindling inventory of single family homes, as we have moved more single family inventory in 2020 than we have in the history of the report (and we still have one month left to close out the year!).