As the summer winds down, there is good news and bad news for the Denver real estate market.
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. The Denver housing market continues to feel the hangover effect from the homebuyer tax credit that expired at the end of April. The number of homes sold (3,259) in Denver last month dropped 26.6 percent from July 2009. It seems that the buying frenzy leading up to the tax credit expiration is going to take awhile for the market to absorb.
What is the good news for the Denver real estate market? The Denver median home price increased 4.4 percent last month to $240,000. The other piece of good news is that new foreclosure filings in Colorado, 4,890 or one out of every 432 homes, decreased 9.3 percent last month from July 2009. This landed Colorado in the 13th spot nationally for number of foreclosures, which is better than the 10th spot the previous month.Foreclosure filings are down 8.6 percent in the Denver area.
Although there has been a lull in home sales this summer, there is still much to be grateful for, especially that interest rates are at historical lows and that there is a great selection of homes to choose from. Prospective Denver homebuyers do not want to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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