The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report Median Price $450,000 Coachella Valley Median Detached Home Price Dec 2002 - Dec 2016 $400,000 $350,000 $300,000 $339,930 $340,000 $250,000 $200,000 $150,000 CV Detached Median Price 4% growth curve Summary The median price for the Valley s detached homes was $340,000 which was effectively unchanged from a year ago. This year s change in the median price for Valley condos was $2,000, which is a gain of just under 1%. The yearly change in the median price of individual cities shows a generally positive year for detached homes and a slightly negative bias for condominiums. In the detached market Desert Hots Springs, with a yearly gain of 15.6%, and Palm Springs, with a gain of 8.1%, continue to be the price leaders in the Valley. After a long period of stagnation, a very positive indicator is the growing trend in long term sales in both detached homes and condominiums. Condominium sales rose 9% and detached sales 2.8% from last year. They combined to produce a total sales increase of 4.9% for the year. As we end the year the second very positive trend for housing is inventory. Inventory on January 1st was 4,585 units compared to 5,092 unit s last January 1 st. Higher sales and lower inventory combined to produce a lower ratio of months of sales. The ratio on January 1st stood at 6.3 months, which is one month less than the ratio on January 1st of last year.
The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report Median Price $400,000 Coachella Valley Median Condo Price Dec 2002 - Dec 2016 $350,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 $227,000 $229,000 $150,000 CV Condo Median Price 3% growth curve Coachella Valley Condo Median Price This year s change in the median price for Valley condos is $2,000, which is just under 1%. As the graph clearly shows the median price Is essentially unchanged for the last three years. In fact the median price is still around 2009 price levels. Much of this is because about 70% of Valley condo owners are not owner occupants but remote owners; they usually live outside the region and numbers of remote owners are maintaining but not growing.
The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report Dec-16 Year Ago 12 Month Change 2011 Low Gain off 2011 Low 2006 High % from High Desert Hot Springs $185,000 $160,000 15.6% $85,000 117.6% $295,000-37.3% Palm Springs $565,000 $522,500 8.1% $335,000 68.7% $600,000-5.8% City of Coachella $245,000 $227,500 7.7% $121,950 100.9% $335,000-26.9% Cathedral City $289,000 $275,000 5.1% $139,000 107.9% $395,000-26.8% Indio $295,000 $284,999 3.5% $158,500 86.1% $380,500-22.5% La Quinta $445,000 $434,500 2.4% $245,000 81.6% $682,020-34.8% Indian Wells $791,250 $790,000 0.2% $540,000 46.5% $1,205,000-34.3% Palm Desert $350,000 $355,000-1.4% $287,000 22.0% $543,000-35.5% Rancho Mirage $580,000 $649,000-10.6% $423,000 37.1% $950,000-38.9% Dec-16 Year Ago Detached Homes Condominiums 12 Month Change 2011 Low Gain off 2011 Low 2006 High % from High Indian Wells $431,000 $352,500 22.3% $321,500 34.1% $557,500-22.7% Desert Hot Springs $129,325 $110,000 17.6% $86,000 50.4% $303,000-57.3% Cathedral City $162,000 $143,375 13.0% $107,500 50.7% $270,500-40.1% Indio $169,000 $155,250 8.9% $75,000 125.3% $279,000-39.4% Palm Desert $247,000 $253,250-2.5% $175,000 41.1% $410,000-39.8% Palm Springs $200,000 $208,000-3.8% $150,000 33.3% $350,000-42.9% Rancho Mirage $283,500 $295,000-3.9% $260,000 9.0% $510,000-44.4% La Quinta $292,500 $306,250-4.5% $265,000 10.4% $532,500-45.1% City of Coachella N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 Month Change in City Median Prices The yearly change in the median price of individual cities shows a generally positive year for detached homes and a slightly negative bias for condominiums. In the detached market Desert Hots Springs with a yearly gain of 15.6% and Palm Springs, with a gain of 8.1%, continue to be price leaders in the Valley. In fact Palm Springs, with a price of $565,000 is now only 5.8% under its 2006 all-time high. The four cities of Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and La Quinta, for reasons mentioned on the previous page all show negative returns for the year in the condo market.
Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Jun-15 Aug-15 Oct-15 Dec-15 Feb-16 Apr-16 Jun-16 Aug-16 Oct-16 Dec-16 The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Monthly Detached, Condo and Total Sales 12 month moving average 698 464 732 477 234 255 Total Sales Condo Sales Detached Home Sales Monthly Sales 12 month trailing avg. After a long period of stagnation, a very positive indicator is the growing trend in long term sales in both detached homes and condominiums. Condominium sales rose 9% and detached sales 2.8% last year. They combined to produce a total sales increase of 4.9% for the year. We fully expect that total long term sales over the coming New Year will rise over 10% from 2016 levels.
Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14 Jun-14 Aug-14 Oct-14 Dec-14 Feb-15 Apr-15 Jun-15 Aug-15 Oct-15 Dec-15 Feb-16 Apr-16 Jun-16 Aug-16 Oct-16 Dec-16 The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 1,200 Monthly Detached, Condo and Total Sales 3 month moving average 1,000 800 600 608 694 400 200 0 407 460 202 234 Total Sales Condo Sales Detached Home Sales Monthly Sales 3 month trailing avg. When we measure the change in the three month average of sales - a time period that clearly shows the seasonality of the Valley s real estate market we see stronger sales growth than the long term trend by a substantial margin. Detached sales grew 13% while condo sales grew 15%. This produced a gain of 14% in total sales and it s the primary reason we expect long term sales to also grow by double digit numbers.
Units The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 160 140 120 100 Home Sales by City 3 month avg sales Year Ago 103 100 89 94 139 121 143 133 80 60 40 20 0 9 10 BERMUDA DUNES 61 43 CATHEDRAL CITY 17 16 CITY of COACHELLA 47 40 DESERT HOT SPRINGS 21 20 INDIAN WELLS INDIO LA QUINTA PALM DESERT PALM SPRINGS 51 39 RANCHO MIRAGE 4 4 THOUSAND PALMS Home Sales per Month by City The growth in three month sales for the region show up in every city except Bermuda Dunes. The largest increase is the 42% gain in sales for Cathedral City. This is followed by a 30% gain for Rancho Mirage sales and a 16.6% increase in sales of Desert Hot Springs.
Units The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 250 Home Sales by Price Range 3 mos avg 200 209 178 150 100 50 0 140 134 140 112 65 60 42 35 27 28 29 29 21 14 13 12 7 5 < $200K $200-300K $300-400K $400-500K $500-600K $600-700K $700-800K $800-900K $900-1M >$1M Avg Sales Last Three Months Same Time Last Year Home Sales by Price Range We see a similar result when we measure and compare sales in the various price brackets. Sales are higher than a year ago in all price brackets except from $600k to $700k, where they are only lower by one unit. The largest unit sales increase is in the $200k to $300k price bracket with a 31 unit increase. The largest percentage increase is the $300k to $400k range where there is an increase of 28%. Sales of million dollar homes averaged 29 units and is unchanged from a year ago.
The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 7,000 Valley Housing Inventory Jan 1st 2012 to Jan 1st 2017 6,000 U n i t s 5,000 4,000 3,000 5,092 4,585 2,000 1,000 Coachella Valley Inventory. As we end the year the second very positive trend for housing is with inventory. Inventory on January 1st was 4,585 units compared to 5,092 units last January 1 st. This is a 10% decrease and the number is exactly equal to the inventory on January 1 st of two years ago. Much of this is the result of higher sales numbers of the last few months compared to a year ago.
Months Days The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 "Months of Sales" and "Days on the Market" Jan-12 Jul-12 Jan-13 Jul-13 Jan-14 Jul-14 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 Jul-16 Jan-17 Months of Sales DOM Months of Sales and Days on the Market Higher sales and lower inventory combined to produce a lower ratio of months of sales. The ratio on January 1 st stood at 6.3 months which is one month less than the ratio on January 1 st of last year. This positive trend is confirmed by another important metric called days on the market, which is another way to measure low or high inventory. As inventory grows so usually does DOM and vice versa. The current reading of 65 days is twelve days less than the 77 days at the end of last year. 7.3 77 65 6.3 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
Months The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 25.0 "Months of Sales" by Price Range uses avg. twelve month sales 20.0 Jan 1st 2017 Year ago 20.1 18.7 20.9 16.3 15.0 10.0 5.0 3.2 3.9 4.0 5.0 5.5 7.3 7.2 8.0 10.5 9.2 9.3 9.2 13.4 12.2 12.5 11.7 0.0 < $200K $200-300K $300-400K $400-500K $500-600K $600-700K $700-800K $800-900K $900-1M >$1M Months of Sales by Price Range We see a similar result when we measure and compare months of sales in the different price brackets. Every price bracket we measure shows a lower ratio compared to last year. The overall pattern of higher ratios in the higher price brackets is normal and expected. However, the ratios in the four price brackets above $700k, while lower than last year, are still relative high and it would be good if these could work a little lower.
The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 14.0 12.0 "Months of Sales" by City city inventory divided by average twelve month sales Jan 1st 2017 Year Ago 14.0 13.3 11.6 M o n t h s 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.5 2.5 5.4 5.3 4.1 4.3 6.1 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.6 6.3 7.3 6.6 8.1 8.5 10.2 9.0 8.1 10.2 2.0 0.0 COACHELLA DESERT HOT SPRINGS INDIO PALM SPRINGS CATHEDRAL CITY THOUSAND PALMS CV Total PALM DESERT LA QUINTA BERMUDA DUNES RANCHO MIRAGE INDIAN WELLS Months of Sales by City When we calculate months of sales for each city, and plot them lowest to highest, we see acceptable ratio from the city of Coachella up top Palm desert. In our opinion, La Quinta, with a ratio of 8.6 and almost two months below last year, is still relatively high. We also feel that Indian Wells, at 13.3 months and only 7/10 of a month less than last year, is also relatively high.
Percent of Total Sales The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report 30% Distressed Sales by City percent of total sales Dec-2016 1 Year Ago 2 Years Ago 20% 10% 3.3% 4.1% 4.2% 4.2% 4.5% 4.9% 5.3% 5.9% 6.3% 7.0% 8.4% 9.6% 0% LA QUINTA PALM SPRINGS INDIO THOUSAND PALMS PALM DESERT CV Total INDIAN WELLS BERMUDA DUNES COACHELLA RANCHO MIRAGE CATHEDRAL CITY DESERT HOT SPRINGS Distressed Sales by City Distressed sales (REO and short sales) are 4.9% of all sales in the Valley. While this shows continued improvement the improvement continues to be very slow. While the current number is not low enough to measurable affect home like foreclosures and short sales did a number of years ago, we would still like to see the ratio get down to 2%. Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs still show relatively high percent s of 8.4% and 9.6% respectively.
The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report -1.0% Sale Price Discount from List -1.5% -2.0% -2.3% -2.5% -2.3% -3.0% -3.5% -4.0% Sale Price Discount from List The latest Sale Price Discount from List is at -2.3%, which is unchanged from a year ago. This percent implies that the selling discount to a home listed for $300,000 home was approximately $6,900.
The Market Watch Monthly Housing Report Explanation and Description of Market Watch s Graphs and Calculations Prices: Except for our attached price index, all city and regional median prices are for single family detached homes only. All prices are the median value for all transaction over the last three months (except for Indian Wells, which is six months due to the small number of monthly sales). For example, the median price for the month of May will be the median value of all sales in March, April and May of detached homes. This longer time period reduces the amount of wide and meaningless variation that one gets taking only the last month s transactions and provides more reliable information. While we do show the median selling price in our city reports, we try to emphasize the median price per sq. ft. in both these and our regional reports. For technical reasons this metric is more reliable than median price and presents us and the reader with fewer statistical anomalies and variations. Sales: Sales numbers are the sum of both attached and detached home sales. We present two sales numbers three month average of sales and twelve month averages. The three month average measures and shows the seasonal variations of the region. These three month averages should only be compared against the same three months of previous years. For example, one should never compare three month sales in spring to that of the fall. The twelve month average takes out all seasonality and is very useful when trying to assess the long term growth or contraction of sales in the region and at the city level. Inventory and Months of Sales: When we provide a monthly report for say the month of May, all sales and pricing are done using transactions throughout that month and the previous two months. However, when we measure inventory at the end of May, it s the inventory as of June 1 st the next month. It is the sum of inventory of both attached and detached homes. Remember sales and prices are accumulative while inventory is a momentary snapshot of inventory on a specific date. To avoid confusion, the inventory reported in the May report is for June 1 st. and our graphs and charts for inventory and months of sales will give this date and not the date of the month of the report. When calculating months of sales we almost always use average sales over the last twelve months and not three months. If we do use three months we will indicate that we are dividing inventory by three month sales and not the normal twelve month average. Days on the Market and Sale Price Discount from List Price: These calculations are also the median value of the metrics reported from the MLS listing and are calculated over the last three months of transactions like price and sales. This is done to help reduce random variation and movements. Call Out Numbers: The two numbers inserted in the charts are the most recent value(s) and the value(s) one year ago. Each number is connected to the point on the chart it refers to by a small thin line. Scatter Diagram Value Curve: In the individual city reports we provide a Scatter Diagram Value Curve which plots the price per sq. ft. of every sale for the last three months versus the square feet of that home. In the graph each small blue circle represents a sale. Then a best fit linear line is calculated through those points using the least square method to arrive at the value curve. The value curve represents the price per sq. ft. that the market is generally giving different size homes. We provide the actual linear equation for people who might want to use it to calculate prices for different size homes. To contact Market Watch call Vic Cooper at 949-493-1665