It’s always good to see how the Knoxville real estate market is trending when you are thinking about selling or buying a home in Knoxville. Let’s take a look at the interesting trends I’ve found in the Knoxville real estate market, by studying the home sale data through the month of June.

• Compared to the month of June of last year, the luxury price point over $500,000 has seen a 72.2% increase in sales.  Year to date the same price point has seen a 37.9% increase in homes sold.
• Homes price between $400,000-$499,999 saw a 35.1% increase since the same month last year and a 18.1% year to date increase in homes sold.
• Coinciding with the sold numbers, homes pending sale are also trending in the luxury sector with a 48.5% increase from June of last year and 50.3% increase year to date for homes over $500,000.  Homes pending a sale in the $400,000-$499,999 range have seen a 26.5% increase from last June and 36.4% year to date increase.
• Trends are showing us that stricter lending standards are limiting the sales in the price points under $100,000, with multiple pricing categories under $100K being down quite a bit both year over year and year to date.
• Total inventory is down 12% compared to last June and is also down 5.6% year to date with the thinnest inventory being $140,000 and below.
• Typically one of the best selling price points, $250,000-$299,999 is showing sluggish sales most likely from a lack of inventory.  Home sales in this price point are down 2.9% from June last year and 7.9% year to date, with inventory being down 9.5% from last year and 4.8% year to date.
• The reduced inventory levels are putting the law of supply and demand in effect as witnessed by a 13.99% year over year increase in the average sales price and a 5.24% increase in the average sales price year to date.  Another factor showing demand is the amount of time it is taking for homes to sell.  Average days on the market has decreased 32.87% year over year and 28.57% year to date.  Average days on the market in June across all pricing categories was 96 days and the average for 2014 is 105 days.

What does this information mean for you, as someone possibly looking to sell your home in Knoxville or buy a home in Knoxville?  As a seller, low inventory levels mean that this is a great time to put your home on the market, as there is less competition.  Also the law of supply and demand tells us that less inventory is pushing prices higher.  As a buyer, buying a home in a low inventory home market means, you need to be less aggressive with your offers as there is increased competition in the marketplace.  Making low offers or hesitating too long in deciding to make an offer will most likely cause you to lose out on desirable homes, as they will be snapped up by competing buyers.

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For more information or to discuss your personal goals in selling or buying a home in Knoxville, contact me, Troy Stavros with Gables & Gates, REALTORS today.