Realtor.com’s research team releases weekly housing trend key finding. This week they relayed, “The number of new sellers has climbed from a year ago in the last 6 weeks, yet another measure highlighting the stark change between this year and last year. Despite the influx of sellers, the number of homes actively for sale is still down and homes continue to sell quickly and for higher prices.”

A quick snap shot of the Weekly Housing Trends: 

• Median listing prices grew at 15.5 percent 
• New listings–a measure of sellers putting homes up for sale–were up 8 percent, making this the 6th consecutive week of increases over last year.
• Total active inventory remains 51 percent below this time last year.
• Time on market was 32 days faster than last year

Click here to read the entire article & see a comparison chart that compares March to May. 

Gatlinburg Information

Average Price

Despite the outlier in June – notice the increase during the 4th quarter.

 

Days on Market

Despite the outlier in July – days on market stayed relatively close to 100 days during 2020.

 

Residential

Have a look at the year-end 2020 graphs below. It’s very interesting to look at the average price and days on market correlation over the last 4 years. Days on market is flat from 2019 to 2020, after a 20% decrease in both 2017 and 2018. While the average price continues to increase by 23% from 2019 to 2020, after an increase of 11% from 2018 to 2019, and a 10% increase from 2017-2018.

 

 

Single Family Homes – 2020

 

Condos – 2020

 

 

Land

Average land prices increased year over year from 2017 – 2020; 15% 2017 – 2018, 17% 2018 – 2019, and 16% 2019 – 2020.

 

 

 

A look forward

“Many experts are predicting another strong housing market in 2021. They are forecasting increased demand from buyers who delayed purchasing homes because of the pandemic; from existing homeowners who need larger spaces to accommodate parents working from home and children attending school virtually; and from condo owners who are seeking to escape multifamily buildings for single-family houses to mitigate exposure to the virus. The ability to tour homes and close on purchases virtually will make buying a home simpler in 2021.”

You can read the full Washington Post article here.

Check back with us here on the first Saturday of each month to get the latest Smoky Mountain Real Estate stats. 

*Note: statistics collected using the Bluff Mountain, Chalet Village, Cobbly Nob, Douglas Lake, Gatlinburg, Jones Cove, Kodak, New Center, Pigeon Forge, Pittman Center, Sevierville, Seymour, and Wears Valley areas.