Heather Elias on November 30th, 2009

Single Family Homes

90-day stats for Single Family properties in
ASHBURN, VA as of February 5, 2010
Median List Price$599,731 Average List Price$638,502
Total Inventory182 Price per Square Foot$162
Average Home Size3,697 Median Lot Size10,383
Average # Beds4.29 Average # Baths4.26
Homes Absorbed10 Newly Listed10
Days on Market197 Average Age8

Condos and Townhomes

90-day stats for Condo properties in
ASHBURN, VA as of February 5, 2010
Median List Price$299,915 Average List Price$299,429
Total Inventory203 Price per Square Foot$160
Average Home Size1,784 Median Lot Sizen/a
Average # Beds2.87 Average # Baths3.16
Homes Absorbed13 Newly Listed14
Days on Market145 Average Age10

In Ashburn, for the week ending November 27th, it looks like the real estate market is still steady as she goes. We are still seeing homes generally being absorbed (going under contract or off market) at basically the same pace as new listings are coming on market (therefore, inventory is still not growing). Average price per square foot is right around $160 no matter what your home type. The average days on market is still considerably less for condos and townhomes than it is for single family homes, even though the inventory numbers are similar. (That’s because of the lower price range being a touch more active.)

Questions? Want to know what these numbers mean in terms of your home value? Just reach out to me and ask, it’s what I do. (smile)

Cheers,

Heather

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Heather Elias on October 30th, 2009

So how long does it really take to sell a home in Ashburn right now? Take a peek at the stats from this week and see for yourself...

7-day stats for Condo properties in
ASHBURN, VA20147 as of October 23, 2009
Median List Price $275,450 Average List Price $280,470
Total Inventory 152 Price per Square Foot $155
Average Home Size 1,712 Median Lot Size n/a
Average # Beds 2.84 Average # Baths 3.16
Homes Absorbed 10 Newly Listed 10
Days on Market 121 Average Age 12

This table shows condos and townhomes (combined stats) for 20147. Homes are still being absorbed at the same rate that they are going on market.

Average Days on Market for homes in ASHBURN, VA 20147

Average Days on Market for homes in ASHBURN, VA 20147 as of Oct. 23, 2009 is 121

Right now, it takes about 60 days longer to sell a single family home than it does a townhome or condo. Personally, though, I think that the numbers we see here are not really indicative of what is happening in the market. The short sales (due to the length of time that they show as active, even while offers are pending) are skewing the numbers. I am seeing traditional sales take far less time than 120 or 180 days to go under contract.

Cheers,

Heather

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Heather Elias on September 23rd, 2009

Well, this point in the year is typically pretty quiet as schools open and fall sports begin. With the first time homebuyer tax credit set to expire the end of November, we see that the real estate market in Ashburn is still pretty busy!

7-day stats for Condo properties in

ASHBURN, VA as of September 18, 2009

Median List Price $299,888 Average List Price $297,536
Total Inventory 225 Price per Square Foot $155
Average Home Size 1,944 Median Lot Size n/a
Average # Beds 2.92 Average # Baths 3.25
Homes Absorbed 15 Newly Listed 22
Days on Market 124 Average Age 10

Keep in mind that when the chart says condo, it is actually condos and townhomes. You can see that homes absorbed is a little less than the number of homes newly listed, which means that the inventory expanded ever so slightly this week.

Median Price for homes in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP Codes

Median Price for homes in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP Codes as of September 18, 2009 is $299,888

Inventory for homes in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP Codes

Inventory for homes in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP Codes as of September 18, 2009 is 225

Pretty easy to see that prices are nice and flat (read: stable!) for detached homes as well as condos and townhomes. Inventory has climbed just a touch in the last couple of weeks. I\\\'ll be watching to see if this continues, or if this is just a blip on the charts. Specific questions about the market, or want more information? Just hit the Ask Heather button up in the top right!

Cheers,

Heather

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Heather Elias on September 16th, 2009

Most of the time, when I pull up the statistics for a town or zip code, I can look at different types of statistics and see how they are working in conjunction with each other, and it meshes with what I am seeing in the marketplace. I have to say, though, that when I look at the condo/townhome market statistics for Ashburn right now, I’m left scratching my head….not over the stable median price, or the steadily dropping inventory, but the rising days on market sticks out like a sore thumb! Granted, seeing a jump up from 112 days to 125 days isn’t huge, but if this is a new trend, I can’t tell where it is coming from. If the days on market keep going up, then inventory should flatten out…Guess this is just one stat we are going to have to keep an eye on!

7-day stats for Condos/Townhomes in

ASHBURN, VA as of September 11, 2009

Median List Price $299,900 Average List Price $299,141
Total Inventory 217 Price per Square Foot $155
Average Home Size 1,950 Median Lot Size n/a
Average # Beds 2.91 Average # Baths 3.22
Homes Absorbed 14 Newly Listed 8
Days on Market 126 Average Age 10
Median Price for homes in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP CodesMedian Price $299,900
Inventory for homes in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP CodesInventory 217
Average Days on Market for homes in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP CodesAverage Days on Market 126

Questions? Just hit that Ask Heather button at the top and reach out to me! (Or if you prefer, call me on my cell phone at 571-233-5491 or email me at info@heatherelias.com)

Cheers,
Heather

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Heather Elias on August 25th, 2009

Pretty easy to see from that graph that single family home inventory is still dropping like a rock in Ashburn right now. Homes absorbed is still outpacing homes listed…a grand total of 14 single family homes came on market last week in all of Ashburn. Still feel like a buyers’ market? I hear agents in my office asking around now, “Hey, I have a buyer that needs…” (whatever type of home, whatever price range)..”Anybody have a listing coming up that might fit?” Times have changed rapidly from the high days on market, high inventory from last year…

90-day stats for Single Family properties in
ASHBURN, VA as of August 21, 2009
Median List Price $602,608 Average List Price $631,380
Total Inventory 219 Price per Square Foot $153
Average Home Size 3,944 Median Lot Size 10,474
Average # Beds 4.31 Average # Baths 4.23
Homes Absorbed 16 Newly Listed 14
Days on Market 161 Average Age 10
Inventory for Single Family properties in ASHBURN, VA All ZIP CodesInventory 219

Questions? Just ask!

Cheers,
Heather

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Heather Elias on July 31st, 2009

It’s the end of July and the Ashburn real estate market continues to roll right along nice and strong. Inventory levels are low, and multiple offers are the norm in most of the lower price points (although the multiple offers aren’t causing price run-ups like what we saw in 2004 and 2005.) The statistics below match up well with what I’m seeing in my day to day interactions with buyers and sellers.

To me, the most noticeable point is looking at the number of homes absorbed versus the number of newly listed homes.  (That’s classic supply and demand, folks.) When there are more homes selling (being absorbed) than there are new listings, the inventory is getting lower~~ and it’s already low! The 20147 zip is particularly strong in that area, while the 20148 zip is merely keeping up, or close to it.  The price per square foot is consistent throughout Ashburn, but median list price is higher in 20148 (where the average age of homes is half what it is in 20147).

Ashburn VA 20147 Single Family Home Statistics

Ashburn VA 20147 Condo and Townhome Statistics

Ashburn VA 20148 Single Family Home Statistics

Ashburn VA 20148 Condo and Townhome Statistics

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Cheers,

Heather

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Heather Elias on July 9th, 2009

Any working real estate professional in Loudoun County is going to nod their head in agreement when looking at these charts; the real life ‘boots on the pavement’ experience is matching up for certain with what we see on these charts. Ashburn condos and townhomes are definitely selling as fast as they are coming on the market! Before I get ahead of myself, though, let’s take a peek at median price, first…

Single Family Home Median Price

Pretty easy to see what is happening here.. Clearly, median home prices appear to have bottomed in March through May, and have gained steadily since then.  Whether this is temporary or a sign of a true bottom? Time will tell. For now, if you are thinking about buying or selling a single family home in Ashburn, the market is now being labeled “stabilized” and not “declining” by appraisers.

Single Family Home Median Price

Single Family Home Median Price

Condo and Townhome Median Price by Quartile

What’s a quartile? It looks at each quarter of the market, so that we can pinpoint if one price bracket is performing differently than another. From looking at condos and townhomes in Ashburn, it looks like all four quartiles are performing similarly..and we aren’t seeing an uptick in pricing, right now.

Condo & Townhome Median Price

Condo & Townhome Median Price by Quartile

New and Absorbed Single Family Listings

The black line is new listings, and the orange line is listings absorbed.  So when the orange is above the black, homes are selling faster than new listings are replenishing the inventory. This was the case from November of last year through until March of this year.  Absorbed listings started outpacing new  listings again in June, so inventory has tightened up a bit since then.  The spike upwards in absorbed listings the beginning of May coincides with the uptick in median price too..laws of supply and demand, in action.

Single Family Home New and Absorbed Listings

Single Family Home New and Absorbed Listings

New and Absorbed Condo and Townhome Listings

The orange and black lines have been pretty evenly matched up since March for condos and townhomes, which is probably why we aren’t seeing an uptick in prices right now.  The inventory level feels low to me from acting as a buyer’s agent, so I’ll be watching to see how the median price behaves over the short term.

Condo & Townhome New and Absorbed Listings

Condo & Townhome New and Absorbed Listings

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Cheers,
Heather

Heather Elias on June 24th, 2009

Ashburn Median Price Starts to Creep Up

Single Family Home Median Price

Condo/Townhome Median Price

Single Family Median Price

Condo/ Townhome Median Price

Median price is trending upwards across Ashburn, except for condo/townhomes in 20148, where median price has flattened.  Inventory continues to remain low, and mostly flat since March.  From what I have observed while doing business the last few weeks, the uptick in mortgage rates has slightly slowed the amount of buyer traffic and contracts; with the low number of available homes on market, though, the median prices haven’t been impacted yet.

ashburn inventoryAshburn Inventory 20148

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Cheers,
Heather

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Heather Elias on June 11th, 2009

Well.. I knew I was having a difficult time locating available properties for buyers in Ashburn, and the current inventory numbers certainly support that.  You can see an uptick between March and mid-May, which makes sense from a seasonal perspective, but it is so far off from the super-high inventory levels of last summer!  You can also see that median price of single family homes has trended UP, yes, UP as a result of the inventory issue.  Condos and townhome median price is up slightly for the same time frame.  I’m curious to see what the one percent swing upward in mortgage rates is going to do to the hot pace of home sales we’ve been seeing here in Loudoun County; don’t know if that’s going to be a bucket of cold water on a market that has been showing some strong signs of recovery…we’ll have to watch what happens with the number of listings sold in the next month.

Single Family inventory versus Condo/ Townhome Inventory

Single Family inventory versus Condo/ Townhome Inventory

Ashburn Single Family Median Price

Ashburn Single Family Median Price

Ashburn Condo/ Townhome Median Price

Ashburn Condo/ Townhome Median Price

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Cheers,
Heather

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Heather Elias on April 30th, 2009

New Condo/Townhome Listings Barely Keeping Pace

If you are hoping to purchase a condo or townhome in Ashburn in the near future, take note…the number of new listings coming on the market is barely keeping pace with the market demand! (Conversely, if you are looking to sell, there is a lot of buyer activity going on.)  Not so much for single family homes, where inventory is picking up, finally.  This is a point in the year where we typically see a large jump in the number of new listings…if you look at the charts below, for single family homes, you can see that we saw quite a few listings come on market toward the end of February, but some spikes in listings absorbed was keeping the inventory from increasing significantly until recently.

For condos and townhomes though, buyer activity has kept up with the pace of new listings,  with homes being absorbed from the inventory as fast as the listings were coming on market. From November until mid-March, inventory was being absorbed at a higher rate than new listings were available.  After seeing that inventory climb from the end of March through the first week of April, we are seeing another spike in absorbed listings, causing the available inventory to drop again.  Not surprisingly, we are seeing multiple offer situations on the most desirable townhomes and condos.  It will be interesting to see how long this trend continues.

And by the way, that big jump up in listings absorbed that started the end of February, on both those charts? The announcement of the $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit came on February 25th. Think that had anything to do with the sudden buyer activity?

New Listings and Absorbed Listings for Single Family Homes

New Listings and Absorbed Listings for Single Family Homes

New Listings and Absorbed Listing for Condos/Townhomes

New Listings and Absorbed Listing for Condos/Townhomes

Ashburn Overall Inventory

Ashburn Overall Inventory

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