Charlotte Real Estate Report: January 2020

Charlotte region ended 2019 as a seller’s market and the first month of 2020 kept that seller’s market going with inventory remaining extremely tight, dropping 28.1% compared with January 2019.

Lack of inventory resulted in higher home list and sale prices year-over-year. Average sale prices increased 10.4% to $297,821 and median sale prices increased 10.4% year-over-year to $252,000.

Closed sales increased 6.8%, while pending sales were up 26.7% year-over-year in January, starting the year on a high note.

Homes continue to sell quickly with average days on market 47 days, down 4 days from one year ago. Cumulative days on market were down 4 days to 56 year-over-year. The days from list to close dropped 8 days to 99 year-over-year.

The housing affordability index continued to decrease, as well ~ down 9.6% year-over-year.

Months supply of homes remained very low at 1.6 months (down 36% year-over-year from 2.5 months one year ago) and even lower for homes priced under $200,000.

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