Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 shows the real estate market is down compared to February 2022.

As of 3/27/2023 at 6:15 PM, 102 active Residential Listings and 119 active Land Listing are in the Northeast Washington Multiple Listing Service.

The Average List Price for February 2023 was $344,950 compared to $523,147 in February 2022, a 10.93 percent decline.

The Median List Price for February 2023 was $379,450 compared to $397,000 in February 2022, a 4.42 percent decline.

The Average Sale Price for February 2023 was $335,197 compared to $355,175 in February 2022, a 5.62 percent decline.

The Median Sale Price for February 2023 was $252,600 compared to $320,000 in February 2022, a 21.06 percent decline.

As noted in the Summary Statistics Table below, our year-to-date numbers continue to show declines in these metrics through March 27th, 2023.

Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Summary
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Summary

Additional notable metrics follow below, starting with the time spent on the market.

Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Days on Market Graph
Days on Market Graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Days on Market Table
Days on Market Table

The months of inventory. That is the amount of time it would take at the present rate of sales, with no new listings coming on the market, to deplete the current inventory.

Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Months of Inventory Graph
Months of Inventory Graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Months of Inventory Table
Months of Inventory Table

Price Trends are the trend everyone wants to see.

Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Price Trends Graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Price Trends Graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Price Trends Table
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Price Trends Table

When prices had to be lowered to attract buyers, the sale-to-list and sale-to-original list price ratios were.

Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Sale to list ratio graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Sale to list ratio graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Sale to list ratio table
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Sale to list ratio table

The number of listings, the inventory available for sale, new, pending, and sold.

Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Number of Listings Graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Number of Listings Graph
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Number of Listings Table
Northeast Washington Market Statistics February 2023 Number of Listings Table

An initial look at March statistics did not indicate the market was improving. But since we still have snow on the ground, that is expected. Usually, the snow is gone by this time of year, so the market picks up. Since the snow is slowly leaving, we expect a slow start to the listing season this year.

Northeast Washington Market January 2023

After the sharp decline in the 4th quarter of 2022, the Northeast Washington Market January 2023 statistics are disappointing but not surprising. Perhaps the most concerning is the low number of new listings shown on the Year over Year Comparison for January 2022 to January 2023 and the Yearly comparison for January from 2005 to 2023.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Yearly comparison Jan 20055 to Jan 2023
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Yearly comparison Jan 2005 to Jan 2023
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Year Over Year Comparison Jan 2022 to Jan 2023 All MLS All Prop types
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Year Over Year Comparison Jan 2022 to Jan 2023

The Northeast Washington Market January 2023 Year over Year Comparison also shows we only have 66 Currently Active Residential listings on the day the search was run. The number of listings active at some time during January was 114. As a comparison, January 2020 had 170 active listings, and January 2019 had 238 active listings throughout January. 19 Properties were closed, also called sold in some reports, during January. These 19 properties received an acceptable offer and were put “under contract” in the final quarter of 2022. January 2023 saw 35 properties placed under contract. These 35 properties will be recorded as sold in the next 30 to 120 or more days.

Our summary statistics provide the same information as the tables above, but they also include information on canceled, withdrawn, expired listings, and listings that came back on the market.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Summary Statistics Jan 2023
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Summary Statistics Jan 2023
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Price Range Statistics January 2023
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Price Range Statistics January 2023

Market activity remains at the upper end of the Northeast Washington Market January 2023. In the past, our residential property’s most active price range was from $175,000 to $275,000. Our January Price Range Statistic chart shows our most active price range between $225,000 and $999,999. Most under-contract and sold listings are between $225,000 and $750,000.

Below is the Price Range Report for January 2023, which shows the price range of the sold and closed single-family and condo listings, active listings, and pending sales. Toward the bottom of the Price Range Report is the type of financing used for the closed sales. The information is the same as the Price Range Statistics chart with a little more information.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Statistics Price Rang Report Jan 2023
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Statistics Price Rang Report Jan 2023

Northeast Washington Market January 2023 inventory remains low so prices are remaining high, which is good for the Seller. But the high prices, high-interest rates, and high inflation seem to have Buyers on hold, waiting to see if interest rates will come down as several experts are predicting.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005 2022

 

Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005 2022 Active & New Listings 

We’re seeing a similar trend in the land market compared to what we saw in the residential market. From a peak number of active and new land listings in 2010 there has been a steady decline in land listings. From 1602 land listings in 2005 we were down to 665 land listings in 2022. With a slight upward bump in listings in 2009 and 2010 land listings have been in a fairly steady decline.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Land 2005 2023
Active and New Land listings 2005-2023

Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005 2022 Under Contract & Sold

From the top of the market in 2005 land sales declined to the lowest point in 2009 at 153 properties sold through the Northeast Washington Association of REALTORS®. Land sales remained under 200 sales until 2013 with 209 sales. Then a few years of a steady climb until a large jump upward in 2020. Sales leveled off at that point through 2021 at 547 sold, then took a serious dive in 2022 too. 

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Land 2005-2022 number under contract and sold
2005 -2023 Number of Land Listings Under Contract and Sold

Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005 2022 Average and Median Sold Price

As we saw in several Land listings that went under contract between 2014 and 2021 Buyer demand was increasing as the market supply was decreasing and not replenishing itself.

Prices started to rise to a record high for average and median sold prices were being broken. Even in 2022 when the Land Market took a sharp downturn the average and median prices were higher than they had ever been.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005-2022 Average and Median Sold Prices.
Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005-2022 Average and Median Sold Prices.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005 2022 Sold Dollar Volume Land

The total dollar volume of Land Listing sales follows the same line as the average and median sales prices, except for 2022. Even though the average and median prices were still high in 2022 the number of sales had dropped significantly, so the total dollar sales volume has dropped similarly.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005-2022 Sold Dollar Volume.
Northeast Washington Real Estate Land Market 2005-2022 Sold Dollar Volume.

We’ll be checking our January statics in a couple of weeks. We hope to see this January and our year starting like 2022. Unfortunately, it doesn’t feel like it’s going to be that way.

 

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 Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 2022 Active & New

After another busier-than-normal winter season, the 2022 Northeast Washington Real Estate Market picked up where 2021 left off. The market like most other markets in the country was and still is experiencing extremely low inventory. You’ll see in the graph below every year from 2017 to 2022 we’ve had fewer and fewer active listings per year to sell. 2022 There were only 750 Residential listings available for sale during 2022. Also, the Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 2022 reports show 2022 had fewer replacement listings for those that did sell with only 683 new. Only 2020 had fewer new listings at 678 than 2022.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 2022 Active and New listings
Total Active and New Residential listings for 2005 2022

 

 Average and Median Sold Prices

Low inventory and the threat of increasing interest rates puts pressure on the buyers to buy so we saw a lot of multiple offers and bidding wars for residential listing. This drove average and median prices to the highest they’ve ever been. More Northeast Washington Real Estate sold in higher price ranges than ever before. Historically the busiest price ranges Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 2022 was between 175,000 and 275,000. By the end of 2022 the busiest price range for the Residential Northeast Washington Real Estate Market2005 2022 report had climbed to 225,000 to 999,999. 

Residential Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Price Range Graph
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Price Range Graph

 

The graph below shows the Average and Median sold price of Residential Northeast Washington Real Estate from 2005 through 2022. We’ve seen a steady increase in the average and median sale prices since a low of 2013.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 _ 2022 Average and Median Residential Prices Graph
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 _ 2022 Average and Median Residential Prices Graph

Under Contract and Sold

The Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 2022 graphs show the number of listings under contract and sold reflex how willing buyers are to buy. When you compare this graph with the total active and new graph you see that around 2014 Buyers became more serious about buying and the lines on both graphs run a little closer together.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005-2022
Residential Northeast Washington Real Estate Market Under Contract and Sold 2005-2022

Sold Dollar Volume

The Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2005 2022  report shows the dollar volume of sales for the year. The dollar volume is tied to the number of sales, and the price of the properties. Fewer sales means a lower dollar volume. But a high number of sale at a lower price can also mean a lower dollar volume. As buyers start to leave the market Sellers reducing prices may be indicated by a lower dollar volume as we seen for 2022 in the Sold Volume graph below.

Residential Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2002-2022 Sold Volume
Residential Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2002-2022 Sold Volume

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 2023

What does this mean for the Northeast Washington Real Estate market moving into 2023? That remains to be seen. With government spending, the crisis at the southern border, the other problems the government is causing and interest rate not expected to come down until the end of the year a slow market should be expected. There are too many variables to predict anything. However all indication are the Northeast Washington Real Estate Market has hit a wall just like most of the rest of the real estate markets in the country. The last 1/4 of 2021 compared to the last quarter of 2022 is an indication of the market hitting that wall. With an already low inventory new listing were down 10%, Buyer’s put 32% fewer properties under contact so Buyer’s aren’t buying right now. The number of properties sold dropped 41% and the sold volume which would be properties that went under contract 30-60 day or a little before the 4th Quarter dropped 46%.  None of this is a good sign.

Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 4th Quarter 2022 compared to 4th Quarter 2021
Northeast Washington Real Estate Market 4th Quarter 2022 compared to 4th Quarter 2021