Expert Advice from Amy & Kyle Bergquist at Keller Williams Legacy Partners
There were 752 single-family contracts that came together in Hartford County during October 2016. The total was virtually identical to the October 2015 deal count. Activity in the county is 10% ahead of 2015 on a year-to-date basis, though essentially all the gains were made in the first half of the year. When breaking down the year-to-date deal count by price band, the trends have evened out considerably. There were three price bands with gains
The Hartford County single-family market finished September 2016 in a virtual tie with September 2015. There were 735 contracts signed over the past month. On a year-to-date basis, 2016 is about 11% ahead of 2015. After strong outperformance through May, this year’s monthly deal totals have bounced around the previous year results. There is still a nice amount of activity, so we’re not seeing any major imbalances in the markets. The supply of available homes
Hartford County finished the month of August with 855 single-family contracts. The total was an increase over the prior month, and a return to significant outperformance over the prior year. On a year-to-date basis, 2016 is about 12% ahead of 2015 in terms of the total number of contracts signed. The August result makes the July data point look like the outlier. This year had been consistently more active than last year beginning right away
July was the first month of 2016 in which the number of Hartford County single-family contracts did not exceed the total for the corresponding month in 2015. There were 846 deals in the CTMLS, which was about 3% below last year’s total. Despite the July result, on a year-to-date basis 2016 is nearly 13% ahead of 2015’s sales pace. Summer apparently came early to the local real estate markets this year, and that’s just fine
Hartford County finished June with 1,027 single family contracts. It was the third straight month of more than a thousand deals, and a gradual decline from the May peak. The month was slightly busier than the unusually active June 2015. On a year-to-date basis, the first half of 2016 was about 15% ahead of 2015. The outperformance has decreased as spring arrived, though each individual month is still ahead of the corresponding month from last