Market Conditions Ending January 31, 2015

The Portland Metropolitan market conditions ending January 2015 shows the supply of real estate declined, the demand for housing increased and the overall value of real estate is appreciating when comparing this year to last year (Jan 2014 vs Jan 2015).

Specifically, the current inventory in the Portland Metro area is at 3.4 months, which is an decrease by 0.7 months when comparing last January 2014. From last month (December 2014) inventory is up 1.1 months. Further two years ago (ending Jan 2013) inventory was lower at 3.2 months. (Inventory is calculated by dividing the total active residential listing at the end of the month by the number of closed sales for that month).

The total current market time resides at 82 days. Last year at this time the total days on market finished at 96 days. This reflects a 14.3 %decrease. (Total market time is calculated by the number of days from when a property is listed to when an offer is accepted on the same property. )

The 12 month rolling average sales price currently reflects an average sales price of $333,600 which is a 7% increase (from $311,900) when comparing the rolling average sales price from last year.