Greenwich CT, Residential Real Estate Blog and Analysis: April 5th
Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8:41AM
Jared Randall
Greenwich, CT Residential Real Estate Analysis: April 5th
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16 Lakeview 

 

The above pictured center hall colonial is located at 16 Lakeview located in Riverside.  It sits on .34 of one acre of land and has 6,326 s.f. with five bedrooms, four bathrooms and one half bath.  This house was built in 2008 and is a direct waterfront of the Mianus River, with gorgeous views from every room.  The house is great for entertaining with vaulted ceilings, open floor plan, and finished lower level.  It is listed for $2.995M

In the past week 50 new listings came on the market which is 8.4% of the total inventory.  Obviously, a huge number, yet, we only see an increase of 15 homes on the market from 583 to 598 homes.  In my humble opinion this more than anything shows how much the market has changed.  Even with 68 new listings in the last two weeks, the total inventory has only grown by 15.  We are starting to see by the statistics below that we are settling into a clear understanding of the market.  We are not seeing big jumps in the percentages one way or another.  We have a total of 598 active properties (single family, condos, and co-ops) for sale.  When you scroll all the way down the months on average section of the newsletter it shows us that we are dealing with two different markets.  Feel free to compare the numbers of month on average, the sold by price range percentages, and new listing vs. sold numbers with previous issues at www.greenwichrealestateguy.com/blog.

  

As always, if you have a house in mind you would like to see, please do not hesitate to call me.  

I would like to thank Mark Pruner for mentioning me in the Greenwich Patch.  Mark also does his own synopsis of the Greenwich Market at www.greenwichstreets.com.  I have updated the mortgage information on the bottom of the newsletter as well.

Please let me know if you would like me to provide customized information or statistics for you based on your criteria.

**The information on the featured property and all statistical information is from the Greenwich MLS.

**All opinions garnered from the statistics are my own

 

 

      
Properties Sold

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Last week of March we sold six properties.  The first week of April 19 properties have closed.  We are seeing a dramatic uptick in activity.

 

New Listings
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When looking at the charts above what stands out the most is the new listings in March vs. the past two years.  As you can see there were less new listings but close to the same amount of sold properties. 

 

  
Year to Date Soldytdsold040713

 

 Year to date we have sold 134 properties.  As you can see when comparing to previous issues of the newsletter (you can find them at www.greenwichrealestateguy.com/blog) the under $2M continues to increase market share of the sold properties, while over $2M continues to decrease.  As seen above 71% of the sold properties this year are under $2M, and 84% under $3M.
 
 
Year to Date Available
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I feel it is important to compare the two charts.  This chart is relatively unchanged.  A percentage point here or there, but realistically no changes worth noting.

 

In an effort to define the different markets as a good time to buy or sale I believe one needs to look at the months on average it would take to sell through the inventory we have.  I have broken this down by June of 2012 (which is the high in my opinion) to January of 2013 (the low in my opinion) then will add each month as we come to them.   

 

As you can see below all price ranges moved except under $500K and over $10M.  Albeit, the increases were small compared to the amount of new inventory.

 

 

Price Range 12-Jun 1/5/13 2/1/13 2/22/13 3/22/13 4/7/13
0-$500K 6.36 4.96 5.76 5.28 5.12 4.48
$500K-$1M 7.98 3.88 4.22 4.22 4.72 5.27
$1M-$1.5M 11.48 7.22 7.34 7.1 7.22 7.1
$1.5M-$2M 10.86 7 8.55 9.06 8.68 8.68
$2M-$3M 15.27 8.64 9.72 10.2 9.96 10.92
$3M-$4M 21.82 12.4 13.77 16.22 17.55 17.78
$4M-$5M 37.33 17.5 16.5 18.5 21.5 22
$5M-$7.5M 30.92 19.4 20.47 20.47 20.82 22.24
$7.5M-$10M 57 25.84 22.15 22.15 25.84 26.76
$10M+ 40.21 36 36.85 40.28 38.57 36

 

 

 

 

 **to calculate months on average I used the full year of 2012 sold properties in each price range

Obviously the months on average were the lowest at the end of the year.  The uncertainty of the fiscal cliff, as well as the election (most properties that closed in December were negotiated before election was finalized), and uncertainty of taxes.  Not to mention if people are going to take their house off of the market they will tend to do it over the holidays.

 

 

 

 

 

Open Houses April 7th
  
 

Below are all of the Greenwich Open Houses for Sunday.  I will be at 30 Montgomery, so feel free to stop by and say hi.

 

 

 

Address Town List Price Time Broker
47 Valley Rd  #B1 Cos Cob $399K 1-3 PM Prudential
193 Putnam Park #193 Greenwich $480K 2-4 PM Coldwell Bnkr
4 Lafayette Court #2B Greenwich $530K 1-4 PM Coldwell Bnkr
98 Riverdale Ext. Greenwich $625K 1-4 PM Prudential
4 Hunt Terrace Greenwich $749K 1-4 PM Prudential
75 Richland Road #B Greenwich $750K 1-4 PM Prudential
80 Silo Circle Riverside $899K 2-4 PM Weichert
17 Ronald Lane Cos Cob $935K 2-4 PM Raveis
35 E Lyon Farm Drive #35 Greenwich $1.195M 1-3 PM Coldwell Bnkr
15 Bishop Dr North Greenwich $1.275M 1-4 PM Prudential
21 Shore Acre Drive Old Greenwich $1.275M 1-3 PM Coldwell Bnkr
19 Dickinson Road Stamford $1.35M 1-3 PM Prudential
2 Horseshoe Road Cos Cob $1.385M 2-4 PM Sotheby's
631 Long Ridge Road #12 Stamford $1.395M 1-4 PM Prudential
3 Fairfield Avenue Old Greenwich $1.48M 1-3 PM Raveis
48 Orchard Street Cos Cob $1.695M 1-4 PM Prudential
57 Hillside Drive Greenwich $1.895M 2-4 PM Coldwell Bnkr
5 Dorchester Lane Riverside $2.095M 1-3 PM Prudential
17 Candlelight Place Greenwich $2.295M 1-4 PM Prudential
30 Montgomery Lane Greenwich $2.35M 1-4 PM Prudential
83 Burning Tree Road Greenwich $2.7M 1-4 PM Coldwell Bnkr
16 Lakeview Drive Riverside $2.995M 1-4 PM Prudential
76 Cat Rock Road Cos Cob $3.295M 1-3 PM Coldwell Bnkr
3 Cherry Blossom Lane Greenwich $4.295M 11-1 PM Coldwell Bnkr
29 Byfield Lane Greenwich $4.3M 1-3 PM Raveis
585 Round Hill Road Greenwich $4.495M 1-4 PM Coldwell Bnkr
45 Close Road Greenwich $4.595M 1-4 PM Sotheby's
613 Steamboat Road Greenwich $4.6M 2-4 PM Ogilvy
30 Oneida Drive Greenwich $4.7M 2-4 PM Coldwell Bnkr
487 North Street Greenwich $5.495M 3-5 PM Coldwell Bnkr

 

 

Mortgage Information

 

The two individuals I feel most confident about when it comes to home mortgages are Jeff Ihrig of First Republic in the city and Iliad Estrada of Connecticut Home Mortgage.

 

Jeff can be reached at 646-372-5181.

 

Rates below courtesy of Iliad Estrada.  She can be reached at 203-637-6202.

 

 

CT Mortgage Rates

Product

Interest Rates

Annual Percentage Rate

15 YR Fixed Conforming

2.625%

2.863%

30 YR Fixed Conforming

3.375%

3.539%

30 Year Fixed Agency  Jumbo

n/a

n/a

30 YR  Fixed Jumbo

3.750%

3.872%

5/1 YR ARM Conforming

2.125%

2.842%

5/1 YR ARM Jumbo

2.250%

2.864%

10/1 YR ARM Jumbo

3.000%

3.103%


Updated February 14, 2013

 

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