Fox Valley home prices April 30

Fox Valley home prices April 30.  New listings of single family homes are down.  232 this week compared to 302 the previous week.  This is not heading in the right direction.  We need to keep increasing the amount of homes listed to keep up with the demand.

Closed listings this week are slightly up.  217 this week compared to 198 the previous week.  Most buyers want to close at the end of the month.

Take a look at the communities with the most activity this week:

Aurora-New 29 $129,000-$925,000

            Closed-27 $135,000-$550,000

Bolingbrook-New 20 $275,000-$525,000

                     Closed-15 $191,500-$510,000

Geneva-New 12 $239,500-$799,900

              Closed-11 $260,000-$810,344

Naperville-New 50 $285,000-$1,525,000

                  Closed-41 $286,500-$1,450,000

Oswego-New 16 $160,000-$650,000

               Closed-9 $224,000-$705,558

Plainfield-New 24 $199,000-$659,900

                 Closed-34 $215,000-$970,000

St Charles-New 18 $274,900-$838,000

                  Closed-16 $270,000-$1,350,000

Yorkville-New 7 $255,000-$499,900

                Closed-12 $220,000-$475,000

Financing used, median prices and 2,000 SF or more

Median list price this week $399,900, last week $410,000.

Closed median price this week $393,717, last week $389,000

Conventional financing was used to close on 170 homes this week at a median price of $415,500 in 20 days average market time, last week 152 homes closed at median price of $395,000 with 27 days average market time.

Buyers used cash to close on 27 single family homes with a median price of $370,000 and 29 days average market time, last week buyers closed on 23 homes with a median price of $470,000 and 12 days average market time.

FHA financing was used to close on 16 homes with a median price of $307,500 and 27 days average market days, last week also 16 homes at median price of $287,500 and 12 days average market time.

VA financing was used to close on 4 homes with a median price of $332,500 and 6 days average market time, last week 6 homes with a median price of $258,500 and 41 days average market time.

2,000 square feet or more homes closed on 140 single family homes with a median price of $473,142 and 20 days average market time, last week 116 homes with a median price of $473,750 and 33 days average market time.  Minimum price this week for a home that is at least 2,000 SF or more closed at $258,000, last week $191,000.

Contracts accepted this week

Contracts accepted this week were up.  325 this week compared to 245 the previous week.

Look at the communities seller’s accepted the most contracts this week:

Aurora-41                       Bolingbrook-27

Naperville-66                 North Aurora-12

Oswego-17                      Plainfield-40

St Charles-24                 Winfield-11

Yorkville-13

1 short sale was accepted by a seller this week.  It is in Aurora.  Now it will be submitted to the lender to see if they will also accept.

Seller’s accepted contracts that are contingent on the buyer closing on their current home.  3 with a kick-out clause of 72 hours, 10 with 48 hours and 1 with 24 hours.

Also, seller’s accepted contracts that are contingent on the buyer selling and closing on their current home.  3 with a kick-out clause of 48 hours.

2022 by the month and a look back at 2021 and 2020

2022

Month             New   Closed   Contracts accepted

January                  422         492              623

February                523         520              724

March                    734         904              966

April                     1168         966             1334

Totals           2847     2882        3571

2021

January                 543          649              829

February               561           604              778

March                   993         1099             1455

April                    1006          926             1387

Totals           3103     3278         4449

2020

January               1105          566                858

February             1267          529              1024

March                  1186          707              1079

April                     648          786                775

Totals           4206     2588         3736

2020 had the most new listings with the least amount of closed.  This year we have the least amount of new listings and we are coning in 2nd for closed listings out of the 3 years.

New listings are steadily increasing this year, but not fast enough for the amount of buyers that are looking.

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Get the loan officer all your financial information so they can run you through underwriting so you are ready to go.  When you find a house all you will need to do is home inspection/attorney review, and then you will be ready to order the appraisal.  Just talking to them over the phone and giving them your information isn’t good enough anymore.  You need to take this extra step to get ready before looking for homes.

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All data provided is from our MLS.  MRED, LLC.  It changes constantly throughout the day as agents update their information with new listings and status changes.

Fox Valley home prices April 30.  Have an awesome week!

Kristine Heiman, SFR, SRS, AHWD

Designated Managing Broker

Best Homes Fox Valley

200 Webster St

Montgomery, IL 60538

630-503-6555 ext 101

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