AUGUSTA COUNTY MARKET REPORT December 2017
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Stuanton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County Units Sold
12 Month
12 Month
Year to Date
Residential Sales
Avg Sales Price
1,597
1,597
$198,019
+4.93%
+4.93%
+4.61%
City of Staunton
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Units Sold
12 Month
12 Month
Year to Date
Residential Sales
Avg Sales Price
400
400
$170,558
+1.52%
+1.52%
+8.44%
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City of Waynesboro Units Sold
12 Month
12 Month
Year to Date
Residential Sales
Avg Sales Price
363
363
$178,975
+12.38%
+12.38%
+7.48%
Augusta County
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Units Sold
12 Month
12 Month
Year to Date
Residential Sales
Avg Sales Price
834
834
$219,479
+3.60%
+3.60%
+2.51%
Residential Sales By Month Augusta County, Including Staunton & Waynesboro 160
2015 2016
# of Units
140
2017
120
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What This Chart Shows: Residential home sales by month, since 2013. This chart helps show seasonal trends in home sales. Bottom Line: Monthly sales totals have gone up and down through the second half of 2017, and finished on a slightly upward trend with 123 sales in December. Despite limited inventory, the Augusta County residential real estate market had a very strong year.
Residential Properties Placed Under Contract Augusta County, Including Staunton & Waynesboro
# of Units
200
150
Bottom Line: December is typically the slowest month of the year for new contracts, as a combination of winter weather and holiday festivities distract many December's 80 contracts. Activity seems to be increasing quickly in January, so we expect this number to rise dramatically over the next few months.
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Residential Sales, Past 12 Months Augusta County, Including Staunton & Waynesboro 1600
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What This Chart Shows: The past twelve months sales, for this month and each month since 2010. This is one of the best ways to see the true long term trend in the market. Bottom Line: The Augusta County market has enjoyed a steadily increasing 12-month sales trend since May, 2011. In 2017 there were 1,597 homes sales, a nearly 5% increase over 2016's total of 1,505. An annual rate of increase in sales of 5% is a great pace which should be sustainable without any kind of market "bubble". We expect 2018 to be a very similar year.
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Average and Median Sold Price Augusta County, Including Stuanton & Waynesboro $200000
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What This Chart Shows: The long term trend in average and median sales prices for homes. Bottom Line: While uctuating a bit throughout the year, the average and median sales prices rose by 4.6% and 2.9% respectively. As with a 5% increase in the pace of sales, the rate of increase we saw in pricing is very sustainable and, in fact, a bit lower than what we would expect given the shortage of inventory in the market.