Jim Duncan's Market Report

market update
ESMONT

Current prices for homes on the market

Trends in pricing
Current levels of supply and demand
Value metrics

Report for the week of

Sunday May 9, 2010

Presented by Jim Duncan

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City Overview ESMONT

Real-Time Market Profile Trend THIS WEEK
Median List Price $ 199,900 The median single family home price
Average List Price $ 467,817 in ESMONT this week is $199,900. The
Least Expensive Listing $ 64,900 21 homes have been on the market for
Most Expensive Listing $ 2,995,000 an average of 139 days.
Asking Price per Square Foot $ 124
Average Days on Market 139
Total Inventory 21
Absorbed This Week* 2
Percent of Properties with Price Decrease 38 %
Percent Relisted (reset DOM) 10 %
Percent Flip (price increased) 0%
Median House Size (sq ft) 1,690 Inventory is up and Market Action is
Median Lot Size 2.5 - 5.0 acres
trending down recently. While days-on-
Median Number of Bedrooms 3.0
market appears to be trending lower,
Median Number of Bathrooms 1.9
Median Age the overall conditions are weakening a
30
Altos Research Value Statistics bit.
Market Action Index Cold! Buyer's Market 13
Altos Research calculates the Market Action Index which measures available supply
relative to the current level of demand. Index value above 30 indicates conditions favor
the seller. See the section below for full details.

Trend Key QUARTILES

Last Month's Trend Last Quarter's Trend No Clear Monthly/Quarterly Trend To get a tightly targeted understanding
*Metric "Absorbed this Week" covers properties sold and those taken off the market for other reasons. of homes in the market, we break each
Since sales sometimes take months to close, it is impossible to discern in real-time exactly which properties
sold.
locale into quartiles. Each quartile is
25% of the homes listed.
Characteristics per Quartile
Med. Med. Ab- Avg.
Quart Median Price Sqft. Med. Lot Size Bed Bath Age Inven. New sorbed DoM

1 $ 745,000 3,600 20 + acres 3.0 4.0 9 5 0 1 122 Most expensive 25% of homes
5.0 - 10.0
2 $ 210,000 2,185 acres 3.0 2.0 8 5 0 0 126 Upper-middle 25% of homes

3 $ 187,500 1,252 2.5 - 5.0 acres 3.0 2.0 4 5 1 0 128 Lower-middle 25% of homes

4 $ 104,900 1,194 2.5 - 5.0 acres 3.0 1.0 46 6 0 1 175 Least expensive 25% of homes

We'll refer to the quartiles in the trend

graphs below.

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PRICE
The market has been on a downward
trend recently and this week, while
essentially flat, doesn't break us out of
that cycle.

QUARTILE PRICES
Often, we find insights by watching
pricing trends within the quartile
segments.
Not surprisingly, given the condition of
the overall market, all quartiles have
shown price strength in recent weeks.
All have been increasing in price lately.

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PRICE AND VALUE

The market appears to be placing an
increasing premium on homes. When
list prices and price per square foot
consistently increase in tandem, as
they're doing now, you can often find
short-term investment opportunities.
Watch the Market Action Index for
persistent changes as a leading
indicator for these trends to flatten or
drop.

INVENTORY
Inventory has been climbing lately.
Note that rising inventory alone does
not signal a weakening market. Look to
the Market Action Index and Days on
Market trends to gauge whether buyer
interest is keeping up with available
supply.

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Residential house prices are a function of supply and demand, and market conditions can be MARKET ACTION INDEX
characterized by analyzing those factors. Watch this index for sustained changes: if the index
falls into the Buyer’s Market zone for a long period, prices are likely in for a downward The ESMONT market is currently quite
correction. strongly in the Buyer's Market zone
(below 30). The 90-day Market Action
Index stands at 13. With several months
of inventory available at the current
sales rate, buyers should find ample
choice.

In terms of supply and demand, the

market is getting cooler - more supply is
coming on the market relative to the
The Market Action Index (MAI) illustrates the balance between supply and demand using a sales demand. However, in recent weeks
statistical function of the current rate of sale versus current inventory. prices have been moving higher. Since
it is technically a Buyer's market, this
An MAI value greater than 30 typically indicates a “Seller's Market” (a.k.a. "Hot Market")
because demand is high enough to quickly gobble up available supply. A hot market will price trend may be a result of improved
typically cause prices to rise. MAI values below 30 indicate a "Buyer's Market" (a.k.a. "Cold quality (newer, larger homes) of the
Market") where the inventory of already-listed homes is sufficient to last several months at
the current rate of sales. A cold market will typically cause prices to fall. homes being listed. Look at the
descriptive statistics where you may
notice the homes being listed are larger
and younger than they have been in the
past.
MARKET ACTION QUARTILES
Not surprisingly given the overall
Market Action Index, all quartiles are in
the Buyer's Market zone with several
months of inventory given the current
rate of demand for homes in the
quartile. Watch the quartile for changes
before the overall market shifts. Often
one end of the market (e.g. the low end)
will improve and signal a strengthening
market before the whole group changes.

The quartiles can help you answer the question, "How hot is the market for homes in my price
range?"

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DAYS ON MARKET (DOM)

The properties have been on the
market for an average of 139 days. Half
of the listings have come newly on the
market in the past 84 or so days.

DOM PER QUARTILE

It is not uncommon for the higher
priced homes in an area to take longer
to sell than those in the lower
quartiles.

About Altos Research Corporation

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the country. All information contained herein is based on properties currently listed for sale and available
publicly. When evaluating a particular property, make sure you use comparable sales data in addition to
the market trend information available in this report. The data presented in this report is accurate to the
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