OCEAN COUNTY SEPTEMBER 2017
The median sales price for single family homes jumped by 9.1% from September 2016. Ocean County sales of single family homes also grew by 3.7% year-over-year this September. New listings continued to climb with a bump of 1.9% year-over-year despite the fact that inventory fell by over 19% from 2016. Supply of homes for sale shrank to just over 6.6 months’ supply, a 26% drop from 2016.

Single Family
Key Market Metrics     2016      2017    Change
■ New Listings            1,046     1,066    + 1.9%
■ Closed Sales              684        709    + 3.7%
■ DOM*                         92          73     – 10.6%
■ Median Px              $281,5K  $307K   + 9.1%
■ % of Px Rec’d          96.0%    96.7%  + 0.7%
■ Inventory                 5,207     4,218   – 19.0%
■ Months of Inventory   8.8          6.6   – 26.1%
* Days on Market Until Sale

MONMOUTH SEPTEMBER 2017
Monmouth County Sales of Single Family homes remained flat in September, but new listings climbed by 7.8% from last August. Other good numbers reflecting a strong buyers market were Days on Market fell again by 16.4% to just 56 days and percent of price received climbed by 0.7%. In addition to the rise in new listings, the inventory of homes for sale fell year-over-years to under 3,000 properties.

Single Family September 2017
Key Market Metrics       2016     2017     Change
■ New Listings               879       948    + 7.8%
■ Closed Sales               632       629    – 0.5%
■ DOM*                          67         56     – 16.4%
■ Median Px              $410.8K $410.0K   – 0.2%
■ % of Px Rec’d             97.1%    97.8% + 0.7%
■ Inventory                    3,750    2,962  – 21.0%
■ Months of Inventory       7.0        5.0   – 28.6%
* Days on Market Until Sale

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