OCEAN COUNTY NOVEMBER 2017
New Ocean County listings for single family homes jumped in October by 9.6%. The days-on-market metrics are showing that more buyers are snapping-up what is out there, while the median price received climbed by 9.8%. Inventory continues to be a major factor, which posted a 15.8% drop, and with the months-of-supply falling as well by 22.2% as compared to 2016.
Single Family November 2017
Key Market Metrics 2016 2017 Change
■ New Listings 811 831 + 2.5%
■ Closed Sales 647 580 – 10.4%
■ DOM* 94 86 – 8.5%
■ Median Px $295K $308.5K + 4.6%
■ % of Px Rec’d 96.5% 96.2% – 0.3%
■ Inventory 4,554 3,834 – 15.8%
■ Months of Inventory 7.5 5.9 – 21.3%
* Days on Market Until Sale
MONMOUTH NOVEMBER 2017
Monmouth County new listings of single family homes jumped, year-over-year, by 2.4%. Closed sales for single family homes also grew by 4.9%, but where the numbers began to show real strength came in the days on market metrics, which fell by 11.8% year-over-year.
Inventory continues to get crushed, falling by nearly 22% as compared with 2016, and the months-supply-of-homes also fell precipitately by nearly 30% as compared to 2016. This is clearly a seller’s market in Monmouth and projections are pointing to a strong start for 2018.
Single Family November 2017
Key Market Metrics 2016 2017 Change
■ New Listings 676 695 + 2.8%
■ Closed Sales 519 579 + 11.6%
■ DOM* 76 64 – 15.8%
■ Median Px $401K $400K – 0.3%
■ % of Px Rec’d 96.7% 97.2% + 0.5%
■ Inventory 3,304 2,607 – 21.1%
■ Months of Inventory 6.1 4.3 – 29.5%
* Days on Market Until Sale
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