NEW CANAAN REAL ESTATE | At The Inflection Point?

New Canaan Real Estate Market Activity | April 2 - 8

Photos of new market offerings listed during the past week are shown above, and the statistics for market activity are outlined in the weekly charts below.

NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS 

ACTIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS UNDER CONTRACT

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS CLOSED

2 Single-Family Residential Property Transfers • Week of April 2

List $1,775,000 / Sold $1,750,000 . 4 Valley Lane . Bank of Oklahoma to Kater

List $4,750,000 / Sold $4,211,834 . 884 Oenoke Ridge . Milstein to Buttenhoff

Source . NC FLEX MLS

A SAMPLING OF "RECOVERY" HIGHLIGHTS AS REPORTED BY GALLUP

"The Gallup economic confidence index reached -20 in March, up from -22 in February — its highest level since Gallup daily tracking began in January 2008. The index has increased for seven straight months after falling to -52 during the federal debt crisis last August."

CORE-LOGIC. "When excluding distressed home sales, home prices rose 0.7% in February over January."

DSnews. "Most real estate agents are reporting “significant gains in buyer interest and sales,” and these gains are organic rather than incentive induced, according to the Wells Fargo economic team."

CLEAR CAPITAL. "The valuation firm Clear Capital released the results of its home price forecasting models this past Thursday. The company expects residential property values at the national level to show slight increases over the next three months, ending the year with a growth rate of 1.2 percent."

JPMC CEO Jamie Dimon on CNBC . “I believe that we’re very close to the inflection point.”

U.S. NEWS. "The first few months of 2012 have seen some pretty encouraging stats, but after years of nothing but bad news about the housing market, it can be hard to gauge what "normal" is anymore. According to new measure from real estate website Trulia, we're about a third of the way back to a normal housing market."

CNBC. "The Northeast residential real estate market is enjoying a resurgence, thanks to low prices and even lower interest rates."

MSN REAL ESTATE. "... even the worst-hit markets will begin to see improvement by 2012."

REALTOR.COM. "... key indicators suggest most of the housing market continues to be in a stabilization and recovery mode. Compared to a year ago, the total for-sale inventory is down by -23.2 % on the national level, declining in 145 of the 146 markets tracked."

ZILLOW. "Home sales will show a more consistent upward trend this year, slowly reducing the amount of vacant housing inventory. This increased demand will eventually start to put a floor under home values later this year."

NAR. "Paul Dales of Capital Economics told USA Today that he expects the spring selling season to 'be the best in four or five years' for the real estate industry."

All in all, quite a bit of good news, dontcha' think ???

Thank you for taking the time to read my column in Patch, new posts of 'brokerbeatNewCanaan on Patch' publish weekly on Friday mornings.

My very best, Regina

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