The loyal Praying Mantis has returned to our front porch again this year!
I was working in the garden outside our front door on Sunday and suddenly felt something on my back, which I instinctively brushed off. There on our front walk landed a beautiful bright green mantis. Oddly, every summer we see a mantis appear right at our front door. This year, he obliged me with a photo shoot and live video performance. Take a look…
The mantis knows a good town when he sees it!
Let’s take a quick look at the Fairfield housing market. As of today (Aug. 16), we have 493 single family homes for sale, 34 (7%) of which have an accepted offer. This ratio of accepted offers to active listings has held steady over the last few weeks. Seventy-one more homes have a signed purchase contract.
Since January, 315 homes have sold compared to 422 during the same time frame last year, reflecting a 26-percent reduction. However, the average sale price during this time was $690,000, which is just 1 percent away from the average sale price of $698,000 last year.
The average sale-price-to-list-price-ratio for these transactions was 94 percent last year and 95 percent this year — indicating an improvement. Attached is a chart showing how many homes sold in each Fairfield market area.
If you would like to see an upcoming blog post with a breakdown of sales activity in your market area, just send me a note!
Originally Posted on Fairfield Patch August 17, 2011 at 9:30 am
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