Grok The Market

Real Estate Meets Insight: Turning Data Into Decisions – Rob Thompson, Realtor®, Iconic Colorado Properties, LLC

Top 10 Subareas Absorption Rates

The absorption rate – abs rate – is a measure of inventory. How long will it take to “absorb” the current inventory? Below is a chart that displays as a function of comparing the closed and active listings the abs rates of the top 10 subareas by volume of sales over the last 30 days. […]

M2, Median Pricing in Colorado Springs

The R2 for the M2 money supply to median pricing .89. What does that mean? There is a high level of correlation between these data points. More so than interest rates, active number of homes, number of new listings. If you want to see where home prices are going, watch the M2.

COS: YTD types of purchases

Here is the breakdown of the types of purchases year to date in the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors® (PPAR) region. Cash has made up 18% of purchases year to date, VA loans are 27%, FHA is 8% and conventional is 47%. Why does this matter? It informs buyers and sellers and helps them know […]

COS Vital Stats 10 Mar 2022

Three days and sixty one additional sales, the average closed price over list is up almost $900 to nearly $17K. Cash sales down 2% this week. Why does this information matter? It helps agents, lenders, investors, sellers and buyers know what to expect in our market.

COS: Weekly Closed to List Price Ratios 2019+

The CPLP ratio is my favorite measure. It is the closed to list price ratio, the measure of how much above or below people are paying for homes. Here are the Colorado Springs region closed to list price ratios since 2019. As you can see, we hit a three year high of nearly 6% above […]

COS Top 10 Subareas YTD

Here are the top 10 regional subareas year to date by volume of sales. Banning Lewis Ranch gains on Pueblo West, Meridian Ranch not out of the running yet. Why is this important? To me, for me and my clients, it’s about knowing the market, what to expect, where to expect it. Eg., if you […]

COS: Weekly Closed to List Price ratio

Week to date we are at an average of 3.9% over list price. What does this mean? Homes are selling for an average of almost 4% over their asking price. Why does this matter? It helps buyers and sellers know what to expect when making offers or listing their homes.

COS: 400K-500K State of the Market

Here are the “vital stats” of the market in the 400K-500K price range. What you are seeing here is the last 14 months of data on our market in this bracket to include the per month number of sales, percent of cash sales of those sales, the average closed to list price ratio, average price, […]