Tri-Cities Real Estate Market Update: August 2019

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As we make our way through the summer real estate season, there are some interesting changes in the Tri-Cities market that began last month — inventory continued to rise, while the number of homes sold was down. And in most of the area, median home prices were down last month. All of that is a bit of good news for home buyers — but what we don’t know is whether that’s a one-time thing or the start of a trend. Only time will tell.

In the meantime, here’s a look at the most interesting data points from this month’s market update:

  • Inventory across the area rose for the fourth straight month. The 632 homes available when we did our snapshot on Monday is the highest since there were 832 homes available in January.
  • Meanwhile, the number of homes that sold last month (July) was 431, which ends a streak of five consecutive months of rising numbers of homes sold.
  • The combination of more homes on the market and fewer homes sold might mean a little bit of good news for buyers. But the market remains really fast — median days on market is still just 7 days across the Tri-Cities, and less than 10 days everywhere except West Richland and Benton City.
  • Pasco was the only one of the proper Tri-Cities to see an increase in homes sold last month.
  • Kennewick and Richland both show inventory rising and homes sold declining. This was very pronounced in Richland, where inventory is up 23% and the number of homes sold was down 20%. Both cities haven’t seen inventory at current levels since last December.
  • Median home prices across the area dropped below $300,000 for the first time in three months — another little bit of good news for buyers.

As always, give us a call, text or email if you ever have questions about the housing stats here in the Tri-Cities, or in your specific neighborhood. We’ll be keeping a close eye on the market to help our clients make the best decisions for their buying or selling situations!

(*Remember that days on market can sometimes be skewed by how new construction homes are processed in the MLS.)

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My husband and I came to the Tri-Cities in 1994, and we thought it would be a temporary stop on our way to larger cities. He was a television sports anchor at the time, and we planned to go wherever the "next step up" took us. Twenty-plus years later, we're still here and we've loved every minute of it! We have two children now, and we've found the Tri-Cities area is a wonderful place to raise a family. It's a great place to do outdoorsy things -- I like to hike Badger Mountain or run along the river path. I also love reading ... by a cozy fire in the winter or a beautiful picture window in the summer (with the A/C on!). I've been a licensed Realtor since 2004. I earned my managing broker's license in 2016, which means I can run my own brokerage, or create a team of real estate agents and supervise them, which is exactly what I did when I formed the Cari McGee Real Estate Team in 2018! We have administrative and marketing personnel, as well as additional agents to serve you. I became a director of the Tri-Cities Association of Realtors Board of Directors in 2016, became Secretary/Treasurer of the organization, and was elected to Vice President in 2019. Want to talk about real estate? Click here to schedule a meeting with me!

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