Tri-Cities Real Estate Market Update: June 2020

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Published on June 8, 2020 / Last updated on June 7, 2020

There are signs that the Tri-Cities housing market is stabilizing as we reach three months since Governor Inslee announced his “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” quarantine plan. As you know, aside from a few days at the beginning of that plan, real estate was allowed to continue as long as we followed strict health guidelines.

As you look at the numbers above, two things should stand out:

1.) There’s more green than a month ago.
2.) The monthly change percentages are very small.

That second point is what I mean by stabilizing. Across the area, active listings are up 2% this month, rising from 514 to 522. Sold homes are up 1%, rising from 316 to 320. Even the median sales price for the whole area edged up by 1.5% over the past month. Those are all signs of stabilization and could set the stage for a pretty quick rebound if more buyers and sellers re-enter the market. That could be impacted, though, by the fact that we’re still in Phase 1 of re-opening in both Benton and Franklin Counties. And that, in turn, may keep more locals out of work and unable to pursue whatever real estate plans they had this spring/summer. We’ll see. But for now, it’s a good sign to see steady numbers in this month’s housing update.

One other note: Almost across the board, days on market went up this month — meaning homes are selling a little more slowly than before. For the area as a whole, DOM was 9 a month ago and 13 this month. Smaller cities West Richland and Benton City were the exceptions. Homes sold faster there this month.

Year-over-Year Comparisons

In June 2019, we had 536 active listings in the Tri-Cities area — only 3% more than we have now. But where we see the biggest Y-o-Y change is in sold homes. A year ago, we reported 374 sold homes — about 16% more than the 320 you see above.

What’s interesting is how different cities are faring this year compared to last. In Pasco, active listings you see above are 29% below June 2019 and sold homes are down 25%. But in Richland, active listings are 22% higher this year while sold homes are down 19% Y-o-Y. In Kennewick, actives are down 9% and sold homes are down 3% from last year.

As always, get in touch if you ever have questions about the housing market here in the Tri-Cities, or even in your specific neighborhood/town/city.

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

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Cari McGee

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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