The Long & Foster Market Minute

Focus On: Brightwood and Petworth Housing Market February 2023

Zip Code(s): 20011
Units Sold
40
Active Inventory
194
Median Sale Price
$750,000
Days On Market
48
Down
Vs. Year Ago
Up 66%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 5%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 55%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in February, with 40 sold this month in Brightwood and Petworth Real Estate. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 77 units or 66%. The total number of active inventory this February was 194 compared to 117 in February 2022. This month's total of 194 is lower than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 197, a decrease of 2%.

Median Sale Price
Last February, the median sale price for Brightwood and Petworth Homes was $713,000. This February, the median sale price was $750,000, an increase of 5% or $37,000 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 23% higher than in January.

Median sale price is the middle sale price in a given month. The same number of properties are above & below the median.


New Listings
113
Current Contracts
72
Sold Vs. List Price
97.7%
Months of Supply
4.9
Up 38%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 7%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -3.8%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 203%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In February, there was 4.9 months of supply available in Brightwood and Petworth, compared to 1.6 in February 2022. That is an increase of 203% versus a year ago.

Months of supply is calculated by dividing current inventory by current sales. It indicates how many months would be needed to sell all of the inventory available at the current rate of demand.

New Listings & Current Contracts
This month there were 113 homes newly listed for sale in Brightwood and Petworth compared to 82 in February 2022, an increase of 38%. There were 72 current contracts pending sale this February compared to 67 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 7% higher than last February.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In February, the average sale price in Brightwood and Petworth was 97.7% of the average list price, which is 3.9% lower than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 48, higher than the average last year, which was 31, an increase of 55%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Brightwood and Petworth are defined as properties listed in zip code/s 20011.
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