The Long & Foster Market Minute

FOCUS ON: COLUMBIA HOUSING MARKET FEBRUARY 2025

Zip Code(s): 21044, 21045 and 21046
Units Sold
61
Active Inventory
76
Median Sale Price
$433,000
Days On Market
17
Down -9%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -7%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -9%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -15%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in February, with 61 sold this month in Columbia Real Estate versus 56 last month, an increase of 9%. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease of 9% versus February 2024.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is lower by 6 units or 7%. The total number of active inventory this February was 76 compared to 82 in February 2024. This month's total of 76 is higher than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 75, an increase of 1%.

Median Sale Price
Last February, the median sale price for Columbia Homes was $476,000. This February, the median sale price was $433,000, a decrease of 9% or $43,000 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 6% lower 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
62
Current Contracts
54
Sold Vs. List Price
102.2%
Months of Supply
1.2
Down -27%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -25%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 0.6%
Vs. Year Ago
No Change
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In February, there was 1.2 months of supply available in Columbia. The amount of supply is similar compared to 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 62 homes newly listed for sale in Columbia compared to 85 in February 2024, a decrease of 27%. There were 54 current contracts pending sale this February compared to 72 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 25% lower than last February.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In February, the average sale price in Columbia was 102.2% of the average list price, which is 0.6% higher than at this time last year.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 17, lower than the average last year, which was 20, a decrease of 15%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute Columbia are defined as properties listed in zip code/s 21044, 21045 and 21046.
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