The Long & Foster Market Minute

Focus On: Roanoke City Housing Market August 2023

Units Sold
108
Active Inventory
119
Median Sale Price
$201,500
Days On Market
19
Down -19%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 5%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 2%
Vs. Year Ago
Up 36%
Vs. Year Ago

Units Sold
There was an increase in total units sold in August, with 108 sold this month in Roanoke City Real Estate versus 95 last month, an increase of 14%. This month's total units sold was lower than at this time last year, a decrease of 19% versus August 2022.

Active Inventory
Versus last year, the total number of homes available this month is higher by 6 units or 5%. The total number of active inventory this August was 119 compared to 113 in August 2022. This month's total of 119 is higher than the previous month's total supply of available inventory of 108, an increase of 10%.

Median Sale Price
Last August, the median sale price for Roanoke City Homes was $197,500. This August, the median sale price was $201,500, an increase of 2% or $4,000 compared to last year. The current median sold price is 12% lower than in July.

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


New Listings
134
Current Contracts
108
Sold Vs. List Price
99.7%
Months of Supply
1.1
Up 2%
Vs. Year Ago
Down -13%
Vs. Year Ago
No Change
Vs. Year Ago
Up 29%
Vs. Year Ago

Months of Supply
In August, there was 1.1 months of supply available in Roanoke City, compared to 0.8 in August 2022. That is an increase of 30% 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 134 homes newly listed for sale in Roanoke City compared to 132 in August 2022, an increase of 2%. There were 108 current contracts pending sale this August compared to 124 a year ago. The number of current contracts is 13% lower than last August.

Sale Price to List Price Ratio
In August, the average sale price in Roanoke City was 99.7% of the average list price, which is similar compared to a year ago.

Days on Market
This month, the average number of days on market was 19, higher than the average last year, which was 14, an increase of 36%.

The Long & Foster Market Minute
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