The San Carlos Real Estate Week in Review: 3/21/2016.

March 21, 2016

The Scoop.

For the second straight week, a strong push in new listings has lifted the inventory of single-family homes for sale in San Carlos upward. With 7 new listings hitting the market last week and only 4 going into contract, there are now 20 single-family homes for sale in San Carlos. While this is still certainly a fraction of what we would normally see at this time of year, it's still at a level that we haven't crossed in quite a few months. Inventory has languished in teens for so long that it seems noteworthy when it crosses the 20-mark.

The condo and townhouse inventory is also growing significantly. As of this morning, there are 11 units for sale across San Carlos, and more coming online this week. Again, this is not a staggering number by historical standards, but when you consider that only 3 weeks ago there was not a single unit for sale, this marks a significant upward push in new inventory.

The continued push in listings may take a temporary breather this week, however, since Easter Sunday is this coming weekend. It's one of those years where Easter actually falls within March. But regardless of when Easter falls, it's always a tough weekend to have the first open house since a big portion of the buying population is preoccupied that weekend. Because of this, some sellers may opt to wait an additional week.

The other noteworthy statistic this week is that the average asking price of a single-family home in San Carlos has once again crossed the $2,000,000 mark (this calculation even excludes the $19M listing on Alameda, since that would really skew the data.) This is certainly helped by the fact that 3 of the 7 new listings to debut this past week are asking over $2M.

Home sellers in San Carlos (and their agents) are obviously growing more comfortable with listing their homes above $2,000,000. At this time in 2015, only 5% of the homes that listed since the beginning of the year started at a price above $2,000,000.

So far in 2016 with roughly the same number of listings, that number is a whopping 27%. That's some serious price growth in just one year.

Here is a look at last week's numbers:

The Numbers.

Below is a high-level view of the market performance for single-family residences in San Carlos. This data is for the 7-day period ending Sunday 3/20/2016:

San Carlos Housing Data 3/20/16 Prior Week
Closed Sales for the Week: 3 4
Average Sold Price: $1,568,333 $1,695,000
Average $/Sq Foot (Sold) $891 $852
Average Sold as Percentage Of List Price: 103% 96%
Average DOM of Closed Sales 6 27
Total # of Homes Pending Sale: 12 10
No. of New Listings: 6 5
Total # of Active Listings: 20 17
Average Price of Active Listings: $2,023,299 $1,989,727
Average DOM of Active Listings: 18 19
Average $/Sq Foot (List) $844 $814
Active-Pending Ratio: 1.7 : 1 1.7 : 1

The San Carlos Open House Page.

If you're looking at open houses this weekend in San Carlos, check out the San Carlos Open House List. With one click on the Open House sign below, you'll get a “live” list of all the homes and condos that will be open this weekend in San Carlos! It's updated continuously from the MLS, so bookmark this link and you'll never have to wander around town looking for open houses again.

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San Carlos Single-Family Homes Sold:

Below is a list of the single-family home contracts that closed escrow this past week in San Carlos. Click on the address of each to see the complete details.

Address Sold Price Orig. List Difference DOM (days)
184 Lyndhurst Avenue $1,745,000 $1,549,950 +$195,050 (+12.6%) 9
1124 Royal Lane $1,510,000 $1,510,000 $0 (0%) 0
2348 Howard Avenue $1,450,000 $1,495,000 -$45,000 (-3.0%) 8

Note: The sold data provided above is strictly for informational purposes only, and should not imply that the author was involved in either side of the transaction. The source of this data is the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Author is in now way responsible for the accuracy of the data from this source.

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San Carlos Single-Family Homes Pending Sale:

The following single-family homes went into contract in San Carlos this past week. Click on the address of each home to see more details and photos:

Address DOM (days) List Price
190 Dolton Avenue 32 $2,475,000
1552 Chestnut Street 10 $1,395,000
541 Vista Avenue 13 $1,529,950
1381 Alameda 8 $999,000

Note: The pending data provided above is strictly for informational purposes only, and should not imply that the author was involved in either side of the transaction. _______________________________________________________________________________________

New Single-Family Home Listings in San Carlos:

Below are the new listings that hit the market this past week in San Carlos. Click on the address of each home to see more details and photos.

Address List Price BR/BA Sq Ft (home/lot) Listed By
150 Dolton Avenue $2,750,000 4BR/2.5BA 3,360/19,166 Mark Martinho, Vabrato
293 Club Drive $2,295,000 4BR/3BA 2,499/65,000 Alex Lehr, Lehr Real Estate
2866 Roland Avenue $2,278,000 4BR/4BA 2,499/6,000 Laura Bertolacci, Dwell Realtors
125 Chestnut Street $1,650,000 3BR/2BA 1,920/6,325 Christine Morgan, RE/MAX
2608 Thornhill Drive $1,395,000 4BR/2.5BA 1,720/5,602 Bryan Jacobs, RealSmart Properties
51 Bayport Court $1,388,000 4BR/3BA 1,830/5,358 Gina Haggarty, RealSmart Properties
1324 Cordilleras Avenue $1,250,000 2BR/1BA 1,170/6,000 Orla Sater, Intero

Note: The listing data provided above is strictly for informational purposes only, and should not imply that the author is the listing agent. This data is pulled from the Multiple listing service, and the author is in no way responsible for the accuracy of the data provided herein.

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