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There were 706 Jefferson County homes sold during February 2019. Not a great number, but better than January. This number is down 14.3 percent from the previous year, which is a pretty big drop. Obviously, our low housing inventory played a role. As did the weather. But it could be a signal for further declining from our record year of 2017.
Let’s look at home sale prices. For the month of February, the median sales price was $175,000. This is the exact same value is in January. When comparing it to last year’s February, we see an increase of 6.6 percent. That’s not bad. Let’s get the value for similar points on our trend-line. The results
I do expect numbers to regain some momentum in March after an unusually wet February. House hunters don’t like to venture out into bad weather. That’s the same whether you’re living in Louisville, Kentucky or Los Angeles, California.
When we get to the MLS areas in our monthly report, we will see some very strange results in a couple of them. So strange, I even question the validity of the data.
Interest rates are inching back higher so if you’re looking to be in the city for 3 years or more, it’s likely that buying is a better use of your money than renting. Louisville rent prices are
February 2019 Louisville Real Estate Analysis
Our city is divided into smaller MLS areas that also give you a snapshot that part of the city. Here’s a link to the Louisville MLS areas map. Below are the MLS areas we update each and every month.
After a big drop in the median home sale price in January, we see a nice rebound during February. Overall that trend-line is very flat. Sales just missed out beating the previous year.
Home sales in this MLS area are just slightly lower for February. Prices also dipped below the trend-line but are expected to move higher as we go forward.
Last February was crazy high. Possibly bad data, who knows. This February the sales are lower than you’d like to see but not extremely so. Prices are dropping even with low inventory at a very attractive price point.
Where are these prices going?! This is quite strange. I really don’t have an answer for it other than maybe it’s simply a (major) market correction for prices that moved higher too quickly. Sales are basically the same as last month.
While most of these MLS areas sale January outperform February but that’s not the case here. Sales
Area 9 performed like we typically would expect in terms of home sales. Beating out last year is a good sign for sales. And prices keep moving higher.
Prices remain flat in North Oldham county.
Sales are where you’d expect to see them but those prices are far lower than I would have expected.
Quarterly Housing Reports MLS Areas
All of the quarterly Louisville real estate reports are now completed thru the end of the year. Check out the links below or find them all in the drop-down menu at the top of each page.
- Central Downtown District, Old Louisville – Area 0
- Downtown, Old Louisville, West Louisville – Area 1
- Pleasure Ridge, Valley Station, Shively – Area 4
- Auburndale, Fairdale, Iroquois Park, Shively Homes – Area 5
- Bullitt County – Area 11
- Spencer County – Area 19
- Shelby County – Area 30
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