Hi everyone, welcome back to our monthly market update! My name is Jacob and I’m a broker and team lead of Asparian & Co. We’re a boutique team focused on all thing’s real estate in Durham Region. Today we’ll be reviewing the market update numbers for December 2021 but also looking at market activity levels to see if we can see where the market is heading now.

The basics! In every market, the 3 most important numbers we look at our listings, sales, and average sales price.

LISTINGS
We saw a total of 565 new listings come to the market in Durham Region this December which was a decrease of 9.5% than the 624 that came to market last year at this time.?

SALES
We had 671 homes sold in Durham Region this December and that is a decrease of 13.2% from the 733 that were sold at the same time in 2020.


AVERAGE SALES PRICE
So, what does this all mean for sales prices? The average sale price in Durham Region in December 2021 was $1,033,032. This is an increase of 32.8% from the 2020 average of $778,037!



 
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