December 2021 and Year-End Market Report
When summing up the 2021 Ada County housing market, one could easily argue that this past year brought the most fast-paced market we’ve ever seen, particularly in the first half of the year. The market conditions were incredibly competitive.
The county has faced limited housing inventory for years now, a phenomenon we’ve detailed in many of our reports. This lack of supply has been insufficient compared to the persistent demand for housing, which has driven up prices and caused a home buying frenzy earlier this year. We tracked the pace of the market by a few metrics — how quickly homes went under contract, the share of sales that sold over list price, and for how much they sold over list price.
We’ll first explore the data for each of these metrics in the existing home sale segment to illustrate just how competitive the market was in 2021.
The Days on Market (DOM) metric measures the time between when a property is listed and when it has an accepted offer. Overall, DOM for existing homes trended down, reaching a historic low of just nine days in May 2021. Since then, the DOM metric has increased and normalized, reaching an average of 30 days in December 2021 — 18 days longer than in December 2020, and more in line with pre-pandemic levels from early 2020...CONTINUE READING
