Buyers fleeing frigid weather descended on Naples in full force during January, which reported a 38.5percent increase in overall pending sales (homes under contract) to 2,210 pending sales from 1,359 pending sales in January 2020, according to the January2021MarketReport. Not surprisingly, as a result of impressive activity during the fourth quarter of 2020, overall closed sales in January increased 49.7 percent to 1,109 closed sales from 741 closed sales in January 2020, leaving only 2.6 months of inventory at the end of the first month of the new year.
According to the report, showings in Naples increased 36 percent to 57,468 in January from 42,299 in January 2020. This was the highest number of showings recorded in one month over the past 12 months.
Overall inventory in January fell 59.7 percent to 2,750 homes from 6,828 homes in January 2020. The radical and continuous reduction in inventory is changing the dynamic of the transaction. According to broker analysts, in addition to more multiple offer encounters, their agents are reporting an increase in the use of escalation clauses, which is a clause stating that the buyer will pay a certain amount of money above the highest offer the seller receives, as well as other unique buying tactics such as the buyer writing a personal letter to a seller expressing their deep interest in the home.
The median closed price in January increased 14.7 percent to $395,000 from $344,500 in January 2020. And while this is $10,000 lower than the median closed price reported in December, broker analysts reviewing the
January report feel the market’s inability to keep up with demand and the 65.1 percent increase in closed sales for homes above $2 million in January will have a substantial impact on where prices go in the coming months.
January 2021 Market Reports provide comparisons of single-family home and condominium sales (via the Southwest Florida MLS), price ranges, and geographic segmentation and includes an overall market summary.
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