{"id":177,"date":"2015-01-26T17:49:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T17:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/?p=177"},"modified":"2015-01-26T17:49:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T17:49:25","slug":"need-know-december-housing-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about the December Housing Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What you need to know about the December Housing Numbers<\/h1>\n<p>As you settle into 2015, take a look back to see how real estate rounded out the year in 2014. Today the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its December existing-home sales report, revealing positive trends for 2015. Total existing-home sales totaled 5.04 million in December 2014, above last year\u2019s December number by 3.5 percent. [\u2026]<\/p>\n<div class=\"meta clearfix\"><span class=\"author-link\"><a title=\"Posts by Victoria Lee\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.coldwellbanker.com\/author\/victoria_lee\/\" rel=\"author\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Victoria Lee<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"post-date\"> Jan 26, 2015 <\/span><\/div>\n<p>As you settle into 2015, take a look back to see how real estate rounded out the year in 2014. Today the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtor.org\/news-releases\/2015\/01\/existing-home-sales-rebound-in-december-2014-total-sales-finish-3-percent-below-2013\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">December existing-home sales report<\/span><\/span><\/a>, revealing positive trends for 2015. Total existing-home sales totaled 5.04 million in December 2014, above last year\u2019s December number by 3.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 total sales reached 4.93 million, a 3.1 percent decline from 2013 (5.09 million), but the median existing-home price for December was $209,500 which marked the 334th consecutive month of year-over-year price gains!<\/p>\n<p>December\u2019s percent share of first-time buyers was 29 percent, up from a year ago (27 percent). For the second straight year, first-time buyers represented an average of 29 percent. Additionally, December\u2019s report revealed that thirty-one percent of homes were on the market for less than a month!<\/p>\n<p>2014 was a good year. And here\u2019s to hoping that 2015 is even better. As you sip your hot chocolate, dream of warm weather and start planning your dream house, take a look at these listings in the median sales prices across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northeast median sales price:<\/strong> $246,600<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldwellbanker.com\/property\/2135-Chapel-Street-New-Haven-CT-06515-MLS-99086381\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">2135 Chapel St. New Haven, CT<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>$245,000 for a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home (1,708 sq. ft)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Midwest median sales price:<\/strong> $159,100<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldwellbanker.com\/property\/6552-Rolling-Glen-Dr-Dr-Dayton-OH-45424-MLS-594643\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">6552 Rolling Glen Dr. in Dayton, OH<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>$126,900 for a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home (1,750 sq. ft)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>South median sales price:<\/strong> 184,100<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldwellbanker.com\/property\/2307-Harwood-Hills-Lane-Charlotte-NC-28214-MLS-3020839\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">2307 Harwood Hills Lane Charlotte, NC<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>$174,000 for a 3 bedroom 2+ bath home (2,598 sq. ft.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>West median sales price:<\/strong> $299,600<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldwellbanker.com\/property\/7685-N-Dante-Fresno-CA-93722-MLS-438197\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">7685 N Dante Fresno, CA<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>$275,000 for a 3 bedroom home (1,694 sq. ft.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know about the December Housing Numbers As you settle into 2015, take a look back to see how real estate rounded out the year in 2014. Today the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its December existing-home sales report, revealing positive trends for 2015. Total existing-home sales totaled 5.04 million in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/?p=177\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What you need to know about the December Housing Numbers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarksvilletnrealestateforsale.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}