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Reston Real Estate – Looking Back on 2012
Home values in Reston have been on rise while inventory has been on the decline.
The real estate market in Reston made strong gains in 2012 with average home prices at a five-year high of $455,000. Low interest rates and improved consumer confidence (also at a five-year high), spurred a burst of buying that was somewhat inhibited by low inventory in Reston.
The really good news is that the average home price of $455,000 represents a 12-percent increase over last year. This means that if you bought your home at the peak in 2007 you’ve recovered just over half of the value that you lost in 2008 when Reston property values dropped about 20 percent. That may not sound like great news but compare that to some of our neighbors to the South and West where home values declined this year and the average days on market is hovering around 150 versus Reston’s average of 28; it’s certainly a move in the right direction.
Investors continue to be active in the Reston real estate market with 15 percent of all transactions being cash. Investor interest can also be measured by developer interest which is also very high, JBG, Lerner and others seem to be very keen on Reston.
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What to expect for 2013? Well, assuming that we are able to either avoid or quickly deal with the Fiscal Cliff, everything is poised for continued growth in Reston’s real estate market. I would not expect to see another year of 12 percent price increases but it does look like home values will continue to rise, probably more along the lines of four to six percent. Hopefully, we will have some inventory to sell. When I did the new Reston listings for this blog earlier this week we were down to a mere 65 properties!
The table below shows the volume of real estate transactions sold over the past 10 years along with the average price and percent of change over that time period. Definitely moving in the right direction.
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Year
Volume
Units
Ave Price
Dif +/-
2002
502M
1795
280K
2003
588M
1877
314K
+11%
2004
725M
1955
371K
+18%
2005
863M
1853
466K
+25%
2006
589M
1307
451K
-3.2%
2007
556M
1212
458K
+1.5%
2008
368M
965
381K
-20%
2009
439M
1148
383K
-
2010
440M
1104
399K
+4%
2011
378M
937
403K
+1%
2012
483M
1061
455K
+12%