Ahwatukee Monthly September 2013 | Page 3

AHWATUKEEMONTHLY SEPTEMBER 2013 Ahwatukee Luxury Real Estate Update Homes in the higher price bands are moving much better than we saw last year in Ahwatukee. The average home priced above $600,000 sold for 97% of the initial asking price compared to 98% for the popular price band of $200,000 and $299,999. The average price of the all the luxury homes that sold last month was $994,533 after an average of 114 days. During the month of August in 2012, only 2 homes priced over $600,000 in Ahwatukee were sold. and they sold at an average of 85% of the original asking price. Even though in August of last year we saw 11 homes It could also be because interest rates are going up and that makes the amount of house you can a?ord go down as well. The number of luxury buyers who used a conventional loan to purchase a home last month increased by 300% from August last year. The inventory at the end of last month in the luxury market was about the same. 9 new homes were put up for sale and 9 homes also left the market after being bought by new owners. Only 1 of the new homes for sale was sold before the come up on the market for sale compared to only 9 last end of the month. It was put on the market on August 12 month, it is great to see there are more buyers in the and was sold by the end of the month for $1,799,999. 1 higher price point in Ahwatukee. also went under contract and is accepting backup o?ers. The increase in number of homebuyers in the luxury 7 of the new homes that came up were priced below market could be due to the con?dence in home buyers $900,000 and the other 2 were between $1,000,000 and knowing prices are stabilizing instead of falli