August 15, 2023

Entera SFR Cross Market Insights - LAS VEGAS & PHOENIX Price Comparisons - August 2023

August 15, 2023
Entera SFR Cross Market Insights - LAS VEGAS & PHOENIX Price Comparisons - August 2023

We recently released our latest Market Insights for Las Vegas and Phoenix. Here is our market overview of current market conditions and trends.

Active listings in Phoenix have continued to decline since September 2022, whereas active listings in Las Vegas have increased since April 2023. In both markets, closings have decreased while new listings remain stagnant. 

Following a consistent decline in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023, active listings in Las Vegas have been on an upward trend since the start of Q2 2023. Year-to-date, closings have increased by 33%, while new listings have only risen by 1%.

Active listings in Phoenix have plummeted since September 2022 . New listing volume has remained stagnant, while closings have been decreasing since May.

Absorption rates have experienced significant declines from their peaks in late 2022 and early 2023. Currently, the absorption rates are 3.16 months in Las Vegas and 2.83 months in Phoenix.

Properties were selling at steep discounts to list earlier this year. Recently, sale to original list percentage (STOL %) have recovered and converged at 98% offer to list percentage (OTL %).

Home prices in both markets peaked in May 2022. Since then, institutional-grade prices have declined by nearly 5% in Las Vegas and 4% in Phoenix.

In Las Vegas the average home prices have increased by 2% Year-to-date. Average home prices today are approximately at the same levels as those recorded at the end of Q3 2022.

The gap between average sale and list prices on a dollar per square foot ($P.S.F) basis has narrowed Year-to-date. Today's current $P.S.F still remains below the peak pricing observed in 2022.

For the first time since February, average home prices in Phoenix have declined. Today's pricing in Phoenix has returned to the levels seen in January 2023.

Average sales price on a $P.S.F basis has decreased in Phoenix since June 2022. However, average sale prices dollar per square foot ($P.S.F) basis have been gradually rising since the beginning of the year.

Approximately 70% of all on-the-market properties in Las Vegas and Phoenix had been on the market for more than 60 days in Q4 2022. Currently, 60+ days on market (DOM) properties account for just 27% and 34% of Las Vegas and Phoenix inventory, respectively.

Following a trough at the beginning of 2023, sale to original list pricing in Las Vegas and Phoenix have converged at 98%.

Although average list prices dollar per square foot ($P.S.F) have declined in both markets, the 20-year high mortgage rates continue to make homeownership largely unaffordable for median income households.

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