Manchester home sales a mixed bag in January.
by Michael Bean
Manchester NH Real Estate Market Watch – January 2009.
Manchester residential home sales were a mixed bag in January. With 25 homes sold in Manchester, the number of closed transactions was on par with the previous year, though the average sales price of sold properties, at $200,763, was down 19%. The time on market was down from about four months to about 10 weeks for those properties. The average sales price was 98% of the last reported asking price.
Looking forward – pending sales contracts were up over the previous year by just over 25% to 38 units- so there is more sales activity happening now then there was a year ago. The hot spots are in the under $200,000 price range with an average pending listing price of $173,484.
There were 80 new single family home listings in January with an average listing price of $225,102. A year ago there were 86 new listings that came to market with a significantly higher average asking price of $362,696.
The following Manchester homes were reported sold in January:
Lot 0-18 Bryant Road, Manchester, NH, sold for $405,900
142 Fiske St., Manchester, NH, sold for $315,500
2380 Elm St, Manchester, NH, sold for $286,000
214 Tiffany Lane, Manchester, NH, sold for $286,000
1440 Bodwell Road, Manchester, NH, sold for $277,500
200 Pennsylvania Ave., Manchester, NH, sold for $250,000
674 Wellington Hill Road, Manchester, NH, sold for $227,900
34 President, Manchester, NH, sold for $218,900
525 Blevens Dr, Manchester, NH, sold for $208,900
67 Pullman, Manchester, NH, sold for $204,900
50 Harrington Ave, Manchester, NH, sold for $189,900
84 Kearsarge, Manchester, NH, sold for $180,000
325 Ward St, Manchester, NH, sold for $176,500
12 Meadow St., Manchester, NH, sold for $175,000
28 Pine Island Rd., Manchester, NH, sold for $175,000
141 Forest, Manchester, NH, sold for $170,000
102 Gray St, Manchester, NH, sold for $169,500
30 Pond Drive, Manchester, NH, sold for $167,780
61 Jackson Street, Manchester, NH, sold for $161,000
159 South Lincoln Street, Manchester, NH, sold for $154,100
79 Pennacook, Manchester, NH, sold for $149,900
317 Laurel, Manchester, NH, sold for $149,000
11 Parker Avenue, Manchester, NH, sold for $129,900
13 Dearborn Street, Manchester, NH, sold for $110,000
307 Laurel St., Manchester, NH, sold for $80,000
Based on information from the Northern New England Real Estate Network, Inc. for the period January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2009.