Las Vegas Valley Real Estate Sales March 2019

The long-term sellers’ market continues this month in spite of a significant slowing in the pace of home sales. In March, the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® totals show the number of homes sold continues to trail the previous year, but prices remain stable.

March 2019 sales dropped over 17% from the year before, and this is a trend we expect to continue, although not always to this degree. Although, for the first quarter, sales are down a little over 15%, the Las Vegas real estate market is still considered a sellers’ market because inventory remains tight, with just a 2.89 month (87 days) supply of homes available. A 120-140 day supply of homes in Las Vegas is considered historically “normal”.

Prices have held steady since September 2018. The Median Price for March was $302,000. What we are finding is an affordability limit with ever fewer homes available in the price range below $275,000.

We certainly can’t blame interest rates, as today’s 30-year fixed rated conforming loan quoted by Wells Fargo Bank is 4.375% with APR of 4.443%. With the Federal Reserve disclosing their increased reluctance to raise rates, we do not anticipate mortgage rates rising much this year.

Projected sales for April also lag the year previous. It will be interesting to see what happens with prices.