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Monthly Market Report

Monthly totals, trends, and year-over-year comparisons

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Monthly Market ReportLafayette-West Lafayette MSAApril 2024

Supply

Inventory

Average daily inventory
April 2024
172
Expected range of 261–288
Month-over-month
+9%
Typical change is about +2%
Year-over-year
+36%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: A listing counts in inventory if its status is active, not pending or sold. Inventory fluctuates constantly, so we calculate the monthly measure as the inventory at the start of each day average across the entire month. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

New Listings

Monthly total by listing date
April 2024
251
Expected range of 190–210
Month-over-month
+28%
Typical change is about +1%
Year-over-year
+20%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: Listings may be posted to an MLS system after their listing date. Historically, 92% of listings are posted within three days and 99% within seven days. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

Sales

Closed Sales

Monthly total of closed sales
April 2024
169
Expected range of 131–145
Month-over-month
+3%
Typical change is about -11%
Year-over-year
-5%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: Sales may be posted to an MLS system after their closing date. Historically, 79% of listings are posted within three days and 96% within seven days. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

New Pending Contracts

Monthly total by pending date
April 2024
211
Expected range of 194–214
Month-over-month
+19%
Typical change is about +3%
Year-over-year
+19%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: While not all pending contracts result in a closed sale, they are a very strong predictor of sales trends five weeks in the future. Pending contracts may be posted to an MLS system after their pending date. Historically, 81% of listings are posted within three days and 92% within seven days. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

Market Momentum

Median Days on Market

Days from listing to pending
April 2024
5
Expected range of 8–9
Month-over-month
-17%
Typical change is about -7%
Year-over-year
+67%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: This is calculated as the difference between listing date and pending date. To filter out erroneous data, this filters out listings with a pending date before 2017. There is delay in entering pending dates, so recent months represent only the portion of sales with a pending date. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

Months of Inventory

Current supply versus 12-month sales average
April 2024
1.0
Expected range of 0.4–0.5
Month-over-month
+10%
Typical change is about -4%
Year-over-year
+54%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: Months of inventory is calculated as the current month's supply ÷ the average sales per month over the previous 12 months. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

Price

Median Sale Price

Median monthly sale price
April 2024
276,000
Expected range of 208,465–230,409
Month-over-month
+1%
Typical change is about +3%
Year-over-year
+3%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: This excludes properties where the sale price is less than half the listing price or greater than twice the listing price, assuming those are errors. The median price represents the middle value of all properties sold. Half of sales had a higher price and half had a lower price. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

Sale Price as Pct. of List Price

Monthly average
April 2024
99.0%
Expected range of 95.3%–97.2%
Month-over-month
+1%
Typical change is about +1%
Year-over-year
+0%
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Last update: May 7, 2024, midnight Source: IAR MLS Data Warehouse Data notes: This excludes properties where the sale price is less than half the listing price or greater than twice the listing price, assuming those are errors. Geography notes: Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau after each decennial census. They are made up of one or more counties and contain an urbanized area with at least 50,000 people. Learn more here: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/about.html. Lafayette-West Lafayette MSA includes Benton County, Carroll County, Tippecanoe County.

Demographics

Affordability