{"id":61041,"date":"2018-01-25T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=61041"},"modified":"2020-10-06T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T20:44:34","slug":"luxury-report-q4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/luxury-report-q4\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury Home Prices Up 7 Percent in the Fourth Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stock market gains and soaring investor confidence set the stage for high demand for luxury homes as 2017 came to a close. Luxury home prices rose 7.4 percent year over year to an average of $1.76 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Redfin analysis tracks home sales in more than 1,000 cities across the country and defines the luxury market as the top 5 percent most expensive homes sold in the city in each quarter. The average price for non-luxury homes was $333,000, up 6 percent compared to a year earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Average-Home-Prices.png\" alt=\"Average Home Prices\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"\" data-licensor-name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Persistent demand along with shrinking supply contributed to the price increase. The number of homes for sale priced at or above $1 million fell 23.8 percent compared to the same period last year, marking three consecutive quarters of declines in luxury supply.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of homes priced at or above $5 million followed the same trend, down 23.4 percent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe stock market hit all-time highs with gains in nearly every sector last quarter, instilling confidence among the wealthiest homebuyers,\u201d said Redfin chief economist Nela Richardson. \u201cAs a result, we saw double-digit growth in luxury home sales in the last months of the year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sales of homes priced at or above $1 million were up 15.2 percent from a year ago, and sales of homes priced at or above $5 million were up 13.7 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxury homes moved off the market quickly, typically finding a buyer in an average of 75 days, eight fewer days than in the fourth quarter of 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Q4 Market Summary<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Luxury Market (Top 5%)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Rest of Market (Bottom 95%)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average Sale Price<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1.76 million<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$333,000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average Sale Price YoY<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average Sale Price QoQ<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-0.9%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average Days on Market<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">75<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">59<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Days on Market YoY<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 fewer days than last year<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 fewer days than last year<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percent of Homes that Sold Above List Price<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20.9%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><b>Biggest Winners<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of Florida beachfront communities saw significant gains in luxury sale prices, a trend that continued from last quarter. For seven Florida cities, the average sale price of luxury homes increased by more than 25 percent year over year. In Sarasota and Delray Beach, luxury prices shot up 45.6 percent\u00a0and 41.3 percent respectively. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are seeing sellers and developers become more realistic about pricing, attracting buyers to the negotiating table,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/aaron-drucker\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aaron Drucker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Redfin\u2019s market manager for South Florida. \u201cPlus, when you add luxury homebuyers\u2019 overall confidence in the economy, a roaring stock market, and passage of tax reform that benefits the ultra wealthy, it\u2019s a recipe for sales.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delray Beach, which topped the list of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/luxury-market-report-q3-2017.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biggest losers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in our last report, saw a dramatic turnaround because of two main factors. An unusually weak fourth quarter in 2016 and Delray Beach\u2019s relatively small number of luxury sales each quarter account for larger swings in average sale price year over year.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Biggest Winners<\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b>Luxury Market (Top 5%)<\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b>Rest of Market (Bottom 95%)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>City<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Average Sale Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Average Sale Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/16463\/FL\/Sarasota\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarasota, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2,541,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$371,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">32.0%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/4456\/FL\/Delray-Beach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delray Beach, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2,588,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">41.3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$246,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/22624\/NV\/Enterprise\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enterprise, NV<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,265,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">34.9%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$298,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/17232\/GA\/Roswell\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roswell, GA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,155,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$376,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/1903\/FL\/Boca-Raton\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boca Raton, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2,647,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$357,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/18840\/FL\/Vero-Beach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vero Beach, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,568,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27.3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$251,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/11458\/FL\/Miami\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,981,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$308,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/6173\/FL\/Fort-Lauderdale\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fort Lauderdale, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3,516,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26.3%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$390,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/19373\/FL\/West-Palm-Beach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Palm Beach, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,429,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$212,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/17420\/CA\/San-Jose\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Jose, CA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2,356,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22.8%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$992,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><b>Biggest Losers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only six cities that Redfin tracks showed year over year declines in average sale price, three of which are in California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco posted the largest year-over-year decline in luxury home prices, down 12 percent to an average $5.03 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the strong stock market boosted confidence in other markets, some would-be luxury buyers in San Francisco held back. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe luxury market in San Francisco slowed through 2017,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/miriam-westberg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miriam Westberg<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Redfin agent from San Francisco. \u201cAn unusually low number of initial public offerings among local companies meant fewer cash-flush buyers. Competition, and therefore prices, dropped as many affluent buyers opted to invest in the stock market instead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average sale price for luxury homes in Austin dropped 6.2 percent compared to last year, while prices in the rest of Austin\u2019s housing market increased 2.7 percent. Luxury homes in Austin spent 104 days on the market on average, while its lower priced segment sold nearly twice as fast, in 57 days on average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While luxury prices fell in the cities listed below, prices for homes in the rest of the market continued to climb.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Biggest Losers<\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b>Luxury Market (Top 5%)<\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b>Rest of Market (Bottom 95%)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>City<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Average Sale Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Average Sale Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>YoY Change<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/17151\/CA\/San-Francisco\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$5,033,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-12.0%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,363,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/30818\/TX\/Austin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austin, TX<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,550,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-6.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$380,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/18142\/FL\/Tampa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampa, FL<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,079,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-5.8%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$238,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.8%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/10940\/CA\/Long-Beach\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Beach, CA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,510,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-5.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$537,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/11203\/CA\/Los-Angeles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles, CA<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$4,748,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$780,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/16660\/AZ\/Scottsdale\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scottsdale, AZ<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$2,052,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$465,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Most Expensive Sales<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curious about the most expensive homes sold last quarter? Take a peek at the top-five most expensive sales of 2017\u2019s fourth quarter:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ultra modern <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/CA\/Los-Angeles\/900-Stradella-Rd-unit-90077\/home\/6829793\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bel Air estate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sold for $41 million and features panoramic views from Downtown LA to the Pacific Ocean. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/CA\/Newport-Beach\/1-Pelican-Hill-Rd-N-unit-92657\/home\/4747571\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orange County villa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sits on 12.47 and sold for just $1 shy of $40 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/CA\/Los-Angeles\/9199-Thrasher-Ave-unit-90069\/home\/7121195\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">architect Paul McClean\u2019s masterpiece<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nestled in the notorious Los Angeles Bird Streets sold for $32.5 million. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$29.1 million bought this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/FL\/Palm-Beach\/901-N-Ocean-Blvd-unit-33480\/home\/42431145\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 bedroom, 12.5 bathroom estate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its 300 feet of private Palm Beach, Florida oceanfront. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From retractable glass ceilings to vanishing pocket doors, this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/CA\/Beverly-Hills\/1006-Lexington-Rd-unit-90210\/home\/6822837\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beverly Hills beauty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features a number of modern design elements for its $26.8 million price tag.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/data-center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin Data Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to find more housing market data for metro areas around the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Methodology: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin tracks the most expensive 5 percent of homes sold in more than 1,000 U.S. cities and compares price changes to the bottom 95 percent of homes in those cities. Analysis is based on multiple-listing and county recorder sales data in markets served by Redfin. To determine luxury market winners and losers, we looked at cities with at least 40 luxury sales in the quarter and an average luxury sale price of $1 million or higher.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stock market gains and soaring investor confidence set the stage for high demand for luxury homes as 2017 came to a close. 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