{"id":713,"date":"2013-02-20T11:53:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2013-02-20T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:53:54","slug":"february-2013-sedona-real-estate-market-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/february-2013-sedona-real-estate-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2013 Sedona Real Estate Market Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re on the cusp of the busy season here in Sedona – and within a few weeks the lid will blow open and you’ll see activity ramp up for the spring buying season.\u00a0 Typically, local sellers hold off on listing their homes during the slow winter months and go live with listings at the end of February or beginning of March.\u00a0 Look for more well priced homes to hit the market and for many properties to sell quickly – as there’s some pent up demand for properties under $500k.<\/p>\n

There are currently 376 residential units on the market in Sedona and a whopping 85 already in escrow with other buyers.\u00a0 That’s a very high level of activity for a time of year that’s supposed to be the slowest of the year!\u00a0 67% of the homes in escrow are priced under $500k – and inventory in this much sought-after category is at a 8 year low.\u00a0 It’s a sellers market in this price range, so although we haven’t seen any price gains, look for this in the immediate future.\u00a0 Current pricing on homes under $500k is hovering around $200 per square foot – so use this as a loose guide when searching for Sedona homes.\u00a0 It’s also important to remember that you’ll easily pay more than the going average if you’re looking for a home in above average condition or with above average views.<\/p>\n

The other trending story in the Sedona real estate market is the decline in overall numbers of distressed homes.\u00a0 Both foreclosed and short sales are down by almost 50% over the last year – and with the number of short sales shrinking even quicker, my guess is that the foreclosures will be drying up soon as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re on the cusp of the busy season here in Sedona – and within a few weeks the lid will blow open and you’ll see activity ramp up for the spring buying season.\u00a0 Typically, local sellers hold off on listing their homes during the slow winter months and go live with listings at the end…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3941,3949,3935,3939,3940,3936],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonahomesandland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}