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October 2022 Local Real Estate Market Update

Below is a concise summary of the local market in both Chester and Delaware County for October 2022. Do you have a specific township or neighborhood in mind? Contact us today and ask for our Market Snapshot of your desired area!


CHESTER COUNTY MARKET UPDATE:

We saw some interesting trends last month! While new listings dropped to 535 homes (down 9.6% from September & 23.7% from last year) AND the number of closings dropped to 453 (down 16.3% from September & 34.7% from last year), the median sold price went up! Coming to $465,000, this is 4.0% higher than September AND 9.4% higher than last year. Unsurprisingly, the list to sold ratio stayed about the same dropping slightly to 100.2% and homes stayed on the market by 1 extra day - coming to 18 days on average.


DELAWARE COUNTY MARKET UPDATE:

Delaware County, showed the same trends: The number of new listings dropped by 11.4% from in September and 26.1% from last year, totaling 581 homes. Closed sales dropped to 508, 10.2% down from September and 24.5% from last year. But the median sold price is up again! Coming to $285,000 - it’s up 3.1% from September and 3.6% from last year. It’s not a huge jump but it’s still an increase. With that, the average sold to list ratio came to 98.7% with those homes staying on the market for an average of 21 days.

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Cite: The above statistics all brought to you by Suburban West Realtors Association: https://tcsr.realtor/industry-info-expertise/local-market-statistics/