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April 18, 2009 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas
I put together a single family homes sales report for the Fort Mill SC area for your review.
The data is for March 2009 single family home sales with a comparison to March 2008. The data is from the Charlotte MLS and the area is Fort Mill, SC which includes communities like Baxter Village, Springfield, Knigthsbridge, and other Fort Mill communities except for Tega Cay SC.
In March 2009, 21 single family homes sold in Fort Mill compared to 30 sold in March 2008 (more…)
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January 23, 2009 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas
Whether you’re a current home seller, a home buyer, or a home owner many are asking me on a regular basis how home sales are doing in our Fort Mill and Tega Cay SC area. I try and post on a monthly or quarterly time period a home sales market report. Most of my reports are for the Fort Mill or Tega Cay “township” area. So you can subscribe to my blog newsletter and be informed on the homes sales market status on a regular basis.
Or better yet you can have a custom market report emailed to you monthly, automatically. I have a powerful free market report service called the “Market Snapshot”. Here is a current market report for home sales and listings in the zip code 29708 which is Tega Cay and a portions of the Fort Mill Township. The time period is a snapshot of the last thirty days ending January 21, 2009. The report request was for single family homes with 2 to 5 bedrooms and 1 to 5 bathrooms. (more…)
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January 10, 2009 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas

I combined November and December single family home sales for Fort Mill and the Fort Mill Township in one post. I also recapped the 4th quarter. Here are the results:
November 2008 Home Sales Fort Mill SC
November 2008 home sales in Fort Mill SC were similar to October. Homes sold were down 42% which is two points better than October. The sold price to listing price ratio decrease a percent from 97% in October to 96% in November. Days on the market increased 10 basis points from October and increased 25% from last year same time period.
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November 23, 2008 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas

October 2008 home sales in Fort Mill SC were about the same as September even in the light of more economic bad news. Homes sold were down 44% two points better than September. The sold price to listing price ratio was consistent to last year. Days on the market bettered by 3%. Fort Mill homes sold did include Tega Cay, Baxter village, Springfield, and other communities around Fort Mill.
There are currently 592 homes listed for sale in the Fort Mill SC Township, York County on the Charlotte MLS system.
Here is the spreadsheet comparing the October year to year comparisons in Fort Mill SC.
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November 23, 2008 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas

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October seemed to be a month full of bad economic news. So how did Tega Cay SC home sales fair with bad news hitting daily? October 2008 home sales in Tega Cay SC were not too far off of September’s. Homes sold were down one transaction or 8 percent. Incidentally October 2008 Tega Cay home sales were down 21% compared to October 2006. And the sold price to listing price ratio is holding strong at 98 percent of list price. There are a total of 111 active single family homes for sale in Tega Cay SC listed in the Charlotte MLS system.
Here is the spreadsheet comparing the October year to year comparisons in Tega Cay SC.
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October 26, 2008 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas

It’s time for local home sales comparison reports. September 2008 home sales in Fort Mill SC was mixed with good and bad news. Homes sold were down 46%. Although I do want to point out that there were 23 additional homes under contract besides the 27 homes that sold in September. The sold price to listing price ratio was only off 2%. Days on the market only increased 15%. Fort Mill homes sold did not include Tega Cay home sales data but included Baxter village and other communities around Fort Mill.
Here is the spreadsheet comparing the September year to year comparisons in Fort Mill SC.
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Fort Mill SC Home Sales Comparison |
| September | 2007 | 2008 | % Change |
| Number of Homes Sold | 50 | 27 | -46.00% |
| Average Number of Bedrooms | 4 | 4 | 0.00% |
| Average Square Footage | 2,666 | 2,778 | 4.20% |
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| Sales Price Comparisons | | | |
| Average List Price | $323,583 | $331,019 | 2.30% |
| Average Sold Price | $317,451 | $319,083 | 0.51% |
| Lowest % List Price to Sold Price | 90% | 85% | -5.56% |
| Highest % List Price to Sold Price | 108% | 103% | -4.63% |
| Average % List Price to Sold Price Ratio | 98% | 96% | -2.04% |
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| Days on the Market | | | |
| Longest Days on the Market | 294 | 603 | 105.10% |
| Shortest Days on the Market | 10 | 1 | -90.00% |
| Average Days on the Market | 85 | 98 | 15.29% |
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| Homes sold price categories | | | |
| Sold under $350,000 | 33 | 20 | -39.39% |
| Sold $350,000-$400,000 | 2 | 2 | 0.00% |
| Sold $401,000-$500,000 | 12 | 2 | -83.33% |
| Sold $500,000+ | 3 | 3 | 0.00% |
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| Data source is the Carolina Multiple Listing Service | | | |
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October 26, 2008 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas

Lake Shore Subdivision Summer
It’s time for local home sales comparison reports. September 2008 home sales in Lake Shore Community or subdivision of Tega Cay SC were actually good. Homes sold are up. And the sold price to listing price ratio is held strong at 97%. Days on the market bettered by 9%. Lake Shore home sales are also part of the data that was included in my Tega Cay September comparison.
Here is the spreadsheet comparing the September year to year comparisons in Lake Shore in Tega Cay SC.
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Lake Shore in Tega Cay Home Sales Comparison |
| September | 2007 | 2008 | % Change |
| Number of Homes Sold | 4 | 6 | 50.00% |
| Average Number of Bedrooms | 4 | 4 | 0.00% |
| Average Square Footage | 2,605 | 2,881 | 10.60% |
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| Sales Price Comparisons | | | |
| Average List Price | $307,200 | $336,616 | 9.58% |
| Average Sold Price | $297,975 | $325,000 | 9.07% |
| Lowest % List Price to Sold Price | 91% | 94% | 3.30% |
| Highest % List Price to Sold Price | 100% | 100% | 0.00% |
| Average % List Price to Sold Price Ratio | 97% | 97% | 0.00% |
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| Days on the Market | | | |
| Longest Days on the Market | 278 | 188 | -32.37% |
| Shortest Days on the Market | 34 | 40 | 17.65% |
| Average Days on the Market | 101 | 92 | -8.91% |
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| Homes sold price categories | | | |
| Sold under $350,000 | 4 | 6 | 50.00% |
| Sold $350,000-$400,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sold $401,000-$500,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sold $500,000+ | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
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| Data source is the Carolina Multiple Listing Service | | | |
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October 26, 2008 By: Carmen Category: Local Information - Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, Carolinas

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It’s time for local home sales comparison reports. September 2008 home sales in Tega Cay SC were actually pretty good. Homes sold are up. And the sold price to listing price ratio is holding strong and up a percentage point. Days on the market increased slightly.
Here is the spreadsheet comparing the September year to year comparisons in Tega Cay SC.
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Tega Cay Home Sales Comparison |
| September | 2007 | 2008 | % Change |
| Number of Homes Sold | 12 | 15 | 25.00% |
| Average Number of Bedrooms | 4 | 4 | 0.00% |
| Average Square Footage | 2,466 | 2,450 | -0.65% |
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| Sales Price Comparisons | | | |
| Average List Price | $284,783 | $300,746 | 5.61% |
| Average Sold Price | $273,991 | $294,200 | 7.38% |
| Lowest % List Price to Sold Price | 91% | 95% | 4.40% |
| Higest % List Price to Sold Price | 102% | 102% | 0.00% |
| Average % List Price to Sold Price Ratio | 97% | 98% | 1.03% |
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| Days on the Market | | | |
| Longest Days on the Market | 278 | 274 | -1.44% |
| Shortest Days on the Market | 31 | 40 | 29.03% |
| Average Days on the Market | 83 | 96 | 15.66% |
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| Homes sold price categories | | | |
| Sold under $350,000 | 11 | 13 | 18.18% |
| Sold $350,000-$400,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sold $401,000-$500,000 | 0 | 1 | 100.00% |
| Sold $500,000+ | 1 | 2 | 100.00% |
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| Data source is the Carolina Multiple Listing Service | | | |
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