85  Low Inventory. Yes, 30-32% below 10 yr average for Dec – BUT the real question is why? Rousing 3rd & 4th Qtr sales gobbled up the best of the owner-occupied homes of inventory, Snow arrived on Nov 11th – \ Who wants to put the family home for sale in Dec???   – Nobody  …

91 shows Distribution of sales seems consistent BUT there is a gap of ~9.5% between Dec Ave Price in 416 vs the 905s and 12.99% between them in the Annual 2019 averages This Price gap shows more clearly by TYPE Detached Annual is +42.46% Semi-detached Ann is +51.76% Attached/Row/ Townhouse is +22.58% Condo Apt average…

(11a) Shows the Calendar pattern –What no one notices is that Aug & Sept 2019 were 5th best in their respective months, October was 4th best, November was 6th best and Dec was 10th (NB only last 14 shown here) –With all those fairly-hot months preceding AND considering NOBODY puts their personal residence up for…

(21a) shows: 1 -Dec 2019 ave price is only 8.88% below APRIL 2017 (and this most remarkable, since Spring peak$ is almost always higher than Fall peak$ and ALWAYS higher than December) 2 -Confirmation in 2019 of 2018 re-establishment of the “annual price pattern” of : a) Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall markets; and  b)…

Inflation is ONLY seen in the rear-view mirror — Few can see it coming. — And if they do … they buy tangible assets and ride the tidal wave (#41) Shows the last 50 years vis a vis 1989 (prior annual peak price) expressed in constant 2019 dollars   (#51) Shows same info – but…