April is usually a contender for best statistical month of the year.
In 2023, April lost out to May for the highest percentage of sales that closed over the list price, and last year’s early start had March be the year’s winner in the category – with April in a close second.
This year, April has a great chance at being #1 for 2025!
The tariff tantrum should throttle the enthusiasm for the May and June sales, but we’ll see!
It’s amazing how pricing is holding up. Buyers are determined to get a house!
There were 12 sales of the 185 (0.6%) that showed zero days on market, the universal sign for an off-market sale. Of the twelve, TEN of them were sold to an agent from a different brokerage (one was a Compass-to-Compass, and one was CB-to-CB).
I hope we can move on from this off-market talk – less than 1% of the 185 sales? Come on – what is the threat? Every brokerage is doing it, yet it’s a dogpile on Compass. The real threat is the Compass recruiting teams continuing to poach the best agents from other brokerages that makes their executives so uncomfortable, and they hope that bad-mouthing Compass might help save their job.
Let’s also note that it’s not working. Welcome Eric and Pilar to Compass!
Eric and Pilar closed over $157 million last year, which should put them in the Top Ten agents in the county.