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Market Update - Tacoma, WA 98405 - Residential Transaction Study

For this RTS, we analyized the data on a total of 5741 single family dwellings in the 98405 Zip code in Tacoma, WA. Of these homes, you can see that the total number of sales has gone up from 18 sales in April to 28 Sales during the month of August. The average price per square foot has held steady around $110/square foot with a slight dip in July. The average sale price has also held around the $200,000 range with a dip in July as well. If you look at the average year built of the homes we studied, you'll notice that this neighborhood is 80 years old on average and likely has quite a few opportunities for "fixer homes". With pricing below the $200,000 mark, there is also plenty of opportunity for people purchasing their first home comfortably here.

98405 Zip code Market update - Matt Sweet

Residential Transaction Study 9/1/2009
Project description: 98405 Single Family Residential
monthly market Most recent transaction: 8/24/2009 Market (homes): 5741
month year sales mrkt% $/sqft avg price median
Aug 2009 28 0.5% $110 $190,938 $197,500
Jul 2009 28 0.5% $101 $157,714 $156,725
Jun 2009 32 0.6% $107 $201,964 $200,470
May 2009 16 0.3% $119 $180,269 $185,001
Apr 2009 18 0.3% $111 $206,669 $211,000
property characteristics
1 story 3479 w/ bsmt 2,794 platted 4,122
1.5 story 1415 avg bsmt sqft 779 avg lot sqft1 6,005
2 story 843 w/ garage unplatted 1,619
3+ story 2 avg garage sqft avg lot sqft2 6,357
avg % imprvd 54% avg year built 1934 avg bldg sqft 1,678
avg # beds 3 avg # baths 1
1avg lot sqft of all platted properties 2avg lot sqft of all unplatted properties
Ticor Title ITMr2 The data used in this report is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Ticor Title cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies.
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Posted Tuesday Sep 01