与今年7月市场比2017同月相比有明显改善不同，今年8月与去年8月相比市场总体显得更弱，与去年同月相比，交易量下降了11%，但新上市房源数上升了13%， 不过成交均价上升了6%。如果拿今年8月与上月7月进行月度环比，交易量和新上市房源数分别都下降了12-14%左右。 不知是否与今年8月天气尤其炎热，高温天数明显增加有关？有意思的是在笔者做开放屋Open House过程中，发现9月初的第一个长周末看房人有明显增加，似乎预示着9月后有更多买家正在返回房屋市场，预计今年9-10月市场应该会更加活跃。8月虽然总体交易数据有所下降，但是却有更多高价位房屋成交，其中包括一套650万的房子售出，对8月均价应该有所提升。

The August is usually one of the weakest months of the year due to the seasonal reasons, as expected this August market has slowed further down than the last month-July 2018, from Year-over-Year perspective this August shows weaker than the August of 2017 while this July was stronger than the July of 2017, the siginifcantly hotter weather might be part of the reasons. 

However during the labor day long weekend, I'm still seeing a lot more than expected buyers coming through my open houses, this might tell us the buyers are back from vacations, and more buyers are expected to get back to the market after the kids' back-to-school weeks? 

I expect we should have a more active fall market this September and October, it could be another great opportunity for the sellers to sell in the next two months if you have already missed the previous selling opportunities.

Year-over-Year same month comparison:  although the average sold price is up by 6%, this might be attributed to a few more higher price homes were sold this August than the August of 2017, espcially there's a 6.5million dollar home sale this August. The number of sales is down almost by 11%, the number of new listings is up by 13%, the number of active listings is up by over 19%, the number of days on market has increased by 16%, and the sales to new listings ratio is down by 12%.  Overall, market of this August has worsened than the August of 2017. 

Month over month comparison of the same year:  the August is weaker than July in general, although the average price is up by 5.4%, the number of sales is down by almost 13%, so are the number of new listings and active listings down by 12-14% accordingly, the number of days on market is also 5 days longer. 

下面是各项数据指标的逐月走势图，包括均价，交易量，新上市房源数，在市房源数，房屋售出天数，以及销量与新增库存比。

Below are the self-explanatory charts for average prices, sales, new listings, active listings, days on market and SNLR, to get a better understanding of these charts and the market on your specific neighborhood area please call Peter He at 647-7392618 for a chat. 

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