Charter One Realty Blog

Hilton Head Real Estate Update | November 2020

November saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average top 30,000 for the first time, while mortgage rates reached new record lows again. These new records have provided encouragement for buyers to move forward on home purchases, which continued to remain strong overall for the month.

New Listings were up 13.4 percent to 549. Pending Sales increased 44.0 percent to 563. Inventory shrank 46.2 percent to 1,186 units.

Prices moved higher as the median sales price was up 28.5 percent to $391,850. Days on market decreased 7.9 percent to 129 days. Months supply of inventory was down 58.3 percent to 2.0 months, indicating that demand increased relative to supply.

Showing activity remains higher than the same period a year ago across most of the country, suggesting that strong buyer demand is likely to continue into what is typically the slowest time of year. With inventory remaining constrained in most market segments, sellers continue to benefit from the tight market conditions.

Read the full report here.