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JACKSON HOLE & TETON VALLEY SEE RECORD SALES Regional demand surged in second half of 2020. by Staff Writers 2020 offered no shortage of surprises throughout the course of a tumultuous year. The Jackson Hole real estate market essentially ground to a halt in the second quarter as the region settled into isolation orders, and the world grappled with both the early stages of the pandemic and attempted to anticipate its effects. The third quarter of 2020 saw the rapid rebound of a months-dormant market that continued to amplify through year’s end. Demand was driven largely by a new sense of urgency among buyers seeking to transition from the nation’s populous urban centers to areas of the country benefitting from lower density, open spaces, and recreation-based lifestyles in what were otherwise previously considered to be seasonal markets. The hastened cultural acceptance of remote work and education served as an additional catalyst towards historically vacation-oriented markets, and provided opportunities for prospective buyers to flood the nation’s resort communities in advance of what may have otherwise necessitated awaiting retirement. According to the Sotheby’s International Realty 2021 Luxury Outlook report, which examines high-end residential markets across the globe, “...buyers are turning seasonal markets into year-round destinations, driving million-dollar home sales in secondary and tertiary cities, and setting price records....” The report continues, “...wealthy buyers are settling in for the long term in ski-resort
Pictured Above: 2020 sales volumes for luxury properties in Jackson Hole, like the recently listed private retreat in Gros Ventre North at 1750 N Blacktail Road, roughly equated to the total sales volume for the entire market the year prior.
towns and scenic retreats,” and predicts that the surge “will remain a driving force for the next year, if not longer.” Persistent inventory constraints continue to limit the Jackson Hole market despite its otherwise-robust year of activity, as listings that had previously sat idle saw renewed interest, and desirable new listings gave way to a rise in multiple-offer situations. In the town of Jackson, transactions declined by seven percent—the only primary geographic area in the region to tally a decline—attributed largely to the lack of inventory. Continued demand allowed Jackson proper to still post a forty-seven percent increase in sales volume for the year, despite the decrease in transactions. Also seeing a decline in activity for the year were properties listed below $850,000. This segment of the market saw a thirteen percent
decline in sales volume and a nearly twentyfour percent decline in units as appreciating property values and low inventory restricted entry to the region. The Jackson Hole market saw an increase of more than one hundred percent in total sales volume transacted within the Teton Board of Realtors MLS—increasing from $927,754,910 in 2019 to $1,887,951,360 by the end of 2020. Fourth quarter sales alone accounted for $722 million of this total sales volume. Property sales within the luxury segment of the market, $5 million and more, accounted for a substantial amount of volume—with $873,481,048 worth of sales recorded by the MLS. This segment’s 2020 sales nearly equated to the entirety of sales volume posted by Teton County, Wyoming the year See RECORD SALES on page 6
SALES VOLUME VS. UNITS SOLD TETON COUNTY, WY 2004-2020
SALES VOLUME
SALES VOLUME
UNITS SOLD
UNITS SOLD
$1.800B
700
$1.600B 600 $1.400B 500
$1.200B $1.00B
400
$800M
300
$600M 200 $400M 100
$200M
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
DATA SOURCE: TETON BOARD OF REALTORS MLS ZONES 1-10, WITH ADDITIONAL PROPRIETARY DATA